# 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.
Oceania
UN geoscheme subregions of Oceania
| Area | 8,525,989 km$^2$ (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.

## 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". The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (009 for the whole of Oceania).
| Subregion | Country/Territory and capital city |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | Australia (036) – Commonwealth of Australia Capital: Canberra |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | Christmas Island (162) – Territory of Christmas Island (Australia) Capital: Flying Fish Cove |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (166) – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Capital: West Island |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (334) – Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | New Zealand (554) Capital: Wellington |
| Australia and New Zealand (053) Main article: Australia and New Zealand | Norfolk Island (174) – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australia) Capital: Kingston |
| Melanesia (054) Main article: Melanesia | Fiji (242) – Republic of Fiji Capital: Suva |
| Melanesia (054) Main article: Melanesia | New Caledonia (540) (France) Capital: Nouméa |
| Melanesia (054) Main article: Melanesia | Papua New Guinea (598) – Independent State of Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby |
| Melanesia (054) Main article: Melanesia | Solomon Islands (090) Capital: Honiara |
| Melanesia (054) Main article: Melanesia | Vanuatu (548) – Republic of Vanuatu Capital: Port Vila |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Guam (316) (United States) Capital: Hagåtña |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Kiribati (296) – Republic of Kiribati Capital: South Tarawa |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Marshall Islands (584) – Republic of the Marshall Islands Capital: Majuro |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Micronesia (583) – Federated States of Micronesia Capital: Palikir |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Nauru (520) – Republic of Nauru Capital: Yaren (unofficial, seat of parliament) |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Northern Mariana Islands (580) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Capital: Saipan |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | Palau (585) – Republic of Palau Capital: Ngerulmud |
| Micronesia (057) Main article: Micronesia | United States Minor Outlying Islands (581) (United States) Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre) |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | American Samoa (016) (United States) Capital: Pago Pago |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Cook Islands (184) (New Zealand) Capital: Avarua |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | French Polynesia (258) (France) Capital: Pape'ete |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Niue (570) (New Zealand) Capital: Alofi |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Pitcairn (612) – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (United Kingdom) Capital: Adamstown |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Samoa (882) – Independent State of Samoa Capital: Apia |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Tokelau (772) (New Zealand) Capital: Fakaofo |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Tonga (776) – Kingdom of Tonga Capital: Nukuʻalofa |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Tuvalu (798) Capital: Funafuti |
| Polynesia (061) Main article: Polynesia | Wallis and Futuna (876) – Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (France) Capital: Mata-Utu |