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In a narrow sense, Oceania is a term used to refer to Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia as a whole. In a wider sense Australia and New Zealand are also counted as forming part of Oceania.
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Countries
Countries of Oceania include:
- Australia
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Sheep Zealand
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
Territories in Oceania belonging to other continent´s countries include:
- American Samoa (United States)
- Easter Island (Chile)
- French Polynesia (France)
- Guam (United States)
- New Caledonia (France)
- Hawaii (United States)
List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km.
Unlike the figures in the country articles, the figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and may therefore be lower here.
| country | pop. dens. | area | population |
|---|---|---|---|
| (/sq.km) | (sq.km) | (2002-07-01 est.) | |
| Nauru | 587 | 21 | 12,329 |
| Tuvalu | 429 | 26 | 11,146 |
| Marshall Islands | 407 | 181 | 73,630 |
| American Samoa (US) | 345 | 199 | 68,688 |
| Guam (US) | 293 | 549 | 160,796 |
| Micronesia | 194 | 702 | 135,869 |
| Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 162 | 477 | 77,311 |
| Tokelau (N.Z.) | 143 | 10 | 1,431 |
| Tonga | 142 | 748 | 106,137 |
| Kiribati | 119 | 811 | 96,335 |
| Cook Islands (N.Z.) | 87 | 240 | 20,811 |
| French Polynesia (Fr.) | 62 | 4,167 | 257,847 |
| Samoa | 61 | 2,944 | 178,631 |
| Wallis and Futuna (Fr.) | 57 | 274 | 15,585 |
| Norfolk Island (Aus) | 53 | 35 | 1,866 |
| Fiji | 47 | 18,270 | 856,346 |
| Cocos Islands (Aus) | 45 | 14 | 632 |
| Palau | 42 | 458 | 19,409 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 28,450 | 494,786 |
| Vanuatu | 16 | 12,200 | 196,178 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 268,680 | 3,908,037 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 462,840 | 5,172,033 |
| New Caledonia (Fr.) | 11 | 19,060 | 207,858 |
| Niue (1) | 8.2 | 260 | 2,134 |
| Christmas Island (Aus) | 3.5 | 135 | 474 |
| Australia | 2.5 | 7,686,850 | 19,546,792 |
| Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 1.0 | 47 | 47 |
(1) Niue has strong ties with New Zealand
- See also: History of Oceania
Oceania is also one of the three super-states in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, where the book's main character lives.