Urban population in Oceania

19 countries in Oceania, 2025. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Nauru
Median country
65.4 %
half above, half below
World
57.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
15.8 to 100.0
Papua New Guinea - Nauru

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Nauru (100.0 %) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (15.8 %).

The median country is at 65.4 %: half are above, half below.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

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Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization… · via World Bank WDI (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) · licence

Urban population over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Nauru100.0
2Guam94.2
3Northern Mariana Islands92.2
4Australia87.7
5New Zealand84.0
6American Samoa80.5
7Palau79.3
8Marshall Islands79.1
9New Caledonia68.2
10Tuvalu65.4
11Kiribati63.4
12French Polynesia61.8
13Fiji59.5
14Solomon Islands31.3
15Federated States of Micronesia22.5
16Vanuatu22.3
17Tonga21.2
18Samoa17.5
19Papua New Guinea15.8
World Bank, WDI · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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