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The total population of the territory at the July 2023 census was 11,151 (72.5% on the island of Wallis, 27.5% on the island of Futuna), [20] down from 14,944 at the July 2003 census. [21] The vast majority of the population are of Polynesian ethnicity, with a small minority who were born in Metropolitan France or are of French European descent.
Over the last twenty years, the population has fallen by 25.4%, but the population decline has been half as pronounced in Wallis as in Futuna (respectively -19.7% versus -37.1%). The evolution of a population depends on the natural balance and the migratory balance. In Wallis and Futuna, natural increase has been divided by five in past twenty ...
List of countries and inhabited territories by total population. United Nations Country or territory Population ... Wallis and Futuna : 11,478: 11,370:
Map of Wallis and Futuna Illustration of Mata-Utu cathedral in 1862 There are 36 villages with municipal status [ 1 ] in Wallis and Futuna , including the capital Mata'utu . The total population at the census of population of 2018 was 11,558.
99% of the population of Wallis and Futuna are Catholic. [13] Although the island is closer to Tonga and farther from Samoa than ʻUvea, the vernacular and culture are more Samoan. Futuna is where Pierre Chanel was martyred in 1841, becoming Polynesia's only Catholic saint. The cathedral of Poi now stands on the site where he was martyred.
Wallis (Wallisian: ʻUvea) is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, or COM) of Wallis and Futuna. It lies north of Tonga , northeast of Fiji , east-northeast of the Hoorn Islands , east of Fiji's Rotuma , southeast of Tuvalu , southwest of Tokelau and west of Samoa .
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Projections are from the United Nations [ 1 ] and official figures are from the Pacific Community [ 2 ] and other official sources.
Mata Utu (French pronunciation: [mata utu]; Wallisian: Matāʻutu, [mataːʔutu]) is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa (ʻUvea), in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital. It is one of two ports in Wallis and Futuna, the other being at Leava on Futuna.