List of Oceanian countries by populatio

Geographic map of Oceania
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependent territories by population, which is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

Rank Country
(or dependent territory)
July 1, 2013
projection[1]
% of
pop.
Average
relative
annual
growth
(%)[2]
Average
absolute
annual
growth
[3]
Estimated
doubling
time
(Years)[4]
Alternative
figure
Date Source
1  Australia 23,076,000 60.56 1.70 386,000 41 22,785,500 September 30, 2012 Official estimate
2  Papua New Guinea 7,461,000 19.58 2.84 206,000 25 7,059,653 July 10, 2011 2011 census result
3  New Zealand 4,462,000 11.71 0.61 27,000 114 4,468,990 June 17, 2013 Official population clock
4  Fiji 862,000 2.26 0.47 4,000 149 858,038 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
5  Solomon Islands 561,000 1.47 2.37 13,000 30 515,870 November 23, 2009 2009 census result
6  French Polynesia (France) 270,000 0.71 0.75 2,000 93 268,270 August 22, 2012 Preliminary 2012 census result
7  New Caledonia (France) 258,000 0.68 1.18 3,000 59 255,651 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
8  Vanuatu 254,000 0.67 2.42 6,000 29 258,213 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
9  Samoa 190,000 0.50 0.53 1,000 131 187,820 November 7, 2011 Final 2011 census result
10  Guam (US) 161,000 0.42 0.63 1,000 111 159,358 April 1, 2010 Final 2010 census result
11  Kiribati 109,000 0.29 1.87 2,000 37 104,573 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
12  Tonga 103,000 0.27 0.00 0 - 103,036 November 30, 2011 2011 census result
13  Federated States of Micronesia 102,000 0.27 0.00 0 - 101,823 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
14  American Samoa (US) 55,000 0.14 0.00 0 - 55,519 April 1, 2010 Final 2010 census result
15  Marshall Islands 55,000 0.14 0.00 0 - 55,548 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
16  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 50,000 0.13 -1.96 -1,000 - 53,883 April 1, 2010 Final 2010 census result
17  Palau 21,000 0.06 0.00 0 - 20,770 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
18  Cook Islands (NZ) 15,000 0.04 0.00 0 - 14,974 December 1, 2011 Final 2011 census result
19  Wallis and Futuna (France) 13,000 0.03 0.00 0 - 13,152 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
20  Tuvalu 11,000 0.03 0.00 0 - 11,264 July 1, 2012 Official estimate
21  Nauru 10,000 0.03 0.00 0 - 9,945 October 30, 2011 2011 census result
22  Norfolk Island (Australia) 2,000 0.01 0.00 0 - 2,302 August 9, 2011 2011 census result
23  Niue (NZ) 2,000 0.01 0.00 0 - 1,613 September 10, 2011 Final 2011 census result
24  Tokelau (NZ) 1,000 0.00 0.00 0 - 1,411 October 18, 2011 Final 2011 census result
25  Pitcairn Islands (UK) 70 0.00 0.00 0 - 66 2008 2008 census result
Total 38,104,070 100.00 1.74 650,000