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Reading no. 2026/249

PopulationObserved data

Population of Pacific countries and territories

47,204,374inhabitants

Pacific islands

AustraliaPapua New GuineaNew ZealandFijiSolomon IslandsVanuatuNew CaledoniaFrench Polynesia

Total population of the seventeen countries and territories in the panel, and ranking of the ten most populous.

  1. Australia27,614,411
  2. Papua New Guinea10,762,817
  3. New Zealand5,324,700
  4. Fiji933,154
  5. Solomon Islands838,645
  6. Vanuatu335,169
  7. New Caledonia295,333
  8. French Polynesia282,465
  9. Samoa219,306
  10. Guam168,999

Australia accounts for 58.5% of the panel's population. The fifteen entities other than Australia and New Zealand together account for 30.2%.

Observation
Countries and territories in the panel
17
Most populous
Australia, 27,614,411
Least populous
Tuvalu, 9,492

Method

World Bank indicator SP.POP.TOTL, latest available value per country, i.e. the year 2025 for all seventeen. The value shown is the panel total; the chart shows the first ten.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

High

See also

2026/265 · 22 Sep78.9yearsLife expectancy at birth in the Pacific2024/113 · 22 Apr54.6%Share of renewable energy in consumption, Pacific2025/046 · 15 Feb31.20°CSea temperature off 10 places in the Pacific2025/006 · 6 Jan30.91°CSea temperature off 10 places in the Pacific

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