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Historic, current and future population of Oceania

country population mid-year
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 (1)
American Samoa 19,100 20,000 27,267 32,418 47,199 57,771
66,432 75,018 83,664 91,036 98,269 5.1 x
Australia 8,267,337 10,361,273 12,660,160 14,615,900 16,956,242 19,053,186
21,515,754 23,938,599 26,055,815 27,701,843 29,012,740 3.5 x
Cook Islands 14,575 17,883 20,828 18,010 18,394 16,307
11,488 8,574 6,903 5,938 5,460 0.4 x
Fiji 287,348 393,348 521,000 634,506 738,416 832,777
957,780 1,088,972 1,217,597 1,341,788 1,449,492 5.0 x
French Polynesia 62,100 81,100 114,000 150,896 201,822 249,177
291,000 328,645 358,884 380,366 393,533 6.3 x
Guam 59,900 66,900 86,470 106,869 134,125 155,324
180,692 203,216 222,166 235,135 242,692 4.1 x
Kiribati 33,448 40,732 48,899 57,536 71,354 92,033
115,401 143,136 173,598 204,640 235,812 7.1 x
Marshall Islands 10,904 15,120 21,714 30,681 45,828 53,072
65,859 77,917 88,223 97,084 103,092 9.5 x
Micronesia, Fed. States of 30,715 41,777 56,822 77,080 108,600 107,724
107,154 102,436 94,855 85,250 74,483 2.4 x
Nauru 3,432 4,475 6,700 7,710 9,488 11,845
14,259 16,721 18,971 20,932 22,696 6.6 x
New Caledonia 55,069 78,804 112,000 139,400 168,357 201,881
229,993 253,475 272,880 285,821 292,299 5.3 x
New Zealand 1,908,310 2,371,746 2,828,050 3,170,150 3,413,677 3,802,400
4,252,277 4,614,669 4,913,241 5,105,113 5,198,992 2.7 x
Northern Mariana Is. 6,286 8,861 12,359 16,890 44,037 69,706
90,677 108,905 122,594 133,758 143,132 22.8 x
Palau 7,251 9,482 12,005 13,311 15,207 18,766
21,557 23,492 25,036 25,971 26,300 3.6 x
Papua New Guinea 1,412,466 1,746,986 2,288,056 2,991,217 3,828,459 4,934,083
6,182,390 7,415,168 8,614,378 9,736,140 10,710,550 7.6 x
Samoa 81,858 110,043 142,331 155,177 172,257 196,769
223,007 259,016 304,900 361,345 428,641 5.2 x
Solomon Islands 106,647 126,363 163,000 232,561 334,604 466,281
609,794 748,250 881,933 1,005,555 1,111,999 10.4 x
Tonga 45,744 63,718 83,100 91,361 92,116 102,351
122,580 140,930 160,061 175,971 188,456 4.1 x
Tuvalu 4,676 5,264 5,815 7,496 9,180 10,838
12,576 14,767 16,720 18,475 20,010 4.3 x
Vanuatu 52,000 66,087 85,400 116,791 153,880 189,862
221,552 250,778 276,065 296,395 312,153 6.0 x
Wallis and Futuna 6,962 7,889 8,700 10,800 13,476 14,666
15,343 15,854 16,085 15,920 15,598 2.2 x
Oceania 12,476,128 15,637,851 19,304,676 22,676,760 26,576,718 30,636,819
35,307,565 39,828,538 43,924,569 47,324,476 50,086,399 4.0 x
source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18).
note: 1 - growth from 1950 untill 2050 (i.e. 2050 population divided by 1950 population).