Oceania is the smallest and least populous of Earth's continents, and is comprised of several islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Oceania comprises 5.77% of the world's land area, along with 0.58% of the world's current population. It also has the second-highest ranked growth rate today. The estimated population for Oceania is 46,609,602.
23 countries
| Country | Population ↓ | Density |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Australia | 26,974,000 | 4 |
![]() | Papua New Guinea | 10,762,800 | 23 |
![]() | New Zealand | 5,251,900 | 19 |
![]() | Fiji | 933,154 | 51 |
![]() | Solomon Islands | 838,645 | 29 |
![]() | Vanuatu | 335,169 | 27 |
![]() | New Caledonia | 295,333 | 16 |
![]() | French Polynesia | 282,465 | 68 |
![]() | Samoa | 219,306 | 77 |
![]() | Guam | 168,999 | 308 |
![]() | Kiribati | 136,488 | 168 |
![]() | Micronesia | 113,683 | 162 |
![]() | Tonga | 103,742 | 139 |
![]() | American Samoa | 46,029 | 231 |
![]() | Northern Mariana Islands | 43,541 | 94 |
![]() | Marshall Islands | 36,282 | 200 |
![]() | Palau | 17,663 | 38 |
![]() | Cook Islands | 13,263 | 55 |
![]() | Nauru | 12,025 | 573 |
![]() | Wallis and Futuna | 11,194 | 41 |
![]() | Tuvalu | 9,492 | 365 |
![]() | Tokelau | 2,608 | 217 |
![]() | Niue | 1,821 | 7 |
Oceania, or Oceanica, is a continent that includes islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean. There is no precise definition of the exact range of the region, which may include at a minimum of three subregions of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia, or the entire region between the Americas and Asia, which includes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. Many also use the term Oceania to refer to Australia and its nearby islands.
The wider Oceania has an estimated population of 38.82 million in 2014. The narrower definition that includes Micronesia, Island Melanesia, and Polynesia (not New Zealand) has a population estimated at 6 million in 2014. The total population of Oceania minus mainland Australia is about 18 million.
Using the most common definition of Oceania that excludes Indonesia and the Philippines, the top 4 largest cities in Oceania are all in Australia.
If Oceania is defined by its most broad borders, the largest city is Jakarta, Indonesia, which has a population of 9.8 million. It’s the most populous city in Southeast Asia and one of the largest urban agglomerations n the world with a metropolitan population of more than 28 million. The second-largest city is Manila, the Philippines with an urban population of more than 21 million.
26,974,000
10,762,800
Yes, Oceania is a continent. It is a comprised of several island territories located west of South America and south of Indonesia. There are four main sub-regions in Oceania.
Some of the countries in this region include:
This area has a population size of 32.2M and covers about 8M square miles.
Some of the countries in this region include:
This area has a population size of 13.2M and covers about 540.8K square miles.
Some of the countries in this region include:
This area has a population size of 528.7K and covers about 3.2K square miles.
Some of the countries in this region include:
This area has a population size of 689.9K and covers about 84.2K square miles.
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