# Religion in Oceania

Christianity is the dominant religion in Oceania.

## History

Prior to contact with Europeans, the different groups of the Pacific lived in systems of theocracy which generally utilised the widespread concept of tabu. Various Christian missionary organisations arrived in Japan (1549), the Philippines (16th century) and the Aleutians (18th century), but European and American missions converted most of the islands of Oceania to Christianity in the course of the 19th century.

## Religious distribution
### Australasia

| Country | Population | Christian | Christian | Muslim | Muslim | Irreligion | Irreligion | Hindu | Hindu | Buddhist | Buddhist | Folk religion | Folk religion | Other religion | Other religion | Jewish | Jewish |
| Country | Population | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Australia | 25,422,800 | 11,148,800 | 43.90 | 813,392 | 3.20 | 9,887,000 | 38.90 | 684,002 | 2.70 | 615,800 | 2.40 | 325,400 | 1.30 | 178,160 | 0.80 | 100,350 | 0.40 |
| New Zealand | 4,699,755 | 1,738,638 | 37.00 | 61,455 | 1.31 | 2,278,185 | 48.47 | 123,504 | 2.63 | 52,779 | 1.12 | 19,011 | 0.40 | 153,873 | 3.27 | 5,274 | 0.11 |
| Total | 30,122,555 | 12,887,438 | 42.78% | 874,487 | 2.90% | 12,165,185 | 40.39% | 807,506 | 2.68% | 668,579 | 2.22% | 344,411 | 0.59% | 479,273 | 1.59% | 109,090 | 0.36% |

### Melanesia

| Country | Population | Christian | Christian | Muslim | Muslim | Irreligion | Irreligion | Hindu | Hindu | Buddhist | Buddhist | Folk religion | Folk religion | Other religion | Other religion | Jewish | Jewish |
| Country | Population | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Fiji | 860,820 | 553,840 | 64.40 | 58,400 | 6.40 | 6,880 | 0.80 | 239,941 | 27.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,300 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| New Caledonia | 250,000 | 213,000 | 85.20 | 7,000 | 2.80 | 26,000 | 10.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,500 | 0.60 | 500 | 0.20 | 2,000 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6,860,000 | 6,805,120 | 99.20 | 2,020 | 0.003 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 27,440 | 0.40 | 13,720 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Solomon Islands | 540,000 | 525,960 | 97.40 | 200 | 0.10 | 1,080 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,620 | 0.30 | 7,020 | 1.30 | 3,780 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vanuatu | 240,000 | 223,920 | 93.30 | 1,000 | 0.10 | 2,880 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 9,840 | 4.10 | 3,360 | 1.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 8,750,000 | 8,321,840 | 95.11% | 61,180 | 0.70% | 36,840 | 0.42% | 239,940 | 2.74% | 3,120 | 0.04% | 44,800 | 0.51% | 27,160 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% |

### Micronesia

| Country | Population | Christian | Christian | Muslim | Muslim | Irreligion | Irreligion | Hindu | Hindu | Buddhist | Buddhist | Folk religion | Folk religion | Other religion | Other religion | Jewish | Jewish |
| Country | Population | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Guam | 180,000 | 169,560 | 94.20 | 300 | 0.10 | 3,060 | 1.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,980 | 1.10 | 2,700 | 1.50 | 2,880 | 1.60 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kiribati | 101,120 | 97,000 | 97.00 | 500 | 0.20 | 800 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,200 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marshall Islands | 50,000 | 48,750 | 97.50 | 180 | 0.20 | 750 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 100 | 0.10 | 400 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Micronesia | 110,000 | 104,830 | 95.20 | 208 | 0.10 | 990 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 440 | 0.40 | 2,975 | 2.60 | 770 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nauru | 10,000 | 7,900 | 79.00 | 20 | 0.01 | 450 | 4.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | 1.10 | 810 | 8.10 | 740 | 7.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 60,000 | 48,780 | 81.30 | 420 | 0.70 | 600 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6,360 | 10.60 | 3,180 | 5.30 | 660 | 1.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Palau | 20,000 | 17,340 | 86.80 | 240 | 0.10 | 240 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 160 | 0.80 | 160 | 0.80 | 2,080 | 10.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 530,000 | 494,160 | 93.24% | 420 | 0.08% | 6,890 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,050 | 1.71% | 9,970 | 1.88% | 9,730 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% |

### Polynesia

| Country | Population | Christian | Christian | Muslim | Muslim | Irreligion | Irreligion | Hindu | Hindu | Buddhist | Buddhist | Folk religion | Folk religion | Other religion | Other religion | Jewish | Jewish |
| Country | Population | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| American Samoa | 70,920 | 68,860 | 98.30 | 50 | 0.10 | 490 | 0.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 210 | 0.30 | 280 | 0.40 | 210 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cook Islands | 20,000 | 19,200 | 96.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 640 | 3.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 160 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
| French Polynesia | 270,000 | 253,800 | 94.00 | 688 | 0.10 | 13,230 | 4.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,350 | 0.50 | 1,080 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Niue | 2,000 | 1,928 | 96.40 | 50 | 0.10 | 66 | 3.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Samoa | 180,000 | 174,240 | 96.80 | 300 | 0.10 | 4,500 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 720 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tokelau | 1,414 | 1,397 | 99.80 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tonga | 100,000 | 99,000 | 99.00 | 120 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 100 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 900 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tuvalu | 11,000 | 10,800 | 99.80 | 200 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 13,000 | 12,662 | 97.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | 0.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 156 | 1.20 | 104 | 0.80 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 667,400 | 641,574 | 96.13% | 1400 | 0.20% | 19,147 | 2.87% | 100 | 0.01% | 210 | 0.03% | 1,786 | 0.27% | 3,390 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% |

## Hyponyms

* Religion in Australia
* Religion in New Zealand
* Religion in Hawaii
* Religion in Fiji
* Religion in Papua New Guinea
* Religion in Samoa
* Religion in Tonga
* Religion in the Marshall Islands
* Religion in Palau
* Religion in Kiribati
* Religion in Vanuatu