Oceania on the scales
Level
Question type
Unfolding the map…
Two countries in Oceania side by side: choose the one with more people or more land. 14 countries take part.
From the data
- Countries
- 14
- Largest by area
- Australia · 7,741,220 km²
- Smallest by area
- Nauru · 21 km²
- Most people
- Australia · 27.6 million
- Fewest people
- Tuvalu · 9,492
- People in total
- 46.5 million
- Area in total
- 8,536,913 km²
- Drawn as a dot
- Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru
World Bank figures: population of 2025, area of 2023.
- Largest population gap
- Australia and Tuvalu (×2,909)
- Closest pair by population
- Micronesia and Tonga (×1.096)
- Closest pair by area
- Tonga and Micronesia (×1.068)
Levels in this selection
- Easy: 14 countries
- Medium: 14 countries
- Hard: 14 countries
Easy pairs differ at least four times, Medium 1.6 to 4 times, Hard only 1.08 to 1.6 times.
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The answers of this quiz, sorted by area. Open it after a round, not during one.
| # | Country | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 7,741,220 km² | 27.6 million |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 km² | 10.8 million |
| 3 | New Zealand | 267,710 km² | 5.3 million |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 28,896 km² | 838,645 |
| 5 | Fiji | 18,270 km² | 933,154 |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 12,189 km² | 335,169 |
| 7 | Samoa | 2,840 km² | 219,306 |
| 8 | Kiribati | 811 km² | 136,488 |
| 9 | Tonga | 749 km² | 103,742 |
| 10 | Micronesia | 701 km² | 113,683 |
| 11 | Palau | 459 km² | 17,663 |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 181 km² | 36,282 |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 26 km² | 9,492 |
| 14 | Nauru | 21 km² | 12,025 |
Questions about this quiz
How many countries does this quiz cover?
14 countries. A round asks ten of them; choose a longer round in the setup under New.
Which country of this selection has the largest area?
Australia, with 7,741,220 km² according to the World Bank (2023).
Which country of this selection has the most people?
Australia, with 27.6 million people according to the World Bank (2025).