Melanesia

Largest Countries:: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Number of Countries:: 5
Land Area:: 540.8K km² (0.36%)

Melanesia is a sub-continent located in Oceania. Melanesia comprises 0.36% of the world's land area, along with 0.16% of the world's current population. The estimated population for Melanesia is 13,383,874.

Melanesia Population by Country

< 1M

1M - 10M

10M - 50M

50M - 100M

100M - 300M

> 300M

5 countries

Country	Population ↓	Density /km²
Papua New Guinea	10,947,848	24
Fiji	937,282	51
Solomon Islands	858,288	30
Vanuatu	342,564	28
New Caledonia	297,892	16

Melanesia's Population Growth

Melanesia Population

Historical

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Year ↓	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	13,383,874	1.66%	25
2025	13,165,118	1.77%	24
2020	12,058,241	2.13%	22
2015	10,850,508	2.53%	20
2010	9,576,740	2.76%	18
2005	8,356,505	2.94%	15
2000	7,227,821	3.13%	13
1995	6,195,273	3.07%	11
1990	5,325,751	2.2%	9.8
1985	4,775,742	2.23%	8.8
1980	4,277,099	2.24%	7.9
1975	3,829,201	2.35%	7.1
1970	3,408,999	2.37%	6.3
1965	3,032,598	2.47%	5.6
1960	2,683,935	2.81%	5.0
1955	2,336,271	2.38%	4.3
1950	2,076,908	4.55%	3.8
1945	1,662,465	3.95%	3.1
1940	1,369,700	3.93%	2.5
1935	1,129,722	3.39%	2.1
1930	956,243	0.79%	1.8
1925	919,173	-0.14%	1.7
1920	925,486	-2.46%	1.7
1915	1,048,119	-2.55%	1.9
1910	1,192,705	0.07%	2.2
1905	1,188,646	0.47%	2.2
1900	1,161,193	0%	2.1

Year ↑	Population	Change	Density /km²
2026	13,383,874	1.66%	25
2030	14,242,883	1.57%	26
2035	15,279,192	1.41%	28
2040	16,274,485	1.27%	30
2045	17,212,397	1.13%	32
2050	18,090,929	1%	33
2055	18,892,219	0.87%	35
2060	19,610,658	0.75%	36
2065	20,247,126	0.64%	37
2070	20,812,020	0.55%	38
2075	21,288,565	0.45%	39
2080	21,692,916	0.38%	40
2085	22,028,125	0.31%	41
2090	22,291,004	0.24%	41
2095	22,480,656	0.17%	42