This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many continental plates, Oceania is often listed with the continents.

This list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The main continental landmass of Oceania is Australia.[1]

The boundary between Asia and Oceania is not clearly defined. For political reasons, the United Nations considers the boundary between the two regions to be the IndonesianPapua New Guineaian border.[2] Papua New Guinea is occasionally considered Asian as it neighbours Indonesia, but this is rare, and it is generally accepted to be part of Oceania. Geographically, Papua and West Papua provinces are part of Oceania.

This section includes all sovereign states located in Oceania that are members of the United Nations.[3] All are full members of the Pacific Islands Forum.[4]

Commonwealth of Australia

English: Canberra

English: Palikir

Republic of Fiji

Fijian: Viti Matanitu ko Viti

Fiji Hindi /Fiji - / Ripablik ph Phj

English: Suva

Fijian: Suva

Fiji Hindi: Suva

Republic of Kiribati

Gilbertese: Kiribati Ribaberiki Kiribati

English: Tarawa

English: Bairiki

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Marshallese: Aeln in Maje - Aolepn Aorkin Maje

English: Majuro

Republic of Nauru

Nauruan: Naoero - Repubrikin Naoero

Mori: Aotearoa

English: Wellington

Republic of Palau

Palauan: Belau Beluu er a Belau

English: Ngerulmud

Palauan: Ngerulmud

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini

English: Port Moresby

Independent State of Samoa

Samoan: Samoa Malo Saoloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa

English: Apia

Samoan: Apia

English: Honiara

Kingdom of Tonga

Tongan: Tonga Pule'anga Tonga

English: Nuku'alofa

Tongan: Nuku'alofa

Tuvaluan: Tuvalu

English: Funafuti

Republic of Vanuatu

English: Vanuatu Republic of Vanuatu

French: Vanuatu Rpublique de Vanuatu

Bislama: Port Vila

English: Port Vila

French: Port-Vila

The two entries in this section (Cook Islands and Niue) are states in free association with New Zealand. While maintaining a close constitutional and political relationship with New Zealand, both states are members of several United Nations specialized agencies with full treaty-making capacity, and have independently engaged in diplomatic relations with sovereign states under their own name. Both are also full members of the Pacific Islands Forum. Because of these features, they are sometimes considered to have de facto status as sovereign states.[12]

The following are entities considered to be within Oceania which are either:

1. Federal territories of sovereign states located outside these states' mainland.

2. Territories that constitute integral parts of sovereign states in some form other than a federal relationship, where a significant part of the sovereign state's landmass is located outside Oceania or the territory is located outside the sovereign state's mainland. Many of these territories are often described as dependencies or autonomous areas.

3. Dependent territories of sovereign states.

Two of these territories (French Polynesia and New Caledonia) are associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum, while five others (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau and Wallis and Futuna) hold observer status within the organization.

Territory of American Samoa[7]

Samoan: Amerika Smoa

Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui

Overseas Lands of French Polynesia[7]

Territory of Guam

Chamorro: Guahan[5]

State of Hawaii

Hawaiian: Hawaii Mokuina o Hawaii

Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies

Territory of Norfolk Island[7]

Norfuk: Teratri of Norf'k Ailen

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[7]

Chamorro: Islas Marinas Sankattan Siha Na Islas Marinas

Pitcairn Group of Islands

Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen

English: Tokelau

Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

West Papua Province

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