List of Oceanian countries by population

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.

Map

Oceania population by country ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

1. Australia (50.2%)
2. Papua New Guinea (19.6%)
3. Western New Guinea (10.7%)
4. New Zealand (9.90%)
5. Hawaii (2.70%)
6. Fiji (1.80%)
7. Solomon Islands (1.40%)

Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania

Table

	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 (ID)	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 (FR)	0.6%	308,872	0.8%	280,855	26 Jun 2022 [2]
	New Caledonia (FR)	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 (FR)	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 (CL)	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

See also

• List of Oceanian countries by area
• List of Oceanian countries by life expectancy

Notes

1. Figures are for 2022.

References

1. "World Population Prospects, 2022 Revision". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
2. "Pacific Data Hub Explorer". stats.pacificdata.org. Retrieved 20 Jul 2023.
3. Official projection "West Papua Province Interim Population Projection by Regency/City and Gender, 2021-2023". papuabarat.bps.go.id. 27 Jun 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
4. Official projection "Total Population of Papua Province by Regency/City Results of Interim Population Projection (Mid year, June) (Person), 2020-2022". papua.bps.go.id. 27 Jun 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
5. Official estimate "Demographic and Housing Estimates". census.gov. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
6. Official estimate "National, state and territory population". abs.gov.au. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
7. Official estimate "Estimated population of NZ". stats.govt.nz. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
8. 2020 census result "Population of Guam" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
9. 2021 census result "Tonga Statistics Department". tongastats.gov.to. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
10. 2020 census result "Population of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
11. 2020 census result "Population of American Somoa" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
12. 2021 census result "Marshall Islands". City Population. 11 Jun 2022. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
13. Official estimate "Health Statistics". palaugov.pw. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
14. 2021 census result "Cook Islands". City Population. 26 Jan 2023. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
15. Official projection "Est. y Proy. de Pob. Comunal". ine.gob.cl. 28 Nov 2019. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
16. 2019 census result "2019 Tokelau Population Count" (PDF). tokelau.org.nz. 20 Jan 2020. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.
17. Official estimate "Cook Islands". City Population. 22 Nov 2020. Retrieved 27 Jun 2023.