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Oceania

The 14 countries of Oceania: map, capitals, population and area

Map of the 14 countries of OceaniaAUSTRALIAPAPUA NEWGUINEANEW ZEALANDFIJIKIRIBATIMARSHALLISLANDSMICRONESIANAURUPALAUSAMOASOLOMONISLANDSTONGATUVALUVANUATUSouthPacific OceanNorthPacific OceanIndian Ocean01,000 km
The 14 countries of Oceania shaded and outlined; small states ringed. Orthographic projection centred on 14.0°S 162.0°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

Oceania has 14 of the 195 countries in this atlas, in 4 subregions: Micronesia (5), Melanesia (4), Polynesia (3) and Australia and New Zealand (2). Together they cover 8,490,477 km².

The largest by area is Australia (7,692,024 km²) and the smallest is Nauru (21 km²). Australia has the most people, 27.6 million in 2025; Tuvalu has the fewest with World Bank data, 9,492.

Of the 14, 12 are island countries with no land border.

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All 14 countries A–Z

FlagCountryCapitalPopulationArea km²
AustraliaCanberra27,614,41120257,692,024
FijiSuva933,154202518,272
KiribatiSouth Tarawa136,4882025811
Marshall IslandsMajuro36,2822025181
MicronesiaPalikir113,6832025702
NauruYaren12,025202521
New ZealandWellington5,324,7002025270,467
PalauNgerulmud17,6632025459
Papua New GuineaPort Moresby10,762,8172025462,840
SamoaApia219,30620252,842
Solomon IslandsHoniara838,645202528,896
TongaNuku'alofa103,7422025747
TuvaluFunafuti9,492202526
VanuatuPort Vila335,169202512,189
 Population: World Bank, latest value (year under each figure), CC BY 4.0. Area and capitals: world-countries (ODbL 1.0).