United Nations geoscheme for Oceania

The United Nations geoscheme for Oceania is an internal tool created and used by the UN's Statistics Division (UNSD) for the specific purpose of UN statistics.^[1]

Oceania

UN geoscheme subregions of Oceania

Area	8,525,989 km² (3,291,903 sq mi)
Population	41,570,842 (2018, 6th)
Demonym	Oceanian
Countries	14 (sovereign) 2 (associated)
Dependencies	21
Time Zones	UTC+14 (Kiribati) to UTC-11 (American Samoa and Niue) (West to East)
Largest Cities	Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Auckland Adelaide Gold Coast Newcastle Canberra Wellington

The following is an alphabetical list of subregions as defined by the UNSD geoscheme.^[1]

UN Subregions

The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories".^[1] The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (009 for the whole of Oceania).

Subregion	Country/Territory and capital city^{[note 1]}
Australia and New Zealand (`053`) Main article: Australia and New Zealand	Australia (`036`) – Commonwealth of Australia Capital: Canberra
	Christmas Island (`162`) – Territory of Christmas Island (Australia) Capital: Flying Fish Cove
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (`166`) – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Capital: West Island
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (`334`) – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
	New Zealand (`554`) Capital: Wellington
	Norfolk Island (`174`) – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia) Capital: Kingston
Melanesia (`054`) Main article: Melanesia	Fiji (`242`) – Republic of Fiji Capital: Suva
	New Caledonia (`540`) (France) Capital: Nouméa
	Papua New Guinea (`598`) – Independent State of Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby
	Solomon Islands (`090`) Capital: Honiara
	Vanuatu (`548`) – Republic of Vanuatu Capital: Port Vila
Micronesia (`057`) Main article: Micronesia	Guam (`316`) (United States) Capital: Hagåtña
	Kiribati (`296`) – Republic of Kiribati Capital: South Tarawa
	Marshall Islands (`584`) – Republic of the Marshall Islands Capital: Majuro
	Micronesia (`583`) – Federated States of Micronesia Capital: Palikir
	Nauru (`520`) – Republic of Nauru Capital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament)
	Northern Mariana Islands (`580`) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Capital: Saipan
	Palau (`585`) – Republic of Palau Capital: Ngerulmud
	United States Minor Outlying Islands (`581`) (United States)^{[note 2]} Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre)
Polynesia (`061`) Main article: Polynesia	American Samoa (`016`) (United States) Capital: Pago Pago
	Cook Islands (`184`) (New Zealand)^[3] Capital: Avarua
	French Polynesia (`258`) (France) Capital: Pape'ete
	Niue (`570`) (New Zealand)^[4] Capital: Alofi
	Pitcairn (`612`) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom) Capital: Adamstown
	Samoa (`882`) – Independent State of Samoa Capital: Apia
	Tokelau (`772`) (New Zealand) Capital: Fakaofo
	Tonga (`776`) – Kingdom of Tonga Capital: Nukuʻalofa
	Tuvalu (`798`) Capital: Funafuti
	Wallis and Futuna (`876`) – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France) Capital: Mata-Utu

Notes

^ Subregions and countries/territories as per the United Nations geoscheme.
^ The United Nations geoscheme has included the United States Minor Outlying Islands in Micronesia despite most of its islands are located in Polynesia geographically. Wake Island is the only island in the territory located in Micronesia. Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea has been excluded from this territory by the UN geoscheme. This disputed island has not been included in the Caribbean subregion either.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience".
^ UNSD M49 Standard – Recent changes (see Note 11)
^ CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
^ CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[2] Subregions and countries/territories as per the United Nations geoscheme.

[4] The United Nations geoscheme has included the United States Minor Outlying Islands in Micronesia despite most of its islands are located in Polynesia geographically. Wake Island is the only island in the territory located in Micronesia. Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea has been excluded from this territory by the UN geoscheme. This disputed island has not been included in the Caribbean subregion either.^[2]

[m49-1] United Nations Statistics Division – Standard Country and Area Codes Classifications. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience".

[3] UNSD M49 Standard – Recent changes (see Note 11)

[5] CIA (2010-07-15). "Cook Islands at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[6] CIA (2010-07-15). "Niue at the CIA's page". CIA. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

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United Nations geoscheme for Oceania

UN Subregions

See also

Notes

References