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French Polynesia: map and facts

French Polynesia is in Polynesia. It has 282,465 people (2025). It covers 3,521 km². That is about 80 people per km². Its highest point is Mont Orohena, at 2,241 m.

French Polynesia and the land around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Mont Orohena; the circle marks its capital, Papeete. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 282,465 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 3,521 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 3,350 km².
Capital: Papeete
Highest point: Mont Orohena, 2,241 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 42.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Mont Orohena: 2,241 m (its highest point)
Mont Tekao: 1,224 m

Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Polynesia, Tahiti, Hiva-Oa, Nuku Hiva, Raiatea, Society Islands, Gambier Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tubuai Islands.

Land

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 64.2%, plains 21%, hills 14.8%.

Forests covered 42.4% of its land in 2024, up from 39.5% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

French Polynesia has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.

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