List of Oceanian countries

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This is a list of countries in the Continent of Oceania.

Flag Map English names, and ISO
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Local name(s)[1][2] Capital
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Population 2021
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Area
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Currency
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Australia[note 1]

Commonwealth of Australia

AUS
English: Australia — Commonwealth of Australia Canberra 25,921,089 7,741,220 km2 (2,988,902 sq mi) Australian dollar
Federated States of Micronesia

FSM
English: Federated States of Micronesia

Spanish: Estados Federados de Micronesia
Palikir 113,131 702 km2 (271 sq mi) United States dollar
Fiji

Republic of Fiji

FJI
English: Fiji — Republic of Fiji

Fijian: Viti — Matanitu ko Viti

Fiji Hindi फीजी/Fiji - रिपब्लिक ऑफ फीजी/ Ripablik ăph Phījī
Suva 924,610 18,274 km2 (7,056 sq mi) Fijian dollar
Kiribati

Republic of Kiribati

KIR
English: Kiribati — Republic of Kiribati

Gilbertese: Kiribati — Ribaberiki Kiribati
South Tarawa
Bairiki
128,874 811 km2 (313 sq mi) Kiribati dollar
Marshall Islands

Republic of the Marshall Islands

MHL
English: Marshall Islands — Republic of the Marshall Islands

Majuro 42,050 181 km2 (70 sq mi) United States dollar
Nauru

Republic of Nauru

NRU
English: Nauru — Republic of Nauru

No official Capital
Government offices are in Yaren
12,511 21 km2 (8 sq mi) Australian dollar
New Zealand[note 2]

NZL
English: New Zealand

Māori: Aotearoa
Wellington 5,129,727 267,710 km2 (103,363 sq mi) New Zealand dollar
Palau

Republic of Palau

PLW
English: Palau — Republic of Palau

Ngerulmud 18,024 459 km2 (177 sq mi) United States dollar
Papua New Guinea

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

PNG
English: Papua New Guinea — Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby 9,949,437 462,840 km2 (178,704 sq mi) Papua New Guinean kina
Samoa

Independent State of Samoa

WSM
English: Samoa — Independent State of Samoa

Samoan: Samoa — Malo Sa‘oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa
Apia 218,764 2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi) Samoan tālā
Solomon Islands

SLB
English: Solomon Islands Honiara 707,851 28,896 km2 (11,157 sq mi) Solomon Islands dollar
Tonga

Kingdom of Tonga

TON
English: Tonga — Kingdom of Tonga

Nukuʻalofa 106,017 747 km2 (288 sq mi) Tongan paʻanga
Tuvalu

TUV
English: Tuvalu

Funafuti 11,204 26 km2 (10 sq mi) Tuvaluan dollar
Vanuatu

Republic of Vanuatu

VUT
English: Republic of Vanuatu

English: Vanuatu — Republic of Vanuatu

French: Vanuatu — République de Vanuatu
Port Vila 319,137 12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) Vanuatu vatu

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Australia has two outside territories in the Antarctic, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands and the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory.
  2. New Zealand has five island groups in the Subantarctic. New Zealand claims territory in the Antarctic as the Ross Dependency.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Field Listing :: Names". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "UNGEGN List of Country Names" (PDF). United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "List of countries, territories and currencies". Europa. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. "ISO 3166". International Organization for Standardization. 1974. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  5. "Field Listing :: Capital". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  6. "UNGEGN World Geographical Names". United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  7. "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  8. "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  9. "Field Listing :: Area". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2011.