United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Population of the largest urban agglomerations in 1995 ------------------------------------------- As percentage Population of urban Country or area Agglomeration (thousands) population --------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- Oceania Australia/New Zealand --------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia (4) Sydney 3590 23.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Auckland 945 30.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melanesia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiji Suva 166 52.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- New Caledonia Noumea 112 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 247 35.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Solomon Islands Honiara 53 82.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vanuatu Vila 23 71.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Micronesia --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guam Agana 2 3.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiribati Tarawa 28 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall Islands Majuro 28 73.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Micronesia (Fed. States of) Palikir .. .. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nauru Nauru 11 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 16 61.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pacific Islands (Palau) Koror 12 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Polynesia --------------------------------------------------------------------- American Samoa Pago Pago 12 43.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cook Islands Avarua 16 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- French Polynesia Papeete 120 97.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Niue Alofi 1 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitcairn Adamstown .. .. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Samoa Apia 33 96.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tokelau .. .. .. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonga Nuku'alofa 40 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuvalu Funafuti 4 100.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallis and Futuna Islands Mata-Utu 1 .. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. (4) Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/166), Sales No. E.97.XIII.3 Copyright (C) United Nations 1997