The United Nations geoscheme for Oceania is an internal tool created and used by the UN's Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics.[1]
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 |  Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Auckland Adelaide Gold Coast Newcastle Canberra Wellington
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The following is an alphabetical list of subregions as defined by the UNSD geoscheme.[1]
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)
Main article: Australia and New Zealand
|
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)
Main article: Melanesia
|
 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)
Main article: Micronesia
|
 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 NauruCapital: 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)
Main article: Polynesia
|
 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 |
