Oceania - Largest Living Island in the World

Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometres (3,291,903 square miles) and a population of over 41 million. When compared to continents, the region of Oceania is the smallest in land area and the second smallest in population after Antarctica.

Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in quality of life and human development index, to the much less developed economies such as Papua New Guinea, Indonesian New Guinea, Kiribati, Vanuatu, and Tuvalu, while also including medium-sized economies of Pacific islands such as Palau, Fiji, and Tonga. The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney.

Oceania is one of eight terrestrial biogeographic realms, which constitute the major ecological regions of the planet. Related to these concepts are Near Oceania, that part of western Island Melanesia which has been inhabited for tens of millennia, and Remote Oceania which is more recently settled. Although the majority of the Oceanian islands lie in the South Pacific, a few of them are not restricted to the Pacific Ocean – Kangaroo Island and Ashmore and Cartier Islands, for instance, are situated in the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean, respectively, and Tasmania’s west coast faces the Southern Ocean.

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LIST OF OCEANIC COUNTRIES:

AUSTRALIA

Capital	Canberra
Official languages	English
Area	76,92,024 Sq.km
Population	2.6 crores (3.4/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 95,78,104 crores
Currency	1 Australian Dollar = 56.43 INR
Major Cities	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

FIJI

Capital	Suva
Official languages	English, iTaukei (Fijian), Fiji Hindi
Area	18,274 Sq.km
Population	0.09 crores (46.4/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 73,627 crores
Currency	1 Fijian Dollar = 35.74 INR
Major Cities	Lautoka

KIRIBATI

Capital	South Tarawa
Official languages	English, Gilbertese
Area	811 Sq.km
Population	0.01 crores (136/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 1,845 crores
Currency	1 Australian Dollar = 56.43 INR
Major Cities	Bairiki, Bikenibeu, Temwaiku

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Capital	Majuro
Official languages	Marshallese, English
Area	181 Sq.km
Population	54,516 (301/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 1,530 crores
Currency	1 US Dollar = 73.23 INR
Major Cities	Ebaye, Arno, Jabor

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

Capital	Palikir
Official languages	English
Area	702 Sq.km
Population	0.01 crores (158/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 2,585 crores
Currency	1 US Dollar = 73.23 INR
Major Cities	Weno

NAURU

Capital	N/A
Official languages	Nauruan
Area	21 Sq.km
Population	11,200 (480/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 930 crores
Currency	1 Australian Dollar = 56.43 INR
Major Cities	Yaren, Denigomodu, Meneng

NEW ZEALAND

Capital	Wellington
Official languages	English, Māori
Area	2,68,021 Sq.km
Population	0.44 crores (17/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 15,05,213 crores
Currency	1 New Zealand Dollar = 52.20 INR
Major Cities	Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth

PALAU

Capital	Ngerulmud
Official languages	English, Palauan
Area	459 Sq.km
Population	20,956 (28.4/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 1,830 crores
Currency	1 US Dollar = 73.23 INR
Major Cities	Koror, Melekeok

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Capital	Port Moresby
Official languages	Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English
Area	4,62,840 Sq.km
Population	0.7 crores (15/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 2,48,270 crores
Currency	1 Papua New Guinean Kina = 20.89 INR
Major Cities	Lae, Arawa, Mount Hagen

SAMOA

Capital	Apia
Official languages	Samoan, English
Area	2,831 Sq.km
Population	0.02 crores (63.2/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 8,238 crores
Currency	1 Samoan Tala = 28.9 INR
Major Cities	Mulifanua, Asau, Afega

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Capital	Honiara
Official languages	English
Area	28,400 Sq.km
Population	0.05 crores (18.1/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 11,717 crores
Currency	1 Solomon Islands Dollar = 9.16 INR
Major Cities	Auki, Gizo, Noro

TONGO

Capital	Nuku’alofa
Official languages	Tongan, English
Area	748 Sq.km
Population	0.01 crores (139/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 4,459 crores
Currency	1 Tongan Paʻanga = 32.95 INR
Major Cities	Neiafu, Mu’a, Kolovai

TUVALU

Capital	Funafuti
Official languages	English, Tuvaluan
Area	26 Sq.km
Population	11,646 (476/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 366 crores
Currency	1 Tuvaluan Dollar = 56.6 INR
Major Cities	Savave, Tanrake, Toga

VANUATU

Capital	Port Vila
Official languages	Bislama, English, French
Area	12,190 Sq.km
Population	0.02 crores (19.7/Sq.km)
GDP	₹ 5,821 crores
Currency	1 Vanuatu Vatu = 0.68 INR
Major Cities	Luganville, Norsup, Port-Olry