United Nations geoscheme for Oceania
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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) |
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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) |
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The following is an alphabetical list of subregions as defined by the UNSD geoscheme.[1]
UN Subregions
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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] |
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Australia and New Zealand (053 ) |
![]() 036 ) – Commonwealth of Australia Capital: Canberra |
![]() 162 ) – Territory of Christmas Island (Australia) Capital: Flying Fish Cove | |
![]() 166 ) – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Capital: West Island | |
![]() 334 ) – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
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![]() 554 ) Capital: Wellington | |
![]() 174 ) – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia) Capital: Kingston | |
Melanesia (054 ) |
![]() 242 ) – Republic of Fiji Capital: Suva |
![]() 540 ) (France) Capital: Nouméa | |
![]() 598 ) – Independent State of Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby | |
![]() 090 ) Capital: Honiara | |
![]() 548 ) – Republic of Vanuatu Capital: Port Vila | |
Micronesia (057 ) |
![]() 316 ) (United States) Capital: Hagåtña |
![]() 296 ) – Republic of Kiribati Capital: South Tarawa | |
![]() 584 ) – Republic of the Marshall Islands Capital: Majuro | |
![]() 583 ) – Federated States of Micronesia Capital: Palikir | |
![]() 520 ) – Republic of NauruCapital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament) | |
![]() 580 ) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Capital: Saipan | |
![]() 585 ) – Republic of Palau Capital: Ngerulmud | |
![]() 581 ) (United States)[note 2]Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre) | |
Polynesia (061 ) |
![]() 016 ) (United States) Capital: Pago Pago |
![]() 184 ) (New Zealand)[3] Capital: Avarua | |
![]() 258 ) (France) Capital: Pape'ete | |
![]() 570 ) (New Zealand)[4] Capital: Alofi | |
![]() 612 ) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom) Capital: Adamstown | |
![]() 882 ) – Independent State of Samoa Capital: Apia | |
![]() 772 ) (New Zealand) Capital: Fakaofo | |
![]() 776 ) – Kingdom of Tonga Capital: Nukuʻalofa | |
![]() 798 ) Capital: Funafuti | |
![]() 876 ) – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France) Capital: Mata-Utu |
See also
[edit]- List of continents and continental subregions by population
- List of countries by United Nations geoscheme
- United Nations geoscheme
- United Nations Statistics Division
- Outlying Oceania – Name used in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ 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.