| Market |
| Population: 294,935 (131 islands and atolls; about half the people live in Papeete the capital) |
| Overseas Tahitians: 600 |
| Languages: French (official); Tahitian (official); also 6 Austronesian languages |
| 54,300 land line telephones |
| 208,300 cellular phones |
| 120,000 internet users |
| important source for cobalt; rock phosphate and possibly rare earths near the volcanoes |
| very seismically active area with volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis |