Population density in Oceania

19 countries in Oceania, 2023. Unit: people per km² of land. World ranking →

First in the ranking
593.8 /km²
Nauru
Median country
81.0 /km²
half above, half below
World
62.1 /km²
World Bank aggregate
Range
3.5 to 593.8
Australia - Nauru

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Nauru (593.8 /km²) and the lowest in Australia (3.5 /km²).

The median country is at 81.0 /km²: half are above, half below.

Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area…

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Source: FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations… · via World Bank WDI (EN.POP.DNST) · licence

Population density over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Nauru593.8
2Tuvalu327.2
3Guam308.3
4American Samoa237.6
5Marshall Islands215.7
6Kiribati163.6
7Federated States of Micronesia160.9
8Tonga145.3
9Northern Mariana Islands98.1
10French Polynesia81.0
11Samoa77.9
12Fiji50.6
13Palau38.5
14Solomon Islands28.6
15Vanuatu26.3
16Papua New Guinea22.9
17New Zealand19.7
18New Caledonia15.9
19Australia3.5
World Bank, WDI · EN.POP.DNST · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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