Life expectancy in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Life expectancy was 84.07 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in French Polynesia, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy in French Polynesia stood at 84.07 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in French Polynesia peaked at 84.07 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 51.86 years, in 1950.
French Polynesia ranks 7th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 55.76 years | 51.86 years | 58.97 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.9 years | 59.45 years | 62.21 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 64.24 years | 62.49 years | 66.61 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.69 years | 67.41 years | 73.49 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.06 years | 73.91 years | 78.57 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.92 years | 79 years | 80.87 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.22 years | 81.14 years | 83.2 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.49 years | 79.57 years | 84.07 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near French Polynesia
- 4 Japan 84.71 years compare
- 5 South Korea 84.33 years compare
- 6 Saint Barthelemy 84.29 years compare
- 8 Andorra 84.04 years compare
- 9 Switzerland 83.95 years compare
- 10 Australia 83.92 years compare
More health data for French Polynesia
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 1,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2,016 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 2,150 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 2,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 1,868 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 1,809 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 1,926 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 2,151 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 1,965 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in French Polynesia?
- Life expectancy in French Polynesia was 84.07 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 84.07 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.86 years in 1950.
- How does French Polynesia rank for life expectancy?
- French Polynesia ranks 7th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Polynesia data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.