Wallis and Futuna

Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna

DependencyPolynesia, Oceania

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Population

11,153

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Life expectancy

79 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Wallis and Futuna is dependency in Polynesia, Oceania.

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ISO alpha-2: WF
ISO alpha-3: WLF
UN M49: 876
Wikidata: Q35555

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 11,153
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 11,113
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: −0.7 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 79.4 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s density is close to Polynesia median of 79.4 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 38.6 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s median age is above the Polynesia median of 29.1 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 90.5 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.4 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s tfr is below the Polynesia median of 2.4 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 8.6 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −80
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −7.2 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium

Population of Wallis and Futuna. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	8,452	estimate
1960	8,775	estimate
1970	8,742	estimate
1980	10,868	estimate
1990	13,406	estimate
2000	14,721	estimate
2010	13,286	estimate
2020	11,632	estimate
2030	10,877	projection
2040	10,570	projection
2050	10,177	projection
2060	9,458	projection
2070	8,760	projection
2080	8,223	projection
2090	7,668	projection
2100	6,915	projection
2101	6,840	projection

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 79 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s life expectancy is above the Polynesia median of 73.4 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 8.5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 78.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s life exp. male is above the Polynesia median of 70.5 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 80 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s life exp. female is above the Polynesia median of 76.8 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 10.7 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s infant mortality is above the Polynesia median of 8.1 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 12.5 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Wallis and Futuna’s u5mr is above the Polynesia median of 9.9 (9 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Prevalence of undernourishment: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.
Adult literacy rate: 99.4%
2023 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Wallis and Futuna’s adult literacy is above the median of 88% among 15 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Youth literacy rate: 100%
2023 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Mean years of schooling: 8.3 years
2020 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Wallis and Futuna’s mean years school is below the median of 11.1 among 18 core profiles with 2020 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
School life expectancy: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.

Life expectancy at birth in Wallis and Futuna. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	44.1	estimate
1960	47.3	estimate
1970	52.3	estimate
1980	59.3	estimate
1990	69.9	estimate
2000	75.4	estimate
2010	76.8	estimate
2020	78.2	estimate
2030	79.5	projection
2040	81	projection
2050	82.3	projection
2060	83.6	projection
2070	84.7	projection
2080	85.8	projection
2090	86.8	projection
2100	87.7	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: —
Figure not published for this entity.
CO₂ emissions: 0 million tonnes
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
CO₂ emissions per capita: 2.7 tonnes per person
2024 · OWID / Global Carbon Project · Actual · OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project)
Wallis and Futuna’s co₂ / capita is close to Polynesia median of 2.7 (7 profiles with 2024 data), and below the median of 2.8 among 192 core profiles with 2024 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

CO₂ emissions of Wallis and Futuna. Global Carbon Project via Our World in Data. OWID / Global Carbon Project, OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project).

Data table

Year	Million tonnes	Status
1990	0	actual
1993	0	actual
1996	0	actual
1999	0	actual
2002	0	actual
2005	0	actual
2008	0	actual
2011	0	actual
2014	0	actual
2017	0	actual
2020	0	actual
2023	0	actual
2024	0	actual

Geography

Region: Oceania
Subregion: Polynesia
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: WLF
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

Outline from Natural Earth 50m Admin 0. Made with Natural Earth. Not a locator map.

Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: FRA

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026). Vintage UIS February 2026. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Adult literacy rate (2023, actual; series LR.AG15T99)
Youth literacy rate (2023, actual; series LR.AG15T24)
Mean years of schooling (2020, actual; series MYS.1T8.AG25T99)

Our World in Data (Global Carbon Project)

OWID CO2 data (Global Carbon Project). Vintage OWID CO₂ December 2025. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

CO₂ emissions (2024, actual; series co2)
CO₂ emissions per capita (2024, actual; series co2_per_capita)

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