Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Australia instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Health

be 37.8% less likely to be obese

In French Polynesia, 49.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 30.6% of people as of 2024.

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live 1.1 years less

In French Polynesia, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 64.9% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 11.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Australia, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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make 2.9 times more money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $22,440 as of 2024, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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Life

be 29.5% less likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Australia, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 32.2% more likely to have internet access

In French Polynesia, approximately 72.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Australia, about 96.1% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 10.2 times more coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Environment

emit 4.1 times more CO2

French Polynesia emits 3.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Australia emits 14.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Compare further: French Polynesia vs. Australia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 11.9% more expensive than French Polynesia overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
French Polynesia is about 1,858 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from French Polynesia to Australia · UN DESA 2020
590 people born in French Polynesia live in Australia.
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Australia: At a glance

Australia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 7,682,300 sq km. Prehistoric settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia at least 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession of the east coast in the name of Great Britain (all of Australia was claimed as British territory in 1829 with the creation of the colony of Western Australia). Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the Allied effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its location in one of the fastest growing regions of the world economy. Long-term concerns include aging of the population, pressure on infrastructure, and environmental issues such as floods, droughts, and bushfires. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, making it particularly vulnerable to the challenges of climate change. Australia is home to 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world. In January 2013, Australia assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term.
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