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 [1][2][3][4] |
Local name(s)[1][2] | Capital [3][5][6] |
Population 2021 [7][8] |
Area [9] |
Currency [3] |
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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- ↑ Australia has two outside territories in the Antarctic, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands and the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory.
- ↑ New Zealand has five island groups in the Subantarctic. New Zealand claims territory in the Antarctic as the Ross Dependency.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Field Listing :: Names". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "UNGEGN List of Country Names" (PDF). United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "List of countries, territories and currencies". Europa. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "ISO 3166". International Organization for Standardization. 1974. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ↑ "Field Listing :: Capital". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ↑ "UNGEGN World Geographical Names". United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Field Listing :: Area". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2011.