Oceania Population Pyramid 1988
Oceania in 1988
As of 1988, Oceania counted 25,956,096 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1978, the population was 22,383,131; it has grown by 16.0% since.
With a median age of 28.3 years, Oceania had a youth dependency ratio of 42.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 13.8 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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.
9,747,372 immigrants live in Oceania.
| United Kingdom | 1,363,977 |
| India | 1,027,462 |
| China | 810,967 |
| New Zealand | 596,327 |
| Philippines | 514,647 |
1,572,455 people born in Oceania live in other countries.
| Australia | 796,389 |
| New Zealand | 272,112 |
| United Kingdom | 175,081 |
| Canada | 61,680 |
| Greece | 23,219 |





