[360] Agriculture accounts for 18% of gross domestic product, although it employed some 70% of the workforce as of 2001. The overwhelming majority of people living in the Pacific islands work in the service industry which includes tourism, education and financial services. This is an increase of 1.56 % (683,190 people) compared to population of 43,733,573 the year before. Tongan, English. [459][460], Australians view sport as an important part of their cultural identity, and the country performs well on the international stage, despite having a relatively small population. Find the Countries of Europe - No Outlines Minefield. Petroglyphs, tattooing, painting, wood carving, stone carving, and textile work are other common art forms. By their definition, Near Oceania consists of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, with the exception of Santa Cruz Islands. Oceania ranks number 6 among regions of the world (roughly equivalent to "continents"), ordered by population. Hawaii became a U.S. state in 1959. Lista de correio - Ver mais. High islands are of volcanic origin, and many contain active volcanoes. Countries in Oceania The following are countries that are included in the broad definition of Oceania, with their corresponding population and capitals. The Oceania group of continent/islands encompasses mainland Australia, Tasmania, island countries of New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Papua New Guinea. [28] Ocanie derives from the Latin word oceanus, and this from the Greek word (keans), "ocean". [331][332] Auckland is home to over half (51.6 percent) of New Zealand's overseas born population, including 72 percent of the country's Pacific Island-born population, 64 percent of its Asian-born population, and 56 percent of its Middle Eastern and African born population. The capital of Papeet was founded in 1843. The islands lie on the Nazca Plate with Easter Island and the Galpagos Islands, and have a significant south central Pacific component to their marine fauna. He noted the political significance of the Aleutian Islands, which were invaded by the Japanese military in World War II, and categorized New Zealand's Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Islands, Chatham Island and Kermadec Islands as being non-tropical islands of the South Pacific, along with Australia's Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. [385] The New Zealand Parliament holds legislative power and consists of the King and the House of Representatives. This list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. At 103million square kilometres (40,000,000sqmi), it is the largest tectonic plate. 1. As codified in the Hawaiian Constitution, there are three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. For Australia and New Zealand, 85% of the population lives in urban areas, while on the islands most people live in rural areas. The island chain borders both the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and is geologically a partially submerged volcanic extension of the Aleutian Range on the Alaskan mainland, that stretches for another 1,600 kilometers. OCEANIA. See Also: Oceanian countries by Population Population of Asia Population of Africa South Island is dominated by the Southern Alps. The Population of Oceania (1950 - 2019) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2019. Some of the most visited countries in Oceania are the following: Australia. The smallest and least populous dependency in Oceania is the New Zealand-controlled island of Tokelau, which has a land area of just 10 km 2, and a population of just over 1,300. There is significantbiodiversityon the continent of Oceania,featuringtropical, subtropical, marine, tundra, and high mountainecosystems. Trends i. Some experts insist that Oceania encompasses even the cold Aleutian Islands and the islands of Japan. A population can . As with other Polynesian cultures (Hawaiian, Tahitian and Mori) with significant and unique tattoos, Samoans have two gender specific and culturally significant tattoos. [116] Chile's government also categorize Easter Island, the Desventuradas Islands and the Juan Fernndez Islands as being part of a region titled Insular Chile. The majority of people living in Australia work in health care, retail and education sectors. Population of Oceania. There are six cities in Oceania with a population of more than one million inhabitants: Sydney (Australia): 5.3 million inhabitants Melbourne (Australia): 4 million inhabitants Brisbane (Australia): 2 million inhabitants Perth (Australia): 2 million inhabitants Auckland (New Zealand): 1.6 million inhabitants The Pitcairn reed warbler, endemic to Pitcairn Island, was added to the endangered species list in 2008. Introduction II. [170][171][172][173][174] Both were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans during the 17th century. Santa Cruz, a population located in Remote Oceania, is an anomaly with extreme frequencies of autochthonous haplogroups of Near Oceanian origin. [189], They reached Tasmania c. 40,000 years ago by migrating across a land bridge from the mainland that existed during the last ice age. [67] The UN's definition of this subregion also includes Australia's Indian Ocean external territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. In the archaeological record there are well-defined traces of this expansion which allow the path it took to be followed and dated with some certainty. The most multicultural areas in Oceania, which have a high degree of immigration, are Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. [210], In the quest for Terra Australis, Spanish explorations in the 17th century, such as the expedition led by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirs, sailed to Pitcairn and Vanuatu archipelagos, and sailed the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea, named after navigator Lus Vaz de Torres. "[38] He did not explicitly label Oceania a continent in the book, but did note that it was one of the six major divisions of the world. Papua New Guinea and New Zealand represent nine tenths of the total. Fiji has a multiparty system with the Prime Minister of Fiji as head of government. [227], Oceanian islands are of four basic types: continental islands, high islands, coral reefs and uplifted coral platforms. [212] He was the first known European explorer to reach these islands. Endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector. Oceania is the fictional totalitarian state that acts as the setting for the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Other Austronesian areas such as Indonesia and the Philippines were not included, due to their closer cultural proximity to mainland Asia. One surviving ship led by Juan Sebastin Elcano returned west across the Indian Ocean and the other went north in the hope of finding the westerlies and reaching Mexico. Olney divided up Oceania into three groups; Australasia (which included Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand), Malesia and Polynesia (which included the combined islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia in his definition). attiarndt/Getty Images Area: 178,703 square miles (462,840 sq km) The Inkas i. The states of Hong Kong and Malaysia, located in both mainland Asia and marginal seas of the Pacific, are also excluded, as is the nation of Brunei, which shares the island of Borneo with Indonesia and Malaysia. [135] The Stockholm Journal of East Asian Studies stated in 1996 that Oceania was defined as Australia and an ensemble of various Pacific Islands, "particularly those in the central and south Pacific [but] never those in the extreme north, for example the Aleutian chain. When compared to the other continents, Oceania is the smallest in land area and the second least populated after Antarctica. Other religions in the region include Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, which are prominent minority religions in Australia and New Zealand. [325][326] Melbourne is also fairly multicultural, having the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Europe,[327] and the second largest Asian population in Australia after Sydney. It should be remarked that if we take the Malay archipelago away from Oceania, as do generally the German geographers, the insular world contained in the great ocean is cut in two, and the least populated of the five parts of the world is diminished in order to increase the number of inhabitants of the most densely populated continent. [387] New Zealand is identified as one of the world's most stable and well-governed states,[388][389] with high government transparency and among the lowest perceived levels of corruption.[390]. Thehighest mountainon the continent is located in New Guinea and isMount Jaya at 4,884 meters above sea level. [219], The Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar landed in the Marshall Islands in 1529. Oceania (UK: /osini, oi-, -en-/, US: /oini/ (listen), /-n-/)[5] is a geographical region that is described as a continent in some parts of the world. 2.1 million), and Auckland (pop. [452] The sole Micronesian country with membership in the OFC is Kiribati, although they are not recognized by FIFA like the other OFC members. (2001 est.) Since 1788, the primary influence behind Australian culture has been Anglo-Celtic Western culture, with some Indigenous influences. Mailing List - See more. [1] Table [ edit] Oceanian population by country (top 8). His expedition became the first recorded Europeans to have encountered its eastern coastline of Australia. [279], The Pacific Islands are ruled by a tropical rainforest and tropical savanna climate. [340], Australia and New Zealand are the only highly developed independent nations in the region, although the economy of Australia is by far the largest and most dominant economy in the region and one of the largest in the world. [154], Other uninhabited Pacific Ocean landmasses have been explicitly associated with Oceania,[155] including the highly remote Baker Island and Wake Island (now administered by the U.S. [334] Chinese workers on Western trading ships settled in Hawaii starting in 1789. [446], Australian rules football is the national sport in Nauru. Flick estimated this definition of Oceania had a population of 70,000,000, and commented that, "brown and yellow races constitute the vast majority" and that the minority of whites were mainly "owners and rulers". In the politics of Papua New Guinea the Prime Minister is the head of government, and the head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom, represented by a Governor-General. Most of Australia and Oceania is under the Pacific, a vast body of water that is larger than all the Earth's continental landmasses and islands combined. There are a considerable number of Pacific Islands outside the tropics. [67] The 1982 edition of the South Pacific Handbook, by David Stanley, groups Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Hawaii together under an "Anglonesia" category. While in other non-English speaking countries Australia and Eurasia are thought of as continents, while Asia, Europe, and Oceania are regarded as "parts of the world". In 2011, Hawaii saw increasing arrivals and share of foreign tourists from Canada, Australia, and China increasing 13%, 24% and 21% respectively from 2010. [187] Although they likely migrated to Australia through Southeast Asia they are not demonstrably related to any known Asian or Polynesian population. Fiji and Tonga became independent in 1970. New Caledonia remains an integral part of the French Republic. [24] The island of Taiwan similarly lies on the continental shelf of Asia, with their inhabitants historically having had exchange with mainland Asia. [416] The country's diverse scenery and compact size, plus government incentives,[417] have encouraged some producers to film big budget movies in New Zealand, including Avatar, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong and The Last Samurai. [67] Papua New Guinea is geographically the closest country to Australia, and is often geologically associated with Australia as it was once physiologically connected. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand". [82][83] Wallace insisted while the surface area of this wide definition was greater than that of Asia and Europe combined, the land area was only a little greater than that of Europe. They further include in this region Salas y Gmez, a small uninhabited island to the east of Easter Island. These are: Guam, Hawaii, Christmas Island, Easter Island, Norfolk Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, French Polynesia, American Samoa, Wallis and Fortuna, Niue, New Caledonia, and Tokelau. This continent, the smallest on the planet, is located south of thePacific Ocean, west of theIndian Oceanand southeast ofthe Asian continent. The current population of Australia in 2023 is 26,439,111, a 1% increase from 2022. Other indicators visualized on maps: (In English only, for now) Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) Since 1945, more than 7 million people have settled in Australia. Vocabulary. "[31], In the 19th century, many geographers divided up Oceania into mostly racially based subdivisions; Australasia, Malesia (encompassing the Malay archipelago), Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. [12] Puncak Jaya in Highland Papua, Indonesia, is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884m (16,024ft). ", Field listing GDP (official exchange rate), "How Fitch, Moody's and S&P rate each country's credit rating", "Statement on Monetary Policy (November 2013)", "2014 Quality of Living Worldwide City Rankings Mercer Survey", "Happy birthday Melbourne: 181 and still kicking! Australia carries both metrics largely, with 7.59 million square kilometers, over 7.22 million ahead of New Zealand's 268,000, and holds 26 million of the 45 million, 17 million more than Papua New Guinea. [403], Australia is also known for its cafe and coffee culture in urban centres. The UN projects that the global population will increase from a population of around 8 billion in 2022 to 10.4 billion by the end of the century. [461][462] They have hosted two Summer Olympics: Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000, and the city of Brisbane is also set to host the 2032 edition. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [17], Definitions of Oceania vary. Tuvalu. [354][355], New Zealand has a large GDP for its population of 5.2 million, and sources of revenue are spread throughout the large island nation. List of continents by gdp per capita. [374], Australia is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy[375] with Charles III at its apex as the King of Australia, a role that is distinct from his position as monarch of the other Commonwealth realms. [66][113] Brown also categorized Japan and Taiwan as being in the same part of the world as the islands of Oceania, and excluded them from The Countries of the World: Volume 5, which covered mainland Asia and Hong Kong. The coral reefs of the South Pacific are low-lying structures that have built up on basaltic lava flows under the ocean's surface. New Caledonia, Hawaii, and French Polynesia are highly developed too but are not sovereign states. [64][123] Archaeological evidence suggests that Micronesians may have lived on the Bonin Islands c.2,000 years ago, but they were uninhabited at the time of European discovery in the 16th century. All other islands associated with Latin American countries were excluded, as they are continental in nature, unlike Guadalupe Island and the Revillagigedo Islands (both situated on the Pacific Plate) and the oceanic islands situated on the Cocos Plate and Nazca Plate. [104] The Pacific Islands Handbook (1945), by Robert William Robson, stated that, "Pacific Islands generally are regarded as Pacific islands lying within the tropics. Prange, Gordon W., Goldstein, Donald, & Dillon, Katherine. [289], The highest recorded temperature in Oceania occurred in Oodnadatta, South Australia (2 January 1960), where the temperature reached 50.7C (123.3F). Wilford, Timothy. [239] The oldest member disappearing by way of the plate tectonics cycle is early-Cretaceous (145 to 137 million years ago). [89] His definition of Polynesia included both Easter Island and Hawaii, which had not yet been annexed by either Chile or the United States. "[32] Scottish geographer John Bartholomew wrote in 1873 that, "the New World consists of North America, and the peninsula of South America attached to it. As a result, much evidence is based on linguistic analysis. Disagreement also exists over whether or not Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan should be included in Oceania. But in the case of the Galpagos, at least, this is different. [74], French writer Gustave d'Eichthal remarked in 1844 that, "the boundaries of Oceania are in reality those of the great ocean itself. Oceania population is equivalent to 0.54% of the total world population. Tropical 4. [120] The South Pacific Commission is a developmental organization formed in 1947 and is currently known as the Pacific Community; its members include Australia and other Pacific Islands Forum members. (The arts of the region are discussed in several articles; see art and architecture, Oceanic; music and dance, Oceanic; and Oceanic literature.) [284], Most regions of New Zealand belong to the temperate zone with a maritime climate (Kppen climate classification: Cfb) characterised by four distinct seasons. In 2022 the population of Oceania was 43,451,000 and the average age increased from 29.6 in 1960 to 35.9. Brown wrote, "they lie nearest the American continent of all oceanic islands, and though rarely associated with Polynesia, and never appearing to have been inhabited by any aboriginal races, are, in many ways, remarkable and interesting. Oceania's largest export markets include Japan, China, the United States, India, South Korea and the European Union. Semiarid / steppe 7 30 N, 134 30 E. Map references. ), Gold Coast (theme parks such as Warner Bros. Movie World, Dreamworld and Sea World), Walls of Jerusalem National Park and Mount Field National Park in Tasmania, Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, The Twelve Apostles in Victoria, Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the Australian outback. Oceania's land surface forms 6.4 per cent of that of the earth, although by the end of the second millennium its inhabitants numbered only 31 million or 0.5 per cent of the world's population.. "[147], In Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands: A Comprehensive Guide (2013), George R. Zug claimed that "a standard definition of Oceania includes Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, and New Zealand and the oceanic islands of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia." "[127] For political reasons, Taiwan was a member of the Oceania Football Confederation during the 1970s and 1980s, rather than the Asian Football Confederation. These divisions [are] generally themselves spoken as continents, and to them has been added another, embracing the large island of Australia and numerous others in the [Pacific] Ocean, under the name of Oceania. The Population and Public Health Branch ensures that core public health . Corrections? [368] In 2015, there were 7.4 million visitor arrivals. Oceania then, in its most restricted meaning, includes more than 10,000 islands, with a total land area (excluding Australia, but including Papua New Guinea and New Zealand) of approximately 317,700 square miles (822,800 square km). [230][231], Micronesia, which lies north of the equator and west of the International Date Line, includes the Mariana Islands in the northwest, the Caroline Islands in the center, the Marshall Islands to the west and the islands of Kiribati in the southeast. They became known as the Chamorros. Geographic coordinates. [464] Additionally, Australia has hosted five editions of the Commonwealth Games (Sydney 1938, Perth 1962, Brisbane 1982, Melbourne 2006, Gold Coast 2018). "[99] Scottish academic John Merry Ross in 1879 considered Polynesia to cover the entire South and Central Pacific area, not just islands ethnographically within Polynesia. [64] Todd further included the Aleutian Islands in his definition of Oceania. It includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country. Chapter 15 - The Americas and Oceania, 1000 to 1500 Outline. Hong Kong, partly located in another marginal sea of the Pacific (the South China Sea) was also included in his definition. Oceania is a geographical area that comprises of Australia- the smallest continent in terms of the total land area and also comprises of thousands of islands across the central and south Pacific Ocean. In 2022 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 468,540. "[106] The Japanese archipelago, the Malay archipelago and Taiwan and other islands near China are often deemed as a geological extension of Asia, since they do not have oceanic geology, instead being detached fragments of the Eurasian continent that were once physiologically connected. Oceania thus has the most to lose, culturally speaking, from the pressures of global political and economic change. Approximately 3.5 thousand years ago, a second expansion of Austronesian speakers arrived in Near Oceania, and the descendants of these people spread to the far corners of the Pacific, colonising Remote Oceania. However, it is also the most popular sport in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, and has a significant (and growing) popularity in Australia. Britain also established colonies in Australia in 1788, New Zealand in 1840 and Fiji in 1872, with much of Oceania becoming part of the British Empire. Part 1: Australia and Oceania, German herpetologist Klaus Henle referred to the area as the Pacific region, and defined it as covering Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. [48] National Geographic states that the term Oceania "establishes the Pacific Ocean as the defining characteristic of the continent. CSIRO Publishing. [204][205], Easter Islanders claimed that a chief Hotu Matua[206] discovered the island in one or two large canoes with his wife and extended family. [367], Tourism in Australia is an important component of the Australian economy. [139] In the 2006 book Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds, American paleontologist David Steadman wrote, "no place on earth is as perplexing as the 25,000 islands that make Oceania." 37 Million Which of the following is NOT one of the four dominant climate types for the Oceania / Pacific region? They are now often referred to as Maritime Southeast Asia, with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore being founding members of the ASEAN regional organization for Southeast Asia in 1967 (Brunei and East Timor did not exist as independent nations at that point). Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). Many animals of Oceania have become true symbols of the continent. Despite centuries of European influence, Samoa maintains its historical customs, social and political systems, and language. [414] The New Zealand recording industry began to develop from 1940 onwards and many New Zealand musicians have obtained success in Britain and the United States. New Zealand's economy is the 53rd-largest in the world measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and 68th-largest in the world measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). Contact between Austronesian and Papuan resulted in several instances in mixed languages such as Maisin. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution. Australia and New Zealand's trading arrangements are known as Closer Economic Relations. 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 . [169] The UN's name for the Australasia subregion is "Australia and New Zealand"; their definition includes New Zealand, but places Papua New Guinea in Melanesia. Asia is the most populous continent by a massive margin as it has a population of nearly 3.5x of the second-most populous continent Africa. [70][71] The CIA World Factbook also categorizes Oceania as one of the major continental divisions of the world, but the name "Australia and Oceania" is used. [40][41] Prior to the 1950s, before the popularization of the theory of plate tectonics, Antarctica, Australia and Greenland were sometimes described as island continents, but none were usually taught as one of the world's continents in English-speaking countries. The book stated, "this definition of Oceania might seem too restrictive: Why not include Australia, for example, or even too broad, for what does Highland New Guinea have to do with Hawai'i? Thus, Oceania most commonly refers to the land areas of the South and Central Pacific. 12.1.2021-3.1.2023 Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people - 7-day rolling average - LOGCOVID-19 Data ExplorerOur World in Data https . Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. [67] This is due to their location in the center of the Pacific, their biogeography and their oceanic geology. Less isolated oceanic islands that were once uninhabited, such as the Bonin Islands, the Galpagos Islands and the Juan Fernndez Islands, have since been sparsely populated by citizens of their political administrators. International and domestic tourism contributes, in total, NZ$24 billion to New Zealand's economy every year. Steadman viewed Oceania as encompassing Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia (including Easter Island and Hawaii). Koppers considered Oceania to encompass the entire 25,000 islands of the Pacific Ocean. [56][57], The new terms Near Oceania and Remote Oceania were proposed in 1973 by anthropologists Roger Green and Andrew Pawley. Yet the total land area of the islands is very smallonly some 324,000 square miles (840,000 square kilometers). Unable to find the right winds, it was forced to return to the East Indies. New Caledonia sends two representatives to the French National Assembly and two senators to the French Senate. [338], Archaeology, linguistics, and existing genetic studies indicate that Oceania was settled by two major waves of migration. What is the population of USA? [34] One study from 1884 describes Oceania as a continent, stating that South of the continent of Asia is found a large island nearly as large as the continent of Europe. [273] The koala, emu, platypus and kangaroo are national animals of Australia,[274] and the Tasmanian devil is also one of the well-known animals in the country. [324] Furthermore, 36 percent of the population reported having been born overseas, with top countries being Italy, Lebanon, Vietnam and Iraq, among others. [150][151] In terms of marine fauna, Clipperton shares similarities with areas of the Pacific which are much farther removed from the Americas. 4.9 million), Brisbane (pop. [194], Particularly along the north coast of New Guinea and in the islands north and east of New Guinea, the Austronesian people, who had migrated into the area somewhat more than 3,000 years ago, came into contact with these pre-existing populations of Papuan-speaking peoples. [197] The prehistories of many Micronesian islands such as Yap are not known very well. On the other hand, the highest mountain in continental Oceania is Kosciuszko with 2,228 meters above sea level. [419] New Zealand yields produce from land and sea most crops and livestock, such as maize, potatoes and pigs, were gradually introduced by the early European settlers. Updates? 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