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French Polynesia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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French Polynesia had an estimated population of 258,290 in 2005, with 116 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: French Polynesia today — population now 283,076, against 258,290 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)258,290
UN World Population Prospects259,507283,076+9%

The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Papeete105,734

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1FaaaÎles du Vent29,38829,851 now
2PapeeteÎles du Vent26,35726,357 now
3PunaauiaÎles du Vent25,75025,750 now
4PiraeÎles du Vent14,72914,475 now
5MahinaÎles du Vent14,22414,369 now
6PaeaÎles du Vent13,35912,084 now
7PaparaÎles du Vent10,360
8ArueÎles du Vent9,4929,458 now
9AfaahitiÎles du Vent5,1865,186 now
10VaitapeÎles sous le Vent4,6804,927 now
11MataieaÎles du Vent4,609
12PaopaoÎles du Vent4,2214,221 now
13PapeariÎles du Vent4,131
14HaapitiÎles du Vent3,9593,959 now
15UturoaÎles sous le Vent3,6683,668 now
16PapenooÎles du Vent3,440
17AfareaituÎles du Vent3,2133,213 now
18AveraÎles sous le Vent3,083
19ToahotuÎles du Vent2,842
20TiareiÎles du Vent2,7952,795 now
21RangiroaTuamotu-Gambier2,567
22VairaoÎles du Vent2,4232,423 now
23TautiraÎles du Vent2,2932,293 now
24TeavaroÎles du Vent2,2892,289 now
25TaiohaeMarquises2,1541,224 now
26FaanuiÎles sous le Vent2,0612,061 now
27PueuÎles du Vent1,9681,968 now
28PapetoaiÎles du Vent1,9641,964 now
29TevaitoaÎles sous le Vent1,8511,851 now
30HitiaaÎles du Vent1,8261,826 now
31AtuonaMarquises1,7621,762 now
32FaaoneÎles du Vent1,747
33HakahaoMarquises1,677
34FareÎles sous le Vent1,5401,540 now
35TeahupooÎles du Vent1,4221,422 now
36AnauÎles sous le Vent1,4121,412 now
37IripauÎles sous le Vent1,254
38HaoTuamotu-Gambier1,232
39TakaroaTuamotu-Gambier1,228
40MaupitiÎles sous le Vent1,218
41OpoaÎles sous le Vent1,180
42FitiiÎles sous le Vent1,1541,154 now
43RikiteaTuamotu-Gambier1,1031,103 now
44MaevaÎles sous le Vent1,047
45MoeraiTubuai1,0441,044 now
46MahaenaÎles du Vent960960 now
47MatauraTubuai913913 now
48VaiaauÎles sous le Vent909782 now
49HaameneÎles sous le Vent908
50MakemoTuamotu-Gambier835
51FakaravaTuamotu-Gambier829
52ManihiTuamotu-Gambier800
53ArutuaTuamotu-Gambier731
54AveraTubuai711711 now
55TahuataMarquises693
56KauehiTuamotu-Gambier657
57HakamaiiMarquises608
58Ua-HukaMarquises587
59TapuamuÎles sous le Vent582
60HaapuÎles sous le Vent579579 now
61TaahuaiaTubuai574
62Fatu-HivaMarquises559
63MaroeÎles sous le Vent498
64TakapotoTuamotu-Gambier494
65NiuaÎles sous le Vent486
66RairuaTubuai486
67RapaTubuai485
68AheTuamotu-Gambier476
69TehuruiÎles sous le Vent469
70HipuÎles sous le Vent467
71KatiuTuamotu-Gambier462
72MahuTubuai462
73RuutiaÎles sous le Vent462
74ApatakiTuamotu-Gambier456
75PareaÎles sous le Vent454
76AnaaTuamotu-Gambier451
77FaaahaÎles sous le Vent445
78VaitoareÎles sous le Vent436
79TikehauTuamotu-Gambier411
80HautiTubuai388
81FetunaÎles sous le Vent380
82TaipivaiMarquises380
83TefareriiÎles sous le Vent373
84ReaoTuamotu-Gambier359
85FaaiteTuamotu-Gambier352
86MaiaoÎles du Vent346
87KaukuraTuamotu-Gambier341
88PuamauTuamotu-Gambier335
89HatiheuMarquises334
90FaieÎles sous le Vent319
91MutuauraTubuai291
92TureiaTuamotu-Gambier285
93TatakotoTuamotu-Gambier259
94AnatonuTubuai247
95MataivaÎles du Vent242
96RaroiaTuamotu-Gambier238
97AmaruTubuai237
98VaiuruTubuai234
99AnapotoTubuai233
100NapukaTuamotu-Gambier233
101PukaruaTuamotu-Gambier213
102PukapukaTuamotu-Gambier209
103FakahimaTuamotu-Gambier162
104PuohineÎles sous le Vent161
105HikueruTuamotu-Gambier159
106AmanuTuamotu-Gambier152
107NiauTuamotu-Gambier141
108TaengaTuamotu-Gambier134
109NukutavakeTuamotu-Gambier129
110FangatauTuamotu-Gambier128
111VahitahiTuamotu-Gambier123
112MakateaTuamotu-Gambier98
113HereheretueTuamotu-Gambier69
114MarokauTuamotu-Gambier52
115TepotoTuamotu-Gambier51
116VairaateaTuamotu-Gambier35

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Îles du Vent194,939
2Îles sous le Vent31,814
3Tuamotu-Gambier16,267
4Marquises8,982
5Tubuai6,288
6Clipperton Island0

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.