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  • How many Countries in Oceania?

Countries in Oceania:

14

There are 14 countries in Oceania today, according to United Nations official statistics. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population totals.

Not included in this total count and listed separately are:

  • The Cook Islands and Niue, both states in free association with New Zealand which are members of several UN specialized agencies and have been recognized "full treaty-making capacity", but are neither member states nor non-member observer states.
  • Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
#CountryPopulation
(2024)		Subregion
1 Australia 26,713,205 Australia and New Zealand
2 Papua New Guinea 10,576,502 Melanesia
3 New Zealand 5,213,944 Australia and New Zealand
4 Fiji 928,784 Melanesia
5 Solomon Islands 819,198 Melanesia
6 Micronesia 526,923 Micronesia
7 Vanuatu 327,777 Melanesia
8 Samoa 218,019 Polynesia
9 Kiribati 134,518 Micronesia
10 Tonga 104,175 Polynesia
11 Marshall Islands 37,548 Micronesia
12 Palau 17,695 Micronesia
13 Nauru 11,947 Micronesia
14 Tuvalu 9,646 Polynesia

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2024)		Dependency of
1 New Caledonia 292,639 France
2 French Polynesia 281,807 France
3 Guam 167,777 U.S.A.
4 American Samoa 46,765 U.S.A.
5 Northern Mariana Islands 44,278 U.S.A.
6 Cook Islands 13,729 (partly New Zealand)
7 Wallis & Futuna 11,277 France
8 Tokelau 2,506 New Zealand
9 Niue 1,819 (partly New Zealand)