Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Papeetē
- Region
- Oceania, Polynesia
- Population
- 282,465 (2025)
- Area
- 4,167 km²
- Currency
- CFP franc (XPF)
- Languages
- French, Tahitian
- Calling code
- +689
- Internet domain
- .pf
- ISO codes
- PF, PYF, 258
- Time zone
- UTC-10:00 to UTC-9:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
French Polynesia covers about 4,167 square kilometres. By area it ranks 177th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Trinidad and Tobago and a little larger than Cape Verde. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 15° south, 140° west, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 282,465 people live in French Polynesia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 184th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 68 people to each square kilometre. About 62 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 84 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: French, Tahitian. A person from French Polynesia is called French Polynesian.
Money and economy
The currency is the CFP franc (code XPF, symbol ₣). It is also the main currency of New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 6.32 billion (2024), which is about US$ 22,440 for each person (2024).
Time
French Polynesia spans 3 time zone areas, from UTC-10:00 to UTC-9:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Faaa | 29,851 |
| Papeete | 26,357 |
| Punaauia | 25,750 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Polynesia
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.