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Demographics

Oceania


Wider Geographic Oceania.

Area 10,975,600 km2 (4,237,700 sq mi)
Population 378 million (2010)
Time Zones UTC+7 (Western Indonesian Time) to UTC-6 (Easter Island)
Largest Cities Jakarta
Manila
Sydney
Bandung
Melbourne
Surabaya
Medan


Narrower Geographic Oceania.

Area 183,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population 5.2 million (2008)
Time Zones UTC+9 (Palau) to UTC-6 (Easter Island)
Largest Cities Honolulu
Nouméa
Suva
Papeete
Honiara

The demographic table below shows the subregions and countries of geopolitical Oceania. The countries and territories in this table are categorized according to the scheme for geographic subregions used by the United Nations. The information shown follows sources in cross-referenced articles; where sources differ, provisos have been clearly indicated. These territories and regions are subject to various additional categorisations, of course, depending on the source and purpose of each description.

Name of region, followed by countries
and their flags
Area
(km²)
Population Population density
(per km²)
Capital ISO 3166-1
Australasia
Australia 7,686,850 22,028,000 2.7 Canberra AU
New Zealand 268,680 4,108,037 14.5 Wellington NZ
External territories of Australia:
Ashmore and Cartier Islands 199
Christmas Island 135 1,493 3.5 Flying Fish Cove CX
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 14 628 45.1 West Island CC
Coral Sea Islands 10 4
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 372 HM
Norfolk Island 35 2,302 61.9 Kingston NF
Melanesia
Fiji 18,270 856,346 46.9 Suva FJ
New Caledonia (France) 19,060 240,390 12.6 Nouméa NC
Papua New Guinea 462,840 5,172,033 11.2 Port Moresby PG
Solomon Islands 28,450 494,786 17.4 Honiara SB
Vanuatu 12,200 240,000 19.7 Port Vila VU
Timor Leste 14,874 1,187,000 76.2 Dili TL
Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia 702 135,869 193.5 Palikir FM
Guam (USA) 549 160,796 292.9 Hagåtña GU
Kiribati 811 96,335 118.8 South Tarawa KI
Marshall Islands 181 73,630 406.8 Majuro MH
Nauru 21 12,329 587.1 Yaren NR
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 477 77,311 162.1 Saipan MP
Palau 458 19,409 42.4 Melekeok PW
Wake Island (USA) 2 12 Wake Island UM
Polynesia
American Samoa (USA) 199 68,688 345.2 Pago Pago, Fagatogo AS
Cook Islands (NZ) 240 20,811 86.7 Avarua CK
Easter Island (Chile) 164 3,791 23.1 Hanga Roa CL
French Polynesia (France) 4,167 257,847 61.9 Papeete PF
Hawaii (USA) 16,636 1,360,301 81.8 Honolulu US
Niue (NZ) 260 2,134 8.2 Alofi NU
Pitcairn Islands (UK) 5 47 10 Adamstown PN
Samoa 2,944 179,000 63.2 Apia WS
Tokelau (NZ) 10 1,431 143.1 Nukunonu TK
Tonga 748 106,137 141.9 Nukuʻalofa TO
Tuvalu 26 11,146 428.7 Funafuti TV
Wallis and Futuna (France) 274 15,585 56.9 Mata-Utu WF
Total 8,536,716 35,669,267 4.2
Total minus mainland Australia 849,866 13,641,267 16.1


North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean Australia New
Zealand NZ Hawaii WK Micronesia Palau Papua New
Guinea Indonesia Easter
Island French
Polynesia Cook
Islands New Caledonia Fiji Tuvalu Kiribati Solomon
Islands Tokelau Marshall
Islands Nauru Galápagos
Islands Vanuatu Tonga PN Guam NF Northern
Mariana WS AS WF Niue CC CX
Map of Nations and territories of Oceania including Australia and New Zealand

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