Australia and New Zealand were grouped together by Flick as Australasia, and categorized as being in the same area of the world as the islands of Oceania. [372], In 2003 alone, according to state government data, there were over 6.4 million visitors to the Hawaiian Islands with expenditures of over $10.6 billion. [456] The OFC was dominated by Australia for many years, and became known for one-sided results. Papua New Guinea Raja Ampat, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Some experts insist that Oceania encompasses even the cold Aleutian Islands and the islands of Japan. [184][183], Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands who migrated from Africa to Asia c. 70,000 years ago[185] and arrived in Australia c. 50,000 years ago. [347] It is classified as an Alpha+ World City by GaWC. Easter Island and the Galpagos Islands were defined by James as falling within the organization's geographical parameters. [419] New Zealand yields produce from land and sea most crops and livestock, such as maize, potatoes and pigs, were gradually introduced by the early European settlers. On his first voyage in the 18th century, James Cook, who later arrived at the highly developed Hawaiian Islands, went to Tahiti and followed the east coast of Australia for the first time. However, the most popular usage excludes not only the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japanese archipelago but also islands that are historically closely related to the Asian mainland, such as Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part . In the politics of Papua New Guinea the Prime Minister is the head of government, and the head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom, represented by a Governor-General. In this book, he included the Aleutian Islands, the Galpagos Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Kuril Islands and continental islands off the coast of the Americas such as the Channel Islands, the Farallon Islands and Vancouver Island;[141] all of these islands lie in or close to the Pacific Ring of Fire, as is the case with New Guinea and New Zealand, which were also included. "[46] Some geographers group the Australian tectonic plate with others in the Pacific to form a geological continent. [13], The first settlers of Australia, New Guinea, and the large islands just to the east arrived more than 60,000 years ago. The information shown follows sources in cross-referenced articles; where sources differ, provisos have been clearly indicated. The Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua on the island of New Guinea are home to an estimated 44 uncontacted tribal groups. Oceania thus has the most to lose, culturally speaking, from the pressures of global political and economic change. The population of Australia in 2022 was 26,177,413, a 0.99% increase from 2021. In 2022 the population of Oceania was 43,451,000 and the average age increased from 29.6 in 1960 to 35.9. Prange, Gordon W., Goldstein, Donald, & Dillon, Katherine. He added that Hawaii was the most northerly area to be inhabited by races associated with Oceania. [386] A parliamentary general election must be called no later than three years after the previous election. [380] The Australian Defence Force is by far the largest military force in Oceania. It notes that, "the term [has] also come under scrutiny by many geographers. [336] Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii began in 1899 when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by two hurricanes, causing a worldwide shortage of sugar and a huge demand for sugar from Hawaii. In this book the other two continents were categorized as being the New World (consisting of the Americas) and the Old World (consisting of Afro-Eurasia). For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used. "[99] Scottish academic John Merry Ross in 1879 considered Polynesia to cover the entire South and Central Pacific area, not just islands ethnographically within Polynesia. [436] The most popular sport among Australian women is netball, while Australian rules football garners the highest spectatorship numbers and television ratings. 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[126] The book defined Oceania's major subregions as being Australia, Indonesia (which included all areas associated with the Malay archipelago), Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. [290] The lowest temperature ever recorded in Oceania was 25.6C (14.1F), at Ranfurly in Otago in 1903, with a more recent temperature of 21.6C (6.9F) recorded in 1995 in nearby Ophir. Urban population has increased from 21,936,910 (70.1%) in 2000 to 31,011,800 (70.5%) in the current year. The states of Hong Kong and Malaysia, located in both mainland Asia and marginal seas of the Pacific, are also excluded, as is the nation of Brunei, which shares the island of Borneo with Indonesia and Malaysia. This definition consists of discrete political entities, and so excludes the Bonin Islands, Hawaii, Clipperton Island and the Juan Fernndez Islands, along with Easter Island which was annexed by Chile in 1888. PopulationPyramid.net Pirmides Populacionais do Mundo desde 1950 at 2100. Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated. As recently as 33,000 years ago no human beings lived in the region, except in Australasia. The Tasman Sea, and part of Zealandia then locked together with Australia to form the Australian Plate (40 Ma), and a new plate boundary was created between the Australian Plate and Pacific Plate. The Pitcairn reed warbler, endemic to Pitcairn Island, was added to the endangered species list in 2008. "[101] Kennedy defined Oceania as including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Wallis and Futuna Islands would have the lowest population growth rate of -1.35%, which is also the lowest in the world. Around 1200, Tahitian explorers discovered and began settling the area. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. [89] Cust considered Oceania's four subregions to be Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. In 1905 the British government transferred some administrative responsibility over south-east New Guinea to Australia (which renamed the area "Territory of Papua"); and in 1906, transferred all remaining responsibility to Australia. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. Japan's Bonin and Ryukyu Islands are also considered to be subtropical islands, with the main Japanese archipelago being non-tropical. In the financial year 2014/15, tourism represented 3% of Australia's GDP contributing A$47.5 billion to the national economy. Other religions in the region include Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, which are prominent minority religions in Australia and New Zealand. Tourism New Zealand, the country's official tourism agency, is actively promoting the country as a destination worldwide. The first migration of Australo-Melanesians took place c. 40 to 80 thousand years ago, and these migrants, Papuans, colonised much of Near Oceania. 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