Distillers Country guides / French Polynesia
French Polynesia
A one-page guide to French Polynesia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Papeete
- Official languages
- French
- Currency
- CFP franc (XPF), fixed to the euro
- Time zone
- UTC-10 (Marquesas UTC-9:30; Gambier UTC-9)
- Area
- 3,521 km²
People
- Population
- 282,465 (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 61.8%
- Aged under 15
- 18.5%
- Aged 65 and over
- 11.9%
- Life expectancy
- 84.2 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$6.3 billion (2024)
- GDP per person
- US$22,440 (2024)
- Economic growth
- 1.13% (2024)
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: French Polynesia; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Single Cask Rum (Aug 2023): Tahiti. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.