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Status: Overseas Country
High Commissioner: Jean Aribaud
(1999)
President: Gaston Tong Sang (2006)
Land area: 1,413 sq mi (3,660 sq km);
total area: 1,609 sq mi (4,167 sq km)
Population (2008 est.): 283,019 (growth
rate: 1.4%); birth rate: 16.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.7/1000;
life expectancy: 76.5 density per sq mi: 77
Capital (2003 est.): Papeete (on Tahiti),
111,400 (metro. area), 30,200 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Pacific financial
community franc
Languages: French, Tahitian (both
official)
Ethnicity/race: Polynesian 78%, Chinese
12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Religions: Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic
30%, other 10%, no religion 6%
National Holiday:
Bastille Day, July 14
Literacy rate: 98% (1977)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003
est.): $4.58 billion; per capita $17,500. Real growth rate:
n.a. Inflation: 1.5% (2002 est.). Unemployment: 11.8%
(1994). Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: coconuts,
vanilla, vegetables, fruits, coffee; poultry, beef, dairy products.
Labor force: 70,000 (1996); agriculture 13%, industry 19%,
services 68% (2002). Industries: tourism, pearls,
agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates. Natural
resources: timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower. Exports:
$385 million f.o.b. (2004 est.): cultured pearls, coconut products,
mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat. Imports: $1.437 billion
f.o.b. (2004 est.): fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment.
Major trading partners: France, Japan, U.S., Niger, Thailand,
New Zealand, Singapore, Australia (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 52,500 (2002); mobile cellular: 90,000 (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998). Radios:
128,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus 17
low-power repeaters) (1997). Internet hosts: 5,123 (2003).
Internet users: 35,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 2,590 km; paved: 1,735 km; unpaved: 855 km
(1999). Ports and harbors: Papeete. Airports: 50 (2004
est.).
International disputes: none.
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