List of Oceanian countries by population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date26 Sep 2025

Australia is the most populous in Oceania. Australia and Papua New Guinea are the only Oceanian countries 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 are in the top 100.

Out of 23 countries/territories, the population of 14 would increase, and nine countries would decrease in 2025. Australia's population would increase by 258k, followed by Papua New Guinea (186k). Marshall Islands would be the top decliner, followed by American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands.

Tokelau would have the highest population growth rate of 3.68%, followed by Solomon Islands (2.33%). Five countries have a growth rate above 1%. Three countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. Marshall Islands would have the lowest population growth rate of -3.48%.

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 (2025) Growth Rank
20242025 OceaniaWorldOceaniaWorldNet%OceaniaWorld
AUSAustralia26,713,20526,974,02657.90.328155258,1240.966104
NZLNew Zealand5,213,9445,251,89911.30.0638312636,6520.709122
FJIFiji928,784933,1542.000.011341624,2610.4612142
NCLNew Caledonia292,639295,3330.6340.0035971852,6460.907107
PNGPapua New Guinea10,576,50210,762,81723.10.131290185,7501.73463
SLBSolomon Islands819,198838,6451.800.0102516519,5772.33230
VUTVanuatu327,777335,1690.7190.0040761837,3982.21335
GUMGuam167,777168,9990.3630.00205101921,1990.718121
KIRKiribati134,518136,4880.2930.00166111931,9591.44574
MHLMarshall Islands37,54836,2820.07780.0004416220-1,264-3.4823236
FSMMicronesia (Fed. States of)113,160113,6830.2440.00138121965100.4513146
NRUNauru11,94712,0250.02580.0001519227750.6210127
MNPNorthern Mariana Islands44,27843,5410.09340.0005315215-693-1.5921234
PLWPalau17,69517,6630.03790.0002117224-43-0.2416191
ASMAmerican Samoa46,76546,0290.09880.0005614213-721-1.5720233
COKCook Islands13,72913,2630.02850.0001618226-456-3.4422235
PYFFrench Polynesia281,807282,4650.6060.0034381876360.2314160
NIUNiue1,8191,8210.003910.0000223236-3-0.1715188
WSMSamoa218,019219,3060.4710.0026691891,2190.5611138
TKLTokelau2,5062,6080.005600.0000322235963.6811
TONTonga104,175103,7420.2230.0012613199-460-0.4417199
TUVTuvalu9,6469,4920.02040.0001221230-144-1.5219232
WLFWallis and Futuna Islands11,27711,1940.02400.0001420229-82-0.7318213
Oceania 46,088,716 46,609,644 0.57 516,240 1.11

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