French Polynesia - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in French Polynesia was 174,090 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 174,090 in 2020 and a minimum value of 33,013 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 33,013
1961 34,878
1962 36,941
1963 39,419
1964 42,166
1965 45,018
1966 47,951
1967 50,974
1968 54,124
1969 57,437
1970 60,948
1971 64,288
1972 67,176
1973 70,189
1974 73,286
1975 76,444
1976 79,654
1977 82,776
1978 85,287
1979 87,841
1980 90,450
1981 93,111
1982 95,805
1983 98,524
1984 101,184
1985 103,798
1986 106,406
1987 109,003
1988 111,524
1989 113,706
1990 115,650
1991 117,361
1992 118,886
1993 120,328
1994 121,837
1995 123,505
1996 125,375
1997 127,685
1998 130,149
1999 132,579
2000 134,894
2001 137,079
2002 139,148
2003 142,127
2004 145,485
2005 148,584
2006 151,389
2007 153,913
2008 156,236
2009 158,469
2010 160,714
2011 163,001
2012 165,322
2013 166,479
2014 167,465
2015 168,468
2016 169,507
2017 170,591
2018 171,696
2019 172,869
2020 174,090

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in French Polynesia was 61.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 42.28 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 42.28
1961 43.22
1962 44.16
1963 45.39
1964 46.78
1965 48.18
1966 49.58
1967 50.98
1968 52.38
1969 53.77
1970 55.16
1971 56.20
1972 56.72
1973 57.23
1974 57.74
1975 58.25
1976 58.76
1977 59.17
1978 59.12
1979 59.06
1980 59.00
1981 58.95
1982 58.89
1983 58.84
1984 58.74
1985 58.64
1986 58.53
1987 58.42
1988 58.31
1989 58.09
1990 57.85
1991 57.61
1992 57.37
1993 57.12
1994 56.88
1995 56.64
1996 56.39
1997 56.29
1998 56.21
1999 56.13
2000 56.05
2001 55.97
2002 55.89
2003 56.24
2004 56.83
2005 57.42
2006 58.00
2007 58.59
2008 59.17
2009 59.74
2010 60.32
2011 60.89
2012 61.46
2013 61.58
2014 61.63
2015 61.68
2016 61.73
2017 61.78
2018 61.83
2019 61.90
2020 61.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization