Islands in Oceania Ranked by Population

Name: Islands in Oceania Ranked by Population
Creator: Wikidata
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Islands recorded in Wikidata, ranked by Population. Only items Wikidata places in Oceania (directly or through their country) are included. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

New Guinea ranks #1 with 11.3 million people. That is 3.2 times North Island in second place (3.52 million people). The top five are New Guinea, North Island, South Island, Viti Levu and Tasmania. The median across all 50 is 20,262 people; Ambrym is last at 7,385 people.

#1: New Guinea · 11.3 million people
Median: 20,262 people
Coverage: 50 islands in Oceania
Data year: As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: Population (people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. New Guinea 11.3 million; 2. North Island 3.52 million; 3. South Island 1.12 million; 4. Viti Levu 580,000; 5. Tasmania 536,600; 6. New Britain 513,926; 7. Bougainville Island 234,280; 8. Guam 153,836; 9. Upolu 143,418; 10. Malaita 140,000.

Full ranking

Islands in Oceania Ranked by Population
Rank	Island	Location	Population (people)
1	New Guinea	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea	11,300,000
2	North Island	New Zealand	3,519,800
3	South Island	New Zealand	1,115,800
4	Viti Levu	Fiji	580,000
5	Tasmania	Australia	536,600
6	New Britain	Papua New Guinea	513,926
7	Bougainville Island	Papua New Guinea	234,280
8	Guam	United States	153,836
9	Upolu	Samoa	143,418
10	Malaita	Solomon Islands	140,000
11	Vanua Levu	Fiji	130,000
12	Guadalcanal	Solomon Islands	109,382
13	New Ireland	Papua New Guinea	100,000
14	Savai'i	Samoa	100,000
15	Tongatapu	Tonga	71,260
16	Buka Island	Papua New Guinea	53,986
17	Efate	Vanuatu	50,000
18	Makira	Solomon Islands	33,529
19	Manus Island	Papua New Guinea	33,000
20	Tanna	Vanuatu	28,799
21	Santa Isabel Island	Solomon Islands	26,158
22	Pohnpei	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	26,102
23	Kiriwina	Papua New Guinea	22,163
24	Fergusson Island	Papua New Guinea	21,842
25	Daru Island	Papua New Guinea	20,524
26	Choiseul Island	Solomon Islands	20,000
27	Malakula Island	Vanuatu	20,000
28	Goodenough Island	Papua New Guinea	19,625
29	Normanby Island	Papua New Guinea	19,433
30	Taveuni	Fiji	19,000
31	Betio	Kiribati	18,565
32	Lihir Island	Papua New Guinea	18,000
33	New Hanover Island	Papua New Guinea	17,160
34	Pentecost Island	Vanuatu	16,843
35	Bribie Island	Australia	16,209
36	Misima Island	Papua New Guinea	14,756
37	Phillip Island	Australia	13,799
38	Koror Island	Palau	13,000
39	South Malaita Island	Solomon Islands	12,967
40	Aoba Island	Vanuatu	10,800
41	Manam	Papua New Guinea	10,677
42	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	10,572
43	Kadavu Island	Fiji	10,167
44	Ebeye Island	Marshall Islands	9,345
45	Nendö	Solomon Islands	9,008
46	Ovalau	Fiji	9,000
47	Unea	Papua New Guinea	8,802
48	Waiheke Island	New Zealand	8,730
49	Gau Island	Fiji	8,000
50	Ambrym	Vanuatu	7,385