List of Oceanian countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date21 Aug 2024

Australia is the most populous in Oceania. Australia and Papua New Guinea are the only Oceanian country with a total number of humans above ten million. New Zealand is the remaining one with a total number of humans above one million. The top three countries together hold a huge 92% share of the Oceania population. The least populous country in Oceania is Tuvalu. Niue is the least populous region in Oceania.

Most of the Oceanian countries/territories have a very low population as none of the countries are on the list of the world's top 50 world population rankings and only two in the top 100.

Out of 23 countries/territories, the population of 15 would increase, and eight countries would decrease in 2024. Australia's population would increase by 264k, followed by Papua New Guinea (187k). Marshall Islands would be top decliners followed by Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.

Tokelau would have the highest population growth rate of 4.36%, followed by Solomon Islands (2.39%). Five countries have a growth rate above 1%. Three countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. Cook Islands would have the lowest population growth rate of -3.41%.

In 1950, Nauru was the least populous country in Oceania. By 2100, Palau will become the least populous country.

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Population (UN)

Code Country/Region Population Share (%) Rank Growth (2024) Growth Rank
20232024 OceaniaWorldOceaniaWorldNet%OceaniaWorld
AUSAustralia26,451,12426,713,20558.00.327155263,5180.996109
NZLNew Zealand5,172,8365,213,94411.30.0639312539,2580.758122
FJIFiji924,145928,7842.020.011441624,4800.4812144
NCLNew Caledonia289,870292,6390.6350.0035971852,7410.947113
PNGPapua New Guinea10,389,63510,576,50222.90.130292186,8811.77464
SLBSolomon Islands800,005819,1981.780.0100516619,3182.36231
VUTVanuatu320,409327,7770.7110.0040261827,3852.25335
GUMGuam166,506167,7770.3640.00206101921,2440.749123
KIRKiribati132,530134,5180.2920.00165111931,9821.47575
MHLMarshall Islands38,82737,5480.08150.0004616220-1,268-3.3822235
FSMMicronesia (Fed. States of)112,630113,1600.2460.00139121965350.4713147
NRUNauru11,87511,9470.02590.0001519227830.6910127
MNPNorthern Mariana Islands45,14344,2780.09610.0005415214-781-1.7621233
PLWPalau17,72717,6950.03840.0002217224-23-0.1316188
ASMAmerican Samoa47,52146,7650.1010.0005714212-752-1.6119231
COKCook Islands14,22213,7290.02980.0001718226-476-3.4723236
PYFFrench Polynesia281,118281,8070.6110.0034581876810.2415164
NIUNiue1,8171,8190.003950.000022323670.3914155
WSMSamoa216,663218,0190.4730.0026791891,3550.6211133
TKLTokelau2,3972,5060.005440.00003222351074.2712
TONTonga104,597104,1750.2260.0012813198-407-0.3917200
TUVTuvalu9,8169,6460.02090.0001221230-163-1.6920232
WLFWallis and Futuna Islands11,37011,2770.02450.0001420228-85-0.7518220
Oceania 45,562,787 46,088,716 0.56 525,620 1.15

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

Code Country/Region 1950 2000 2050 2100
PopulationRankPopulationRankPopulation RankPopulationRank
AUSAustralia8,176,750119,132,471132,506,969143,143,6851
NZLNew Zealand1,911,26323,857,57435,755,28835,812,2933
FJIFiji309,5144840,90941,000,2615879,3775
NCLNew Caledonia63,7908223,0987340,5807337,2218
PNGPapua New Guinea1,543,42935,537,064214,906,590218,640,5412
SLBSolomon Islands108,6345440,46951,309,11041,849,2094
VUTVanuatu51,54110186,2818534,3886875,4796
GUMGuam60,7769160,06510191,45810205,50210
KIRKiribati37,8461288,61313182,62111222,6459
MHLMarshall Islands12,9961650,7061625,1951623,80516
FSMMicronesia (Fed. States of)32,10613112,04411126,40812128,14212
NRUNauru3,4072210,1682015,7581720,66317
MNPNorthern Mariana Islands7,1111968,3561442,7641441,61114
PLWPalau7,4741819,1781715,5181811,12619
ASMAmerican Samoa19,0431456,8551537,5451532,29415
COKCook Islands14,6931515,854189,337217,90420
PYFFrench Polynesia64,3437240,3376284,7508186,86311
NIUNiue4,497212,047221,966232,39323
WSMSamoa88,2816181,6859272,7269383,5577
TKLTokelau1,592231,845233,821224,37022
TONTonga49,66011102,67712105,19513117,87113
TUVTuvalu4,765209,544219,7812012,26918
WLFWallis and Futuna Islands8,5361714,7841910,148196,87821
Oceania 12,582,044 31,352,624 57,688,178 72,945,697