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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
The U.S. Government Publishing Office's Area Handbook for Oceania from 1971 states that Australia and New Zealand are the principal large sovereignties of the area. It further states: In its broadest definition Oceania embraces all islands and island groups of the Pacific Ocean that lie between Asia and the two American continents.
Pages in category "Lists of countries in Oceania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of sovereign states and dependent territories ...
Federated States of Micronesia (16 C, 2 P) N. Nauru (15 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Countries in Oceania" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...
Transcontinental country in North America and Oceania, classified as a Northern American country by the United Nations Statistics Division: United States . Transcontinental countries in Oceania and South America, classified as South American countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Chile (Insular Chile) and Ecuador (Galápagos Islands).
This is a list of all present sovereign states in Oceania [1] and their predecessors. The region of Oceania is generally defined geographically to include the subregions of Australasia , [ 2 ] Melanesia , [ 3 ] Micronesia and Polynesia , and their respective sovereign states.
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. Country / dependency %
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". [1] The number between parentheses is the UN M49 code (009 for the whole of Oceania).