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Table 1. Statistics for Oceania
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Land Mass
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Area
|
No. of Lang
|
Pop.
|
Indig.
Pop.
|
*
Native vascular
species
|
* #
Endemic
species
|
* %
Endemic flora
|
Medicinal flora
|
Collaborating
Researcher
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| Countries |
| Coral Sea Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Fiji |
18,270 sq. km.
(7054 sq. mi.)
|
10
|
814,000
|
|
1628
|
812
|
49.9
|
|
McClatchey
|
| Kiribati |
702 sq. km.
(271 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
132,000
|
|
22
|
2
|
9.1
|
|
|
| Marshall Islands |
181 sq. km.
(70 sq. mi.)
|
1
|
66,000
|
|
100
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
| Micronesia |
702 sq. km.
(271 sq. mi.)
|
17
|
132,000
|
|
1194
|
293
|
24.5
|
|
|
| Nauru |
21.2 sq. km.
(8.2 sq. mi.)
|
3
|
10,950
|
|
54
|
1
|
1.9
|
|
|
| Palau |
508 sq. km.
(196 sq. mi.)
|
4
|
18,650
|
|
175
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
| Papua New Guinea |
452, 860 sq. km.
(174, 849 sq. mi.)
|
826 (9)
|
4,707,000
|
|
15-20,000
|
10,500-16,000
|
70-80
|
|
|
| Solomon Islands |
28,900 sq. km.
(11,158 sq. mi.)
|
71 (5)
|
461,000
|
|
3172
|
30
|
0.9
|
|
McClatchey
|
| Tonga |
720 sq. km.
(278 sq. mi.)
|
4 (1)
|
110,500
|
|
463
|
25
|
5.4
|
120 (27%)
|
Thomas
|
| Tuvalu |
26 sq. km.
(10 sq. mi.)
|
1
|
10,650
|
|
44
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
| Vanuatu |
12,190 sq. km.
(4707 sq. mi.)
|
110 (1)
|
197,000
|
|
870
|
150
|
17.2
|
|
|
| Western Samoa |
2830 sq. km.
(1093 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
231,000
|
|
894
|
134
|
15
|
|
Cox
|
| Territories and Dependencies |
| American Samoa |
199 sq. km.
(76.8 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
64,100
|
|
471
|
15
|
3.2
|
|
Thomas
|
| Cook Islands |
240 sq. km.
(92.7 sq. mi.)
|
5
|
20,350
|
|
284
|
33
|
11.6
|
|
|
| French Polynesia
|
4167 sq. km.
(1608 sq. mi.)
|
9
|
243,500
|
|
959
|
560
|
58.3
|
|
|
| Guam |
541 sq. km.
(208 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
152,900
|
|
330
|
69
|
20.9
|
|
Thomas
|
| New Caledonia |
18,575 sq. km.
(7174 sq. mi.)
|
38 (2)
|
204,000
|
|
3322
|
2551
|
76.8
|
|
|
| Niue |
34.6 sq. km.
(13.3 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
1900
|
|
178
|
1
|
0.6
|
|
|
| Norfolk Islands |
34.6 sq. km
(90 sq mi.)
|
2
|
1700
|
|
174
|
50
|
28.7
|
|
|
| North Marianas |
447 sq. km.
(172.5 sq. mi.)
|
3
|
70,100
|
|
221
|
81
|
36.7
|
|
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
47 sq. km.
(18.1 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
52
|
|
76
|
14
|
18.4
|
|
|
| Tokelau |
10 sq. km.
(3.8 sq. mi.)
|
2
|
1500
|
|
32
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
| Wallis & Futuna |
274 sq. km.
(105.7 sq. mi.)
|
3
|
15,200
|
|
475
|
7
|
1.5
|
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