French Polynesia
Overseas French territory
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| 2025 | The Maritime Gendarmerie's patrol boat Jasmin is scheduled to be replaced by a new PCG-NG patrol boat. |
| 2024 | Teahupo'o hosted the surfing events for the 2024 Summer Olympics, highlighting French Polynesia's global significance in the sport of surfing. |
| 2024 | Projected live births of 3,270 and 1,832 deaths, indicating a continued decline in population growth with a total fertility rate dropping to 1.663. |
| July 14 2024 | Raihau Maiau sets a French Polynesian long jump record of 8.00 meters at the Open de France et Décathlon Féminin in Talence, France |
| 2023 | Elections were held in French Polynesia during this year, though specific details about the type and outcome are not provided in the given text. |
| 2023 | Population rose to 279,182, with a decline in live births to 3,516 and 1,775 deaths. Total fertility rate further decreased to 1.761. |
| 2023 | Moetai Brotherson became the President of French Polynesia, taking office and becoming the current head of government. |
| 2022 | Population slightly increased to 278,770, with 3,639 live births and 1,681 deaths. The total fertility rate decreased to 1.796. |
| August 18 2022 | Census conducted, revealing the total population of French Polynesia as 278,786, with 68.7% residing on the island of Tahiti. |
| 2021 | Formation of the community of communes Terehēamanu, which included 5 exurban and rural communes on the eastern side of Tahiti: Hitiaa O Te Ra, Taiarapu-Est, Taiarapu-Ouest, Teva I Uta, and Papara. |
| 2021 | Significant increase in deaths to 2,311, leading to a reduced natural population change of 1,415. Total population reached 278,516 with a total fertility rate of 1.824. |
| 2020 | French Polynesia was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to another economic recession. |
| 2020 | Municipal elections took place in French Polynesia, following the same schedule as in the rest of the French Republic. |
| 2020 | Population grew to 278,117, with 3,731 live births and 1,711 deaths. The total fertility rate increased to 1.812. |
| 2019 | Population slightly increased to 277,413, with a decrease in live births to 3,647 and a total fertility rate of 1.759. Natural population change remained positive at 2,021. |
| March 15 2019 | The flag's official regulation was published in pages 4806-4808 of the Official Gazette of French Polynesia. |
| 2018 | Elections were held in French Polynesia in 2018, marking a significant political event for the territorial government. |
| 2018 | French Polynesia's population reached 276,615, with 3,817 live births and 1,618 deaths, resulting in a natural population increase of 2,199. The total fertility rate was 1.820. |
| 2018 | French Polynesia men's national junior handball team competed in the IHF Inter-Continental Trophy in Gothenburg, finishing in 5th place. |
| August 2018 | A celebration was held to commemorate the arrival of a submarine cable from Papeete to the atoll of Hao, extending the network by about 1000 kilometres. |
| May 2018 | Édouard Fritch was re-elected president of French Polynesia after his party, Tapura Huiraatira, won 70% of the seats in the Assembly of French Polynesia. |
| 2017 | Alcatel Submarine Networks launched the NATITUA project to connect French Polynesian islands with underwater fiber optic cable, aiming to improve broadband connectivity. |
| 2017 | Census shows significant demographic composition: 89.0% of residents were born in French Polynesia, 8.1% born in Metropolitan France, with the urban area of Papeete having 136,771 inhabitants. |
| 2016 | French Polynesia began experiencing strong economic growth, with an average real GDP growth rate of +2.8% per year through 2019. |
| February 2016 | Édouard Fritch founded his own anti-independence party, Tapura Huiraatira, after being excluded from Gaston Flosse's party. |
| 2015 | French Polynesia men's national junior handball team competed in the IHF Inter-Continental Trophy in Gabrovo, finishing in 5th place. |
| September 2014 | Gaston Flosse was removed from office due to a corruption conviction, and replaced by Édouard Fritch. |
| 2013 | French Polynesia renewed economic growth after the recession period. |
| May 2013 | Gaston Flosse became president of French Polynesia after winning the legislative election, succeeding Oscar Temaru. |
| 2012 | Formation of the community of communes Havaʻi (Communauté de communes Havaʻi), which included communes in the Leeward Islands administrative subdivision, except for Bora-Bora. |
| 2010 | Formation of the community of communes of the Marquesas Islands (Communauté de communes des îles Marquises), which included all communes in the Marquesas Islands administrative subdivision. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles List of French Polynesian records in athletics, President of French Polynesia, Elections in French Polynesia, French Polynesia, French Polynesia men's national junior handball team, Demographics of French Polynesia & Flag of French Polynesia, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.