Population of Oceania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	23 Sep 2025

The current population of Oceania is 46,731,612 as of September 26, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Oceania is projected at 46,609,644, or 46.61 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Oceania is projected at 46,088,716, or 46.09 million, for the year 2024. Oceania's population will not peak until 2100.

Oceania is the least populous continent. The size of the population of Oceania is equivalent to that of Iraq, the 34th most populous country in the world. Oceania accounts for 0.57 percent of the world population. Its global share is projected to reach 0.72 percent in 2100.

The Australia/New Zealand region forms the single largest population block in Oceania, followed by the Melanesia region. Australia/New Zealand accounts for over two-thirds of Oceania's population, while the Melanesia region accounts for 28% of Oceania. These two regions together account for over 97% of the continent's population.

Oceania has the 2nd highest population growth rate of 1.11% for 2025, below Africa. The population growth peaked in 1970, with an annual growth rate of 2.78%. Melanesia is the fastest-growing subregion in Oceania, followed by Australia/New Zealand. Polynesia has a growth rate close to zero.

Oceania will add 516k people in 2025. The net increase in the population per year peaked in 2016, at almost 756k.

Oceanian subregions by population

Rank	Subregion	Population				Share (%)		Growth (2025)
		2024		2025		Oceania	World	Net change	rate (%)
		1 Jan	1 July	1 Jan	1 July	Oceania	World	Net change	rate (%)
1	Australia/New Zealand	31,775,761	31,927,149	32,078,537	32,225,925	69.14	0.391	294,780	0.92
2	Melanesia	12,834,498	12,944,900	13,055,303	13,165,119	28.25	0.160	219,630	1.67
3	Polynesia	689,610	689,744	689,877	689,919	1.48	0.008	90	0.01
4	Micronesia	526,037	526,923	527,809	528,681	1.13	0.006	1,740	0.33
	Oceania	45,825,906	46,088,716	46,351,526	46,609,644		0.566	516,240	1.11

Historical and Projection

Continent	Population				Growth rate (%) against 2025
Continent	1950	2000	2050	2100	1950	2000	2050	2100
Australia/New Zealand	10,088,013	22,990,045	38,262,257	48,955,978	225.64	41.60	19.62	52.94
Melanesia	2,076,908	7,227,820	18,090,929	22,581,827	545.88	86.45	39.21	73.02
Polynesia	255,407	625,628	735,268	754,397	173.54	10.78	6.69	9.27
Micronesia	161,716	509,131	599,723	653,495	230.26	4.47	13.89	23.73
Oceania	12,582,044	31,352,624	57,688,178	72,945,697	277.68	50.64	24.88	57.62

Oceania population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	45,825,906	46,088,716	525,620	1.140	0.56
2025	46,351,526	46,609,644	516,236	1.108	0.57
2026	46,867,762	47,118,993	502,463	1.066	0.57
2027	47,370,225	47,619,141	497,833	1.045	0.57
2028	47,868,058	48,113,153	490,190	1.019	0.57
2029	48,358,248	48,596,699	476,902	0.981	0.57
2030	48,835,150	49,071,522	472,744	0.963	0.57
2031	49,307,894	49,540,450	465,111	0.939	0.57
2032	49,773,005	50,000,979	455,948	0.912	0.57
2033	50,228,953	50,454,616	451,327	0.895	0.58
2034	50,680,280	50,904,057	447,554	0.879	0.58
2035	51,127,834	51,351,255	446,842	0.870	0.58
2036	51,574,676	51,797,065	444,778	0.859	0.58
2037	52,019,454	52,236,632	434,355	0.832	0.58
2038	52,453,809	52,672,624	437,631	0.831	0.58
2039	52,891,440	53,104,814	426,748	0.804	0.58
2040	53,318,188	53,532,011	427,646	0.799	0.58
2041	53,745,834	53,960,539	429,410	0.796	0.58
2042	54,175,244	54,389,549	428,610	0.788	0.59
2043	54,603,854	54,814,906	422,103	0.770	0.59
2044	55,025,957	55,235,476	419,038	0.759	0.59
2045	55,444,995	55,654,839	419,688	0.754	0.59
2046	55,864,683	56,074,223	419,079	0.747	0.59
2047	56,283,762	56,484,704	401,884	0.711	0.59
2048	56,685,646	56,891,405	411,518	0.723	0.59
2049	57,097,164	57,294,585	394,842	0.689	0.60
2050	57,492,006	57,688,178	392,344	0.680	0.60
2051	57,884,350	58,078,782	388,864	0.670	0.60
2052	58,273,214	58,462,442	378,455	0.647	0.60
2053	58,651,669	58,839,147	374,956	0.637	0.60
2054	59,026,625	59,214,918	376,586	0.636	0.60
2055	59,403,211	59,589,007	371,591	0.624	0.61
2056	59,774,802	59,954,853	360,102	0.601	0.61
2057	60,134,904	60,313,940	358,072	0.594	0.61
2058	60,492,976	60,673,876	361,800	0.596	0.61
2059	60,854,776	61,028,226	346,899	0.568	0.61
2060	61,201,675	61,373,340	343,329	0.559	0.61
2061	61,545,004	61,714,503	338,997	0.549	0.62
2062	61,884,001	62,053,399	338,797	0.546	0.62
2063	62,222,798	62,391,152	336,708	0.540	0.62
2064	62,559,506	62,722,829	326,645	0.521	0.62
2065	62,886,151	63,051,767	331,232	0.525	0.62
2066	63,217,383	63,385,873	336,980	0.532	0.63
2067	63,554,363	63,721,194	333,661	0.524	0.63
2068	63,888,024	64,053,165	330,282	0.516	0.63
2069	64,218,306	64,380,137	323,661	0.503	0.63
2070	64,541,967	64,699,126	314,318	0.486	0.63
2071	64,856,285	65,009,077	305,585	0.470	0.64
2072	65,161,870	65,315,019	306,298	0.469	0.64
2073	65,468,168	65,618,855	301,373	0.459	0.64
2074	65,769,541	65,920,205	301,327	0.457	0.64
2075	66,070,868	66,219,156	296,576	0.448	0.65
2076	66,367,444	66,513,117	291,346	0.438	0.65
2077	66,658,790	66,806,765	295,951	0.443	0.65
2078	66,954,741	67,100,367	291,251	0.434	0.65
2079	67,245,992	67,388,295	284,607	0.422	0.66
2080	67,530,599	67,672,730	284,261	0.420	0.66
2081	67,814,860	67,958,761	287,801	0.423	0.66
2082	68,102,661	68,240,235	275,147	0.403	0.66
2083	68,377,808	68,518,192	280,767	0.410	0.67
2084	68,658,575	68,790,735	264,319	0.384	0.67
2085	68,922,894	69,055,332	264,876	0.384	0.67
2086	69,187,770	69,322,431	269,322	0.389	0.67
2087	69,457,092	69,593,308	272,432	0.391	0.68
2088	69,729,524	69,871,410	283,772	0.406	0.68
2089	70,013,296	70,148,493	270,395	0.385	0.68
2090	70,283,691	70,424,208	281,034	0.399	0.69
2091	70,564,725	70,702,942	276,433	0.391	0.69
2092	70,841,158	70,976,105	269,894	0.380	0.69
2093	71,111,052	71,241,489	260,875	0.366	0.69
2094	71,371,927	71,495,139	246,424	0.345	0.70
2095	71,618,351	71,742,530	248,358	0.346	0.70
2096	71,866,709	71,993,243	253,069	0.352	0.70
2097	72,119,778	72,246,533	253,509	0.351	0.71
2098	72,373,287	72,490,596	234,619	0.324	0.71
2099	72,607,906	72,721,135	226,457	0.311	0.71
2100	72,834,363	72,945,697	222,668	0.305	0.72

Oceania population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,409,479	12,582,044	345,130	2.743	0.50
1951	12,754,609	12,915,029	320,839	2.484	0.51
1952	13,075,448	13,228,956	307,016	2.321	0.51
1953	13,382,464	13,527,043	289,159	2.138	0.51
1954	13,671,623	13,824,299	305,351	2.209	0.51
1955	13,976,974	14,145,091	336,233	2.377	0.52
1956	14,313,207	14,484,440	342,466	2.364	0.52
1957	14,655,673	14,825,232	339,118	2.288	0.52
1958	14,994,791	15,165,871	342,161	2.256	0.52
1959	15,336,952	15,509,887	345,870	2.230	0.52
1960	15,682,822	15,862,303	358,962	2.263	0.53
1961	16,041,784	16,216,517	349,467	2.155	0.53
1962	16,391,251	16,560,586	338,670	2.045	0.53
1963	16,729,921	16,904,253	348,665	2.063	0.53
1964	17,078,586	17,254,314	351,456	2.037	0.53
1965	17,430,042	17,616,868	373,651	2.121	0.53
1966	17,803,693	17,985,714	364,042	2.024	0.53
1967	18,167,735	18,331,856	328,241	1.791	0.53
1968	18,495,976	18,669,865	347,779	1.863	0.53
1969	18,843,755	19,033,435	379,360	1.993	0.53
1970	19,223,115	19,493,814	541,398	2.777	0.53
1971	19,764,513	20,035,727	542,428	2.707	0.53
1972	20,306,941	20,493,789	373,697	1.824	0.53
1973	20,680,638	20,865,838	370,399	1.775	0.53
1974	21,051,037	21,227,905	353,735	1.666	0.53
1975	21,404,772	21,555,566	301,588	1.399	0.53
1976	21,706,360	21,842,129	271,538	1.243	0.53
1977	21,977,898	22,114,261	272,726	1.233	0.52
1978	22,250,624	22,383,131	265,014	1.184	0.52
1979	22,515,638	22,653,380	275,485	1.216	0.52
1980	22,791,123	22,954,129	326,013	1.420	0.52
1981	23,117,136	23,307,158	380,043	1.631	0.51
1982	23,497,179	23,690,304	386,251	1.630	0.51
1983	23,883,430	24,064,139	361,418	1.502	0.51
1984	24,244,848	24,420,733	351,771	1.440	0.51
1985	24,596,619	24,777,241	361,244	1.458	0.51
1986	24,957,863	25,149,500	383,274	1.524	0.51
1987	25,341,137	25,544,233	406,192	1.590	0.51
1988	25,747,329	25,956,096	417,534	1.609	0.50
1989	26,164,863	26,376,678	423,630	1.606	0.50
1990	26,588,493	26,839,036	501,087	1.867	0.50
1991	27,089,580	27,314,981	450,802	1.650	0.50
1992	27,540,382	27,746,313	411,862	1.484	0.50
1993	27,952,244	28,154,045	403,602	1.434	0.50
1994	28,355,846	28,572,745	433,798	1.518	0.50
1995	28,789,644	29,024,929	470,571	1.621	0.50
1996	29,260,215	29,498,348	476,266	1.615	0.50
1997	29,736,481	29,964,284	455,605	1.521	0.51
1998	30,192,086	30,419,760	455,348	1.497	0.51
1999	30,647,434	30,879,804	464,739	1.505	0.51
2000	31,112,173	31,352,624	480,902	1.534	0.51
2001	31,593,075	31,846,895	507,640	1.594	0.51
2002	32,100,715	32,365,687	529,944	1.637	0.51
2003	32,630,659	32,894,234	527,149	1.603	0.51
2004	33,157,808	33,418,749	521,881	1.562	0.51
2005	33,679,689	33,955,854	552,330	1.627	0.52
2006	34,232,019	34,540,035	616,033	1.784	0.52
2007	34,848,052	35,189,702	683,300	1.942	0.52
2008	35,531,352	35,890,036	717,368	1.999	0.52
2009	36,248,720	36,593,202	688,964	1.883	0.53
2010	36,937,684	37,253,766	632,164	1.697	0.53
2011	37,569,848	37,889,764	639,833	1.689	0.53
2012	38,209,681	38,550,171	680,979	1.767	0.54
2013	38,890,660	39,233,597	685,874	1.748	0.54
2014	39,576,534	39,918,435	683,803	1.713	0.54
2015	40,260,337	40,614,679	708,683	1.745	0.54
2016	40,969,020	41,346,918	755,797	1.828	0.55
2017	41,724,817	42,093,654	737,675	1.753	0.55
2018	42,462,492	42,815,156	705,329	1.647	0.55
2019	43,167,821	43,504,189	672,736	1.546	0.56
2020	43,840,557	44,078,974	476,834	1.082	0.56
2021	44,317,391	44,558,211	481,641	1.081	0.56
2022	44,799,032	45,049,350	500,636	1.111	0.56
2023	45,299,668	45,562,787	526,238	1.155	0.56