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This is a list of the most heavily populated cities in Oceania, as opposed to the most populous metropolitan or urban areas. This list includes 2009 population estimates for all of those who are defined as living within the 'city limits', or 'city boundary', and are based on a mixture of official and independent sources.

 
Princes Bridge & the Melbourne city skyline
Princes Bridge & the Melbourne city skyline image: David Iliff (license)
Data released by World Gazetteer - January.01.2009 - Next data release January.01.2010
Top 100 Most Populous Cities In Oceania
  City Country 2009 Calculation [1]
1 Melbourne Australia 3,676,105
2 Sydney Australia 3,653,646
3 Brisbane Australia 1,855,083
4 Makasar Indonesia 1,440,539
5 Perth Australia 1,272,193
6 Adelaide Australia 1,040,987
7 Gold Coast Australia 566,739
8 Manado Indonesia 508,585
9 Auckland New Zealand 415,400
10 Ambon Indonesia 404,855
11 Manukau New Zealand 400,208
12 Honolulu Hawaii 373,834
13 Christchurch New Zealand 373,178
14 Kupang Indonesia 342,773
15 Palu Indonesia 334,274
16 Canberra Australia 331,755
17 Mataram Indonesia 327,549
18 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 307,643
19 Central Coast Australia 302,341
20 Kendari Indonesia 295,977
21 North Shore New Zealand 295,695
22 Newcastle Australia 292,516
23 Wollongong Australia 232,310
24 Waitakere New Zealand 202,786
25 Wellington New Zealand 186,122
26 Sunshine Coast Australia 182,861
27 Dili East Timor 174,096
28 Hamilton New Zealand 163,757
29 Gorontalo Indonesia 159,612
30 Bitung Indonesia 157,384
31 Jaya Pura Indonesia 146,480
32 Sorong Indonesia 140,134
33 Geelong Australia 134,145
34 Townsville Australia 132,225
35 Hobart Australia 125,305
36 Pare Pare Indonesia 121,633
37 Tauranga New Zealand 117,085
38 Cairns Australia 114,586
39 Dunedin New Zealand 111,855
40 Tanete Indonesia 110,270
41 Ternate Indonesia 106,018
42 Mobagu Indonesia 105,947
43 Sombaopu Indonesia 100,767
44 Nouméa New Caledonia 100,479
45 Toowoomba Australia 99,767
46 Palopo Indonesia 97,725
47 Lower Hutt New Zealand 97,568
48 Bunbury Australia 94,163
49 Pallangga Indonesia 91,853
50 Bau Bau Indonesia 91,505
51 Nasinu Fiji 88,013
52 Galesong Indonesia 87,130
53 Ende Indonesia 86,109
54 Suva Fiji 85,919
55 Bone Indonesia 85,640
56 Rockingham Australia 83,584
57 Ballarat Australia 81,994
58 Bendigo Australia 80,819
59 Aberpura Indonesia 79,761
60 Mackay Australia 77,665
61 Palmerston North New Zealand 77,177
62 Launceston Australia 75,689
63 Mandurah Australia 73,710
64 Lae Papua New Guinea 72,967
65 Bajeng Indonesia 72,553
66 Bima Indonesia 71,196
67 Honiara Solomon Islands 66,824
68 Pangkajene Indonesia 66,758
69 Bontonompo Indonesia 64,767
70 Labu Api Indonesia 63,725
71 Hastings New Zealand 63,259
72 Singkang Indonesia 62,447
73 Banggae Indonesia 62,432
74 Rockhampton Australia 61,179
75 Polewali Indonesia 61,048
76 Darwin Australia 60,148
77 Manokwari Indonesia 59,375
78 Tempe Indonesia 59,070
79 Tweed Heads Australia 58,595
80 Maitland Australia 58,540
81 Napier New Zealand 56,891
82 Sumbawa Indonesia 55,977
83 Merauke Indonesia 54,786
84 Lautoka Fiji 54,356
85 Rotorua New Zealand 54,070
86 Poso Indonesia 53,707
87 Luwuk Indonesia 52,507
88 Nausori Fiji 52,451
89 Bundaberg Australia 52,410
90 Waingapu Indonesia 52,155
91 Maumere Indonesia 50,841
92 Whangarei New Zealand 50,272
93 Amahai Indonesia 50,051
94 New Plymouth New Zealand 49,619
95 Nabire Indonesia 49,003
96 Porirua New Zealand 48,761
97 Tidore Indonesia 48,471
98 Baolan Indonesia 48,452
99 Katobu Indonesia 47,783
100 Watang Sawitto Indonesia 47,349
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[1] "World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's cities and metropolitan areas.
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