Oceania


UN geoscheme subregions of Oceania

Area 8,525,989 km2 (3,291,903 sq mi)
Population 41,570,842 (2018, 6th)
Demonym Oceanian
Countries 14 (sovereign)
2 (associated)
Dependencies 21
Time Zones UTC+14 (Kiribati) to UTC-11 (American Samoa and Niue) (West to East)
Largest Cities Australia Sydney
Australia Melbourne
Australia Brisbane
Australia Perth
New Zealand Auckland
Australia Adelaide
Australia Gold Coast
Australia Newcastle
Australia Canberra
New Zealand Wellington

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Oceania, created by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).[1]

UN Subregions

Oceania with its sovereign and dependent islands within the subregions Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia

The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories".[1] The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (009 for the whole of Oceania).

Subregion Country/Territory and capital city[note 1]
Australia and New Zealand (053)  Australia (036) – Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra
 Christmas Island (162) – Territory of Christmas Island (Australia)
Capital: Flying Fish Cove
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (166) – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
Capital: West Island
 Heard Island and McDonald Islands (334) – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
 New Zealand (554)
Capital: Wellington
 Norfolk Island (174) – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia)
Capital: Kingston
Melanesia (054)  Fiji (242) – Republic of Fiji
Capital: Suva
 New Caledonia (540) (France)
Capital: Nouméa
 Papua New Guinea (598) – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby
 Solomon Islands (090)
Capital: Honiara
 Vanuatu (548) – Republic of Vanuatu
Capital: Port Vila
Micronesia (057)  Guam (316) (United States)
Capital: Hagåtña
 Kiribati (296) – Republic of Kiribati
Capital: South Tarawa
 Marshall Islands (584) – Republic of the Marshall Islands
Capital: Majuro
 Micronesia (583) – Federated States of Micronesia
Capital: Palikir
 Nauru (520) – Republic of Nauru
Capital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament)
 Northern Mariana Islands (580) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Capital: Saipan
 Palau (585) – Republic of Palau
Capital: Ngerulmud
 United States Minor Outlying Islands (581) (United States)[note 2]
Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre)
Polynesia (061)  American Samoa (016) (United States)
Capital: Pago Pago
 Cook Islands (184) (New Zealand)[3]
Capital: Avarua
 French Polynesia (258) (France)
Capital: Pape'ete
 Niue (570) (New Zealand)[4]
Capital: Alofi
 Pitcairn (612) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom)
Capital: Adamstown
 Samoa (882) – Independent State of Samoa
Capital: Apia
 Tokelau (772) (New Zealand)
Capital: Fakaofo
 Tonga (776) – Kingdom of Tonga
Capital: Nukuʻalofa
 Tuvalu (798)
Capital: Funafuti
 Wallis and Futuna (876) – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)
Capital: Mata-Utu

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Subregions and countries/territories as per the United Nations geoscheme.
  2. ↑ The United Nations geoscheme has included the United States Minor Outlying Islands in Micronesia despite most of its islands are located in Polynesia geographically. Wake Island is the only island in the territory located in Micronesia. Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea has been excluded from this territory by the UN geoscheme. This disputed island has not been included in the Caribbean subregion either.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications
  2. ↑ UNSD M49 Standard – Recent changes (see Note 11)
  3. ↑ CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  4. ↑ CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
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