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.
Country / dependency | % total |
Oceania
[1] population |
% growth |
Official figure |
Official date |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 50.2% | 26,439,112 | 1.0% | 26,598,311 | 31 Dec 2022 [6] | |
2 | Papua New Guinea | 19.6% | 10,329,931 | 1.8% | 10,329,931 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Western New Guinea ( IDN) | 10.7% | 5,628,545 | 0.5% | 5,628,545 | 30 Jun 2023 [3] [4] | ||
3 | New Zealand | 9.9% | 5,228,100 | 0.8% | 5,177,574 | 31 Mar 2023 [7] | |
Hawaii ( US) | 2.7% | 1,440,196 | -0.1% | 1,440,196 | 1 Jul 2022 [5] | [a] | |
4 | Fiji | 1.8% | 936,376 | 0.7% | 901,603 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
5 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 740,425 | 2.2% | 744,407 | 24 Jun 2022 [2] | |
6 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 334,506 | 2.4% | 307,941 | 25 Jun 2022 [2] | |
French Polynesia ( France) | 0.6% | 308,872 | 0.8% | 280,855 | 26 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
New Caledonia ( France) | 0.6% | 292,991 | 1.0% | 274,330 | 27 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
7 | Samoa | 0.4% | 225,681 | 1.5% | 200,999 | 28 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Guam ( US) | 0.3% | 172,952 | 0.7% | 153,836 | 1 Apr 2020 [8] | ||
8 | Kiribati | 0.3% | 133,515 | 1.7% | 122,735 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
9 | Micronesia | 0.2% | 115,224 | 0.9% | 105,987 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
10 | Tonga | 0.2% | 107,773 | 0.9% | 100,179 | 30 Nov 2021 [9] | |
Northern Mariana Islands ( US) | 0.1% | 49,796 | 0.5% | 47,329 | 1 Apr 2020 [10] | ||
American Samoa ( US) | 0.1% | 43,915 | -0.8% | 49,710 | 1 Apr 2020 [11] | ||
11 | Marshall Islands | 0.1% | 41,996 | 1.0% | 39,262 | 7 Jul 2021 [12] | |
12 | Palau | 0.03% | 18,058 | 0.0% | 16,733 | 1 Jul 2021 [13] | |
Cook Islands ( NZ) | 0.03% | 17,044 | 0.2% | 15,040 | 1 Dec 2021 [14] | ||
13 | Nauru | 0.02% | 12,780 | 0.9% | 11,832 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Wallis and Futuna ( France) | 0.02% | 11,502 | -0.6% | 11,369 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
14 | Tuvalu | 0.02% | 11,396 | 0.7% | 10,679 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Easter Island ( Chile) | 0.02% | 8,743 | 1.7% | 8,743 | 1 Jul 2023 [15] | ||
Niue ( NZ) | 0.004% | 1,935 | 0.1% | 1,549 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
Tokelau ( NZ) | 0.004% | 1,893 | 1.2% | 1,647 | 12 Dec 2019 [16] | ||
Pitcairn Islands ( UK) | 0.0001% | 50 | 0.0% | 50 | 1 Jul 2020 [17] | ||
Total | 100% | 52,653,307 | 1.1% | 52,581,372 |
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.
Country / dependency | % total |
Oceania
[1] population |
% growth |
Official figure |
Official date |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 50.2% | 26,439,112 | 1.0% | 26,598,311 | 31 Dec 2022 [6] | |
2 | Papua New Guinea | 19.6% | 10,329,931 | 1.8% | 10,329,931 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Western New Guinea ( IDN) | 10.7% | 5,628,545 | 0.5% | 5,628,545 | 30 Jun 2023 [3] [4] | ||
3 | New Zealand | 9.9% | 5,228,100 | 0.8% | 5,177,574 | 31 Mar 2023 [7] | |
Hawaii ( US) | 2.7% | 1,440,196 | -0.1% | 1,440,196 | 1 Jul 2022 [5] | [a] | |
4 | Fiji | 1.8% | 936,376 | 0.7% | 901,603 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
5 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 740,425 | 2.2% | 744,407 | 24 Jun 2022 [2] | |
6 | Vanuatu | 0.6% | 334,506 | 2.4% | 307,941 | 25 Jun 2022 [2] | |
French Polynesia ( France) | 0.6% | 308,872 | 0.8% | 280,855 | 26 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
New Caledonia ( France) | 0.6% | 292,991 | 1.0% | 274,330 | 27 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
7 | Samoa | 0.4% | 225,681 | 1.5% | 200,999 | 28 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Guam ( US) | 0.3% | 172,952 | 0.7% | 153,836 | 1 Apr 2020 [8] | ||
8 | Kiribati | 0.3% | 133,515 | 1.7% | 122,735 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
9 | Micronesia | 0.2% | 115,224 | 0.9% | 105,987 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
10 | Tonga | 0.2% | 107,773 | 0.9% | 100,179 | 30 Nov 2021 [9] | |
Northern Mariana Islands ( US) | 0.1% | 49,796 | 0.5% | 47,329 | 1 Apr 2020 [10] | ||
American Samoa ( US) | 0.1% | 43,915 | -0.8% | 49,710 | 1 Apr 2020 [11] | ||
11 | Marshall Islands | 0.1% | 41,996 | 1.0% | 39,262 | 7 Jul 2021 [12] | |
12 | Palau | 0.03% | 18,058 | 0.0% | 16,733 | 1 Jul 2021 [13] | |
Cook Islands ( NZ) | 0.03% | 17,044 | 0.2% | 15,040 | 1 Dec 2021 [14] | ||
13 | Nauru | 0.02% | 12,780 | 0.9% | 11,832 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Wallis and Futuna ( France) | 0.02% | 11,502 | -0.6% | 11,369 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
14 | Tuvalu | 0.02% | 11,396 | 0.7% | 10,679 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | |
Easter Island ( Chile) | 0.02% | 8,743 | 1.7% | 8,743 | 1 Jul 2023 [15] | ||
Niue ( NZ) | 0.004% | 1,935 | 0.1% | 1,549 | 23 Jun 2022 [2] | ||
Tokelau ( NZ) | 0.004% | 1,893 | 1.2% | 1,647 | 12 Dec 2019 [16] | ||
Pitcairn Islands ( UK) | 0.0001% | 50 | 0.0% | 50 | 1 Jul 2020 [17] | ||
Total | 100% | 52,653,307 | 1.1% | 52,581,372 |