Demographics of Wallis and Futuna

Last updated June 30, 2023

Demographic features of the population of Wallis and Futuna include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Vital statistics

Births and deaths^[1]

Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural increase	TFR
1996	14,166	301	48	253	21.2	3.4	17.8
1997		264	49	215
1998		268	49	219
1999		345	51	294
2000		269	63	206
2001		266	69	197
2002		262	67	195
2003	14,944	290	88	202	19.4	5.9	13.5
2004		241	72	169
2005		223	65	158
2006		220	77	143
2007		215	68	147
2008	13,445	185	90	95	13.8	6.7	7.1
2009		230	63	167
2010		163	76	87
2011		204	69	135
2012		175	66	109
2013	12,197	149	72	77	12.2	5.9	6.3	1.897
2014		141	65	76
2015		156	60	96
2016		155	66	89
2017		151	84	67
2018	11,558	125	74	51	10.8	6.4	4.8	1.753
2019		147	56	91
2020		111	68	43
2021		103	82	21

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 22.VII.2013): ^[2]

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	5 927	6 270	12 197	100
0–4	507	490	997	8.17
5–9	560	576	1 136	9.31
10–14	687	610	1 297	10.63
15–19	615	553	1 168	9.58
20–24	257	326	583	4.78
25–29	266	334	600	4.92
30–34	315	404	719	5.89
35–39	398	466	864	7.08
40–44	434	488	922	7.56
45–49	354	408	762	6.25
50–54	344	417	761	6.24
55–59	352	317	669	5.48
60–64	310	261	571	4.68
65-69	238	224	462	3.79
70-74	153	156	309	2.53
75-79	82	119	201	1.65
80-84	35	76	111	0.91
85-89	17	33	50	0.41
90-94	3	12	15	0.12
95+	0	0	0	0
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1 754	1 676	3 430	28.12
15–64	3 645	3 974	7 619	62.47
65+	528	620	1 148	9.41

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.^[3]

Population

15,854

Age structure

0–14 years: 20.58% (male 1,702/female 1,561)
15–24 years: 14.72% (male 1,238/female 1,095)
25–54 years: 43.55% (male 3,529/female 3,376)
55–64 years: 9.92% (male 742/female 830)
65 years and over: 11.23% (male 856/female 925)

Population growth rate

0.28%

Birth rate

12.7 births/1,000 population

Death rate

5.7 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate

Total: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 80.2 years
Male: 77.2 years
Female: 83.4 years (2020 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.71 children born/woman

Nationality

noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders
adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

Ethnic groups

Religions

Roman Catholic 99%
Other 1%

Languages

Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language): 58.9%
Futunian: 30.1%
French (officials): 10.8%.
Other: 0.2%

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References

↑ "Documents | Service Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques".
↑ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
↑ "Australia-Oceania :: WALLIS AND FUTUNA". CIA The World Factbook. 3 March 2022.

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[1] "Documents | Service Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques".

[2] "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

[CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA-3] "Australia-Oceania :: WALLIS AND FUTUNA". CIA The World Factbook. 3 March 2022.

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v t e Demographics of French overseas departments and territories
Overseas departments	French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Mayotte Réunion
Overseas collectivities	French Polynesia St. Barthélemy St. Martin St. Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna
Special status	New Caledonia

v t e Demographics of Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna