Subregion · part of Oceania
Melanesia
Country-by-country guide to Melanesia: capitals, flags, borders, area, and population for every nation in this UN subregion of Oceania.
5 countries
14,018,758 people
540,772 km² total land area
Melanesia stretches from Papua New Guinea east through the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and New Caledonia. The subregion is mountainous, linguistically the most diverse on Earth, and increasingly significant in Pacific geopolitics.
Use this page as an entry point into the subregion. Skim the table below for an at-a-glance comparison, then click any country to read the full editorial profile — capital, flag, official languages, currencies, bordering states, an embedded OpenStreetMap viewport, and links to high-resolution map services.
| 900,869 | |
| 264,596 | |
| 11,781,559 | |
| 750,325 | |
| 321,409 |
