Melanesia Population Pyramid 2025
Melanesia in 2025
The population of Melanesia in 2025 was 13,165,119. A decade earlier, in 2015, the population was 10,850,508; it has grown by 21.3% since.
The median age was 24.2 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 51.8 children under 15 and 6.3 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
105,771 immigrants live in Melanesia.
| France | 49,500 |
| Indonesia | 14,747 |
| Australia | 12,457 |
| Vanuatu | 4,372 |
| New Zealand | 2,943 |
242,288 people born in Melanesia live in other countries.
| Australia | 136,640 |
| New Zealand | 70,552 |
| Canada | 24,028 |
| New Caledonia | 4,021 |
| French Polynesia | 2,477 |





