List of Oceanian countries by population
This is a list of the populations of the sovereign states and dependent territories in the geopolitical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many continental plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents.
This list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The main continental landmass of Oceania is Australia.[1]
Table
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
Current population | % of pop. |
Average relative annual growth (%)[2] |
Average absolute annual growth [3] |
Estimated doubling time (Years)[4] |
Official figure (where available) |
Date of last figure |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
 26,100,000 |
59.82 | 1.42 | 333,000 | 49 | 26,971,500 | October 13, 2020 | Official population clock |
| 2 |  Papua New Guinea |
9,300,000 |
20.67 | 3.11 | 248,000 | 23 | 7,744,700 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
4,900,000 |
11.51 | 1.53 | 69,000 | 46 | 5,545,300 | March 31, 2019 | Official population clock |
| 4 |  Fiji |
896,445 |
2.18 | 0.46 | 4,000 | 150 | 867,000 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 5 |  Solomon Islands |
667,044 |
1.48 | 2.26 | 13,000 | 31 | 642,000 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 6 |  Vanuatu |
304,500 |
0.70 | 2.58 | 7,000 | 27 | 277,600 | 2015 | Official estimate |
 New Caledonia (France) |
278,500 |
0.69 | 1.87 | 5,000 | 37 | 271,407 | October 14, 2019 | 2019 census result | |
 French Polynesia (France) |
275,918 |
0.69 | 0.37 | 1,000 | 189 | 275,918 | August 17, 2017 | Final 2017 census result | |
| 9 |  Samoa |
199,052 |
0.49 | 0.52 | 1,000 | 133 | 194,899 | 2016 | Official estimate |
| 10 |  Guam (US) |
172,400 |
0.41 | 0.62 | 1,000 | 112 | 159,358 | April 1, 2010 | 2010 census result |
| 11 |  Kiribati |
119,940 |
0.28 | 1.80 | 2,000 | 39 | 113,400 | 2020 | 2020 census |
| 12 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
103,000 |
0.26 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 102,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 13 |  Tonga |
100,651 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 103,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 14 |  American Samoa (US) |
56,700 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 55,519 | April 1, 2010 | 2010 census result |
| 15 |  Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
56,200 | 0.12 | -2.08 | -1,000 | - | 53,883 | April 1, 2010 | 2010 census result |
| 16 |  Marshall Islands |
55,500 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 54,900 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 17 |  Palau |
21,000 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 18,000 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 18 |  Cook Islands (NZ) |
18,100 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 15,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 19 |  Wallis and Futuna (France) |
11,700 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 11,558 | July 23, 2018 | 2018 census result |
| 20 |  Tuvalu |
10,640 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 11,300 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 21 |  Nauru |
10,084 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 10,900 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 22 |  Norfolk Island (Australia) |
1,748 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 2,302 | August 9, 2011 | 2011 census result |
| 23 |  Niue (NZ) |
1,611 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 1,500 | 2013 | Official estimate |
| 24 |  Tokelau (NZ) |
1,499 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 1,160 | 2015 | Official estimate |
| 25 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 57 | February 1, 2014 | Official estimate |
| Total | 41,909,794 | 100.00 | 1.75 | 683,000 | 40 |
Oceanian population by country (top 8).
Australia (59.82%)
Papua New Guinea (20.67%)
New Zealand (11.51%)
Fiji (2.18%)
Solomon Islands (1.48%)
Vanuatu (0.70%)
New Caledonia (0.69%)
French Polynesia (0.69%)
Other (2.26%)
See also
References
- ^ "Fast facts about Australia - Australia in Brief - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade". Archived from the original on 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ It corresponds to the following formula: projection2015/projection2014x10-100.
- ^ It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- ^ It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+1).