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 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	25,710,853	59.82	1.42	333,000	49	25,705,700	October 13, 2020	Official population clock
2	Papua New Guinea	8,558,800	20.67	3.11	248,000	23	7,744,700	2015	Official estimate
3	New Zealand	4,795,886	11.51	1.53	69,000	46	5,166,500	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
7	Samoa	199,052	0.49	0.52	1,000	133	194,899	2016	Official estimate
	Guam (US)	172,400	0.41	0.62	1,000	112	159,358	April 1, 2010	2010 census result
8	Kiribati	120,100	0.28	1.80	2,000	39	113,400	2015	Official estimate
9	Federated States of Micronesia	103,000	0.26	0.00	0	-	102,300	2015	Official estimate
10	Tonga	100,651	0.26	0.00	0	-	103,300	2015	Official estimate
	American Samoa (US)	56,700	0.14	0.00	0	-	55,519	April 1, 2010	2010 census result
	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	56,200	0.12	-2.08	-1,000	-	53,883	April 1, 2010	2010 census result
11	Marshall Islands	55,500	0.14	0.00	0	-	54,900	2015	Official estimate
12	Palau	21,000	0.04	0.00	0	-	18,000	2015	Official estimate
	Cook Islands (NZ)	18,100	0.04	0.00	0	-	15,300	2015	Official estimate
	Wallis and Futuna (France)	11,700	0.03	0.00	0	-	11,558	July 23, 2018	2018 census result
13	Tuvalu	10,640	0.03	0.00	0	-	11,300	2015	Official estimate
14	Nauru	10,084	0.03	0.00	0	-	10,900	2015	Official estimate
	Norfolk Island (Australia)	1,748	0.01	0.00	0	-	2,302	August 9, 2011	2011 census result
	Niue (NZ)	1,611	0.01	0.00	0	-	1,500	2013	Official estimate
	Tokelau (NZ)	1,499	0.00	0.00	0	-	1,160	2015	Official estimate
	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%)

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. It corresponds to the following formula: projection₂₀₁₅/projection₂₀₁₄x100-100.
3. It corresponds to the calculation: projection₂₀₁₅*annual_growth/100.
4. It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG₁₀(2)/LOG₁₀(growth/100+1).