Oceania.

• Position: IN THE NEWS 2018 - Geographic overview

Oceania COUNTRY AREA URBAN CAPITAL LANGUAGES (SQ MI) POP.% POPULATION POP. RISE %/YEAR Australia 2,969,976 90 Canberra English, aboriginal 24,482,000 1.0 languages, others Fiji 7,055 51 Suva English, Fijian, 878,000 0.6 Hindustani Kiribati 313 44 Tarawa English, Gilbertese 113,000 1.1 Marshall 70 74 Majuro Marshallese, English Islands 55,000 1.6 Micronesia 271 23 Palikir English, Chuukese, 105,000 -0.5 Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, others Nauru 8 100 Yaren Nauruan, English 11,000 0.5 District New Zealand 104,515 86 Wellington English, Maori, 4,792,000 0.8 others Palau 188 88 Ngerulmud Palauan, 18,000 0.4 Sonsoralese, English, others Papua 178,704 13 Port Tok Pisin, English, New Guinea 8,317,000 1.7 Moresby Hiri Motu, others Samoa 1,075 18 Apia Samoan, English 196,000 0.6 Solomon 10,954 20 Honiara Melanesian pidgin, Islands 671,000 1.9 English, others Tonga 289 24 Nukualofa Tongan, English 104,000 -0.1 Tuvalu 10 61 Funafuti Tuvaluan, English 11,000 0.9 Vanuatu 4,707 26 Port-Vila English, French, 290,000 1.9 Bislama, others COUNTRY POLITICAL SYSTEM & DATE OF ORIGIN HEAD OF GOVERNMENT % OF POP. UNDER 15 Australia Parliamentary democracy; 1901 Prime Minister Malcolm 19 Turnbull Fiji Parliamentary democracy; 1970 Prime Minister Vorege 29 Frank Bainimarama Kiribati Presidential-legislative 1979 democracy; President 35 Taneti Maamau Marshall Parliamentary democracy 1986 Islands and traditional chiefs; 41 President Hilda C. Heine Micronesia...