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Most Populous Cities In Oceania

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 2010 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.
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Top 100 Most Populous Cities In Oceania 2010
City Country 2010 Estimate [1]
1 Sydney Australia 3,749,902
2 Melbourne Australia 3,551,659
3 Brisbane Australia 1,825,914
4 Makasar Indonesia 1,478,713
5 Perth Australia 1,317,965
6 Adelaide Australia 1,064,615
7 Manado Indonesia 522,390
8 Gold Coast-Tweed Heads Australia 504,830
9 Auckland New Zealand 421,930
10 Ambon Indonesia 416,988
11 Manukau New Zealand 410,158
12 Christchurch New Zealand 377,434
13 Honolulu Hawaii 375,134
14 Kupang Indonesia 361,666
15 Palu Indonesia 348,757
16 Canberra-Queanbeyan Australia 334,276
17 Mataram Indonesia 329,544
18 Kendari Indonesia 307,208
19 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 307,103
20 Central Coast Australia 306,025
21 Newcastle Australia 295,577
22 North Shore New Zealand 269,501
23 Wollongong Australia 237,921
24 Waitakere New Zealand 206,267
25 Sunshine Coast Australia 198,332
26 Wellington New Zealand 188,622
27 Dili East Timor 171,449
28 Hamilton New Zealand 166,692
29 Bitung Indonesia 163,691
30 Gorontalo Indonesia 163,274
31 Jaya Pura Indonesia 149,171
32 Sorong Indonesia 143,786
33 Geelong Australia 141,155
34 Townsville Australia 136,077
35 Hobart Australia 128,688
36 Pare Pare Indonesia 124,305
37 Tauranga New Zealand 119,871
38 Mobagu Indonesia 112,432
39 Dunedin New Zealand 112,117
40 Tanete Indonesia 112,087
41 Ternate Indonesia 106,820
42 Sombaopu Indonesia 105,276
43 Cairns Australia 103,907
44 Nouméa New Caledonia 102,349
45 Toowoomba Australia 99,942
46 Palopo Indonesia 99,335
47 Lower Hutt New Zealand 97,690
48 Lae Papua New Guinea 96,242
49 Bau Bau Indonesia 93,401
50 Pallangga Indonesia 93,366
51 Ende Indonesia 88,959
52 Nasinu Fiji Islands 88,566
53 Galesong Indonesia 88,565
54 Mandurah Australia 88,427
55 Bone Indonesia 87,051
56 Suva Fiji Islands 85,754
57 Aberpura Indonesia 84,679
58 Ballarat Australia 81,919
59 Bendigo Australia 81,724
60 Palmerston North New Zealand 77,556
61 Albury-Wodonga Australia 76,797
62 Mackay Australia 75,176
63 Rockingham Australia 73,950
64 Bajeng Indonesia 73,749
65 Launceston Australia 73,398
66 Bima Indonesia 72,267
67 Pangkajene Indonesia 67,858
68 Maitland Australia 67,803
69 Bontonompo Indonesia 65,834
70 Bunbury Australia 65,578
71 Labu Api Indonesia 64,683
72 Darwin Australia 63,772
73 Hastings New Zealand 63,581
74 Singkang Indonesia 63,476
75 Banggae Indonesia 63,461
76 Honiara Solomon Islands 63,343
77 Polewali Indonesia 62,054
78 Rockhampton Australia 61,669
79 Manokwari Indonesia 60,923
80 Tweed Heads Australia 60,462
81 Tempe Indonesia 60,043
82 Napier New Zealand 57,085
83 Sumbawa Indonesia 56,819
84 Merauke Indonesia 56,213
85 Poso Indonesia 55,512
86 Nausori Fiji Islands 55,497
87 Lautoka Fiji Islands 55,184
88 Rotorua New Zealand 54,142
89 Luwuk Indonesia 53,787
90 Waingapu Indonesia 53,279
91 Maumere Indonesia 51,936
92 Whangarei New Zealand 50,641
93 Amahai Indonesia 50,556
94 Nabire Indonesia 50,280
95 New Plymouth New Zealand 49,706
96 Baolan Indonesia 49,633
97 Bundaberg Australia 49,281
98 Tidore Indonesia 48,959
99 Katobu Indonesia 48,952
100 Porirua New Zealand 48,859
References
[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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