List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geopolitical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many continental plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents.
This list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The main continental landmass of Oceania is Australia.[1]
The boundary between Asia and Oceania is not clearly defined. For political reasons, the United Nations considers the boundary between the two regions to be the Indonesian–Papua New Guinean border.[2] Papua New Guinea is occasionally considered Asian as it neighbours Indonesia, but this is rare, and it is generally accepted to be part of Oceania. Geographically, Papua and West Papua provinces are part of Oceania.
Sovereign states
United Nations member states
This section includes all sovereign states located in Oceania that are members of the United Nations.[3] All are full members of the Pacific Islands Forum.[4]
Flag | Coat of Arms / National Emblem | Map | English short and formal names [5][6][7] |
Domestic short and formal names[5][6] | Capital [7][8][9] |
Population [10] |
Area [11] |
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Australia[note 1] Commonwealth of Australia |
English: Australia — Commonwealth of Australia | Canberra | 23,268,319 | 7,741,220 km2 (2,988,902 sq mi) | |||
Federated States of Micronesia | English: Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir | 106,487 | 702 km2 (271 sq mi) | |||
Fiji Republic of Fiji |
English: Fiji — Republic of Fiji Fijian: Viti — Matanitu ko Viti Fiji Hindi फीजी/Fiji - रिपब्लिक ऑफ फीजी/ Ripablik ăph Phījī |
Suva | 890,057 | 18,274 km2 (7,056 sq mi) | |||
Kiribati Republic of Kiribati |
English: Kiribati — Republic of Kiribati Gilbertese: Kiribati — Ribaberiki Kiribati |
South Tarawa
Bairiki |
101,998 | 811 km2 (313 sq mi) | |||
Marshall Islands Republic of the Marshall Islands |
English: Marshall Islands — Republic of the Marshall Islands Marshallese: Aelōn̄ in M̧ajeļ - Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ |
Majuro | 68,480 | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) | |||
Nauru Republic of Nauru |
English: Nauru — Republic of Nauru Nauruan: Naoero - Repubrikin Naoero |
No official Capital
Government offices are in Yaren |
9,378 | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) | |||
New Zealand[note 2] | English: New Zealand Māori: Aotearoa |
Wellington | 4,570,038 | 267,710 km2 (103,363 sq mi) | |||
Palau Republic of Palau |
English: Palau — Republic of Palau Palauan: Belau — Beluu er a Belau |
Ngerulmud | 21,032 | 459 km2 (177 sq mi) | |||
Papua New Guinea Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
English: Papua New Guinea — Independent State of Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini — Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini |
Port Moresby | 6,310,129 | 462,840 km2 (178,704 sq mi) | |||
Samoa Independent State of Samoa |
English: Samoa — Independent State of Samoa Samoan: Samoa — Malo Sa‘oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa |
Apia | 194,320 | 2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi) | |||
Solomon Islands | English: Solomon Islands | Honiara | 584,578 | 28,896 km2 (11,157 sq mi) | |||
Tonga Kingdom of Tonga |
English: Tonga — Kingdom of Tonga Tongan: Tonga — Pule'anga Tonga |
Nukuʻalofa | 106,146 | 747 km2 (288 sq mi) | |||
Tuvalu | English: Tuvalu Tuvaluan: Tuvalu |
Funafuti | 10,619 | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) | |||
Vanuatu Republic of Vanuatu |
Bislama: Vanuatu — Ripablik blong Vanuatu English: Vanuatu — Republic of Vanuatu French: Vanuatu — République de Vanuatu |
Port Vila | 256,155 | 12,189 km2 (4,706 sq mi) |
Non-United Nations member states
Two states, the Cook Islands and Niue, are in free association with New Zealand. While maintaining a close constitutional and political relationship with New Zealand, both states are members of several United Nations specialized agencies with full treaty-making capacity, and have independently engaged in diplomatic relations with sovereign states under their own name. Both are also full members of the Pacific Islands Forum. Because of these features, they are sometimes considered to have de facto status as sovereign states.[12]
Flag | Coat of Arms / National Emblem | Map | English short and formal names[5] | Status | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area[11] |
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Cook Islands[7] | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship, but is independent in its internal affairs. | English: Cook Islands Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani |
Avarua[7][8] | 11,124[10] | 236 km2 (91 sq mi) | |||
Niue[7] | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship, but is independent in its internal affairs. | Niuean: Niuē English: Niue |
Alofi[7][8] | 1,311[10] | 260 km2 (100 sq mi) |
Non-sovereign territories
The following are entities considered to be within Oceania which are either:
1. Federal territories of sovereign states located outside these states' mainland.
2. Territories that constitute integral parts of sovereign states in some form other than a federal relationship, where a significant part of the sovereign state's landmass is located outside Oceania or the territory is located outside the sovereign state's mainland. Many of these territories are often described as dependencies or autonomous areas.
3. Dependent territories of sovereign states.
Two of these territories (French Polynesia and New Caledonia) are associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum, while five others (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau, and Wallis and Futuna) hold observer status within the organization.
Flag | Coat of Arms / National Emblem | Map | English short and formal names[5] | Status | Domestic short and formal names | Capital | Population | Area[11] |
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American Samoa Territory of American Samoa[7] |
Insular area of the United States | English: American Samoa — Territory of American Samoa Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa |
Pago Pago[7][8] | 67,242[10] | 199 km2 (77 sq mi) | |||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
Territory of Australia | English: Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 5 km2 (2 sq mi) | |||
Baker Island | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Baker Island | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 129.1 km2 (49.8 sq mi) | |||
Coral Sea Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory |
Territory of Australia | English: Coral Sea Islands — Coral Sea Islands Territory | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 3 km2 (1 sq mi) | |||
Easter Island | Special territory of Chile | Spanish: Isla de Pascua Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui |
Hanga Roa | 6,148[13] | 163.6 km2 (63 sq mi) | |||
Galápagos Islands | Special territory of Ecuador | Spanish: Islas Galápagos | Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | 35,000 | 7,880 km2 (3,042 sq mi) | |||
French Polynesia Overseas Lands of French Polynesia[7] |
Overseas country of France | French: Polynésie française — Pays d'outre-mer de la Polynesie Francaise[5] | Papeete[7][8] | 294,935[10] | 4,167 km2 (1,609 sq mi) | |||
Guam Territory of Guam |
Unincorporated organized territory, and Insular area of the United States | English: Guam — Territory of Guam Chamorro: Guahan[5] |
Hagåtña / Agaña[7][8] | 183,286[14] | 544 km2 (210 sq mi) | |||
Hawaii State of Hawaii |
State of the United States | English: Hawaii — State of Hawaii Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi — Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi |
Honolulu | 1,404,054[10] | 28,311 km2 (10,931 sq mi) | |||
Howland Island | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Howland Island | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 138.6 km2 (53.5 sq mi) | |||
Jarvis Island | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Jarvis Island | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 152 km2 (59 sq mi) | |||
Johnston Atoll | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Johnston Atoll | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 276.6 km2 (106.8 sq mi) | |||
Kingman Reef | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Kingman Reef | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 1,958.01 km2 (755.99 sq mi) | |||
Midway Atoll | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Midway Islands | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 2,355.2 km2 (909.3 sq mi) | |||
New Caledonia Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies |
Sui generis collectivity of France[7] | French: Nouvelle-Calédonie — Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances[5] | Nouméa[7][8] | 256,275[10] | 18,575 km2 (7,172 sq mi) | |||
Norfolk Island Territory of Norfolk Island[7] |
Self-governing integral Territory of Australia | English: Norfolk Island — Territory of Norfolk Island Norfuk: Teratri of Norf'k Ailen |
Kingston[7][8] | 2,169[10] | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) | |||
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[7] |
Commonwealth, and Insular area of the United States | English: Northern Mariana Islands — Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Chamorro: Islas Mariånas — Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas |
Saipan[7][8] | 46,050[10] | 464 km2 (179 sq mi) | |||
Ogasawara Village | Part of Ogasawara Village in Tokyo, Japan | Bonin Islands: Japanese: 小笠原群島 (Ogasawara Islands) Marcus Island: Japanese: 南鳥島 (Minamitorishima) Nishino-shima Island: Japanese: 西之島 (Western Island) Okinotori Islands: Japanese: 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotorishima) Volcano Islands: Japanese: 火山列島 (Kazan Rettō) |
Ōmura (大村) | 2,871[15] | 104.35 km2 (40 sq mi)[15] | |||
Palmyra Atoll[5] | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Palmyra Atoll | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) | |||
Papua Papua Province |
Province of Indonesia | Indonesian: Papua | Jayapura | 3,486,432[10] | 319,036.05 km2 (123,181 sq mi) | |||
Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Group of Islands |
British overseas territory | English: Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen |
Adamstown[7][8] | 48[10] | 47 km2 (18 sq mi) | |||
Tokelau[7] | Dependent territory of New Zealand | Tokelauan: Tokelau English: Tokelau |
Each Atoll has its own administrative centre[7][8] | 1,384[10] | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) | |||
Wake Island | United States Minor Outlying Island | English: Wake Island | Uninhabited | Uninhabited | 6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | |||
Wallis and Futuna Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands |
Overseas collectivity of France | French: Wallis et Futuna — Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna[5] | Mata-Utu[7][8] | 15,398[10] | 142 km2 (55 sq mi) | |||
West Papua West Papua Province |
Province of Indonesia | Indonesian: Papua Barat | Manokwari | 760,855[10] | 140,375.62 km2 (54,199 sq mi) |
See also
Oceania-related
- List of Oceanian countries by GDP (PPP)
- List of Oceanian countries by population
- List of predecessors of sovereign states in Oceania
- List of sovereign states in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index
Island countries
- List of Caribbean island countries by population
- List of island countries
- List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean
Notes
- Australia contains 4 external territories not associated with Oceania, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in Asia, and the Heard and McDonald Islands and the claimed Australian Antarctic Territory in the Antarctic.
- New Zealand also claims territory in the Antarctic as the Ross Dependency.
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