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Reading no. 2025/011

PopulationObserved data

Pacific Islands population living within one kilometre of the coast

21%

Pacific Islands

TuvaluKiribatiMarshall IslandsFrench PolynesiaWallis and FutunaVanuatuNew CaledoniaFiji

Share of the population of the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories living within one kilometre of the coastline, estimate for 2021.

  1. Tuvalu100
  2. Kiribati100
  3. Marshall Islands100
  4. French Polynesia79
  5. Wallis and Futuna67
  6. Vanuatu64
  7. New Caledonia57
  8. Fiji27
  9. Papua New Guinea8

The regional share is 21% with Papua New Guinea and 57% without it.

Observation
Inhabitants concerned
2,789,000
Total population of the 22 territories
13,490,000
Share excluding Papua New Guinea
57%
Territories at 100%
5

Method

COASTALPOPRF indicator from the Pacific Data Hub (Pacific Community), one-kilometre band, year 2021: estimated 2021 population, distributed according to household locations at each territory's last census, from 2000 to 2015. Nine territories are shown out of 22.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/352 · 18 Dec42.6% of GDPRemittances received as a share of gross domestic product, Pacific2024/353 · 18 Dec38.7% of GDPRemittances received as a share of gross domestic product, Pacific2026/002 · 2 Jan623.5mmCumulative rainfall over 30 days in 10 places in the Pacific2025/082 · 23 Mar496.5mmCumulative rainfall over 30 days in 10 places in the Pacific

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