Continents | Home / Continents / Oceania

Oceania


Geography

Borders

The Oceanian continent is made up of thousands of islands throughout the Central South Pacific Ocean.

Oceania extends from New Guinea in the west, the Bonin Islands in the northwest, the Hawaiian Islands in the northeast, Rapa Nui and Sala y Gómez Island in the east and Macquarie Island in the south.

Oceania comprised traditionally four regions: Autralasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

Area

8 525 989 km2 (3 291 903 sq mi)

Topographic map of Oceania

Topographic map of Oceania

Land cover map of Oceania

Land cover map of Oceania

Population and settlement

Population from 1950 to 2020

CC BY

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019, Online Edition. Rev. 1.

Economy

GDP (PPP)

Total: N.A.

GDP (nominal)

Total (2018): $1.630 trillion

Per capita (2017): $41 037

Population 

42 677 809 (2020)

Density of population

4.19/km2  (10.9/sq mi)

Explore and interact with our maps

Oceania countries and capitals

Political map of Oceania

Political map of Oceania
make a map

List of countries

flag of Australia

Australia

Capital: Canberra

Population: 25 733 200 (2020)

Area: 7 741 220 km2

flag of Fiji

Fiji

Capital: Suva

Population: 926 276 (2018)

Area: 18 274 km2

flag of Kiribati

Kiribati

Capital: Tarawa

Population: 122 330 (2020)

Area: 811 km2

flag of Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

Capital: Majuro

Population: 58 413 (2018)

Area : 181 km2

flag of Federated States of Micronesia

Micronesia

Capital: Palikir

Population: 104 468 (2019)

Area: 702 km2

flag of Nauru

Nauru

Capital: no official capital (government offices in the Yaren District)

Population: 10 670 (2018)

Area: 21 km2

flag of New Zealand

New Zealand

Capital: Wellington

Population: 5 007 610 (2020)

Area: 268 838 km2

flag of Palau

Palau

Capital: Ngerulmud

Population: 17 907 (2018)

Area : 459 km2

flag of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Capital: Port Moresby

Population: 8 935 000 (2020)

Area: 462 840 km2

flag of Samoa

Samoa

Capital: Apia

Population: 195 843 (2016)

Area: 2 831 km2

flag of Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Capital: Honiara

Population: 652 857 (2018)

Area: 28 896 km2

flag of Tonga

Tonga

Capital: Nuku’alofa

Population: 100 651 (2016)

Area : 747 km2

flag of Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Capital: Funafuti

Population: 10 200 (2018)

Area: 26 km2

flag of Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Capital: Port-Vila

Population: 304 500 (2018)

Area: 12 189 km2