This post will provide information on the list of countries in Australia and Oceania and their currency as well as provide answers to frequently asked questions like: Is The Continent Called Australia, Australasia or Oceania? How many countries in Australia? How Many Countries Are There in Australia/Australasia? What Is The World'S Strongest Currency? What Is The Cheapest Currency In The World? What Is The Safest Currency In The World? But before then, let us clarify some disputes about these two continents.
There’s probably a few of you reading this thinking that Australia isn’t a continent – that’s because you know the continent as Australasia. The continent can be called Australia or Australasia. Both are correct. That means that when you say Australia, you can be referring to either Australia the country, or Australia the continent (which includes 3 countries). This is because 3 countries fall on top of the Australian tectonic plate.
That is a region, not a continent. It includes the Continent of Australia (also known as Australasia) and the Pacific island countries.
There are 3 countries in Australia.
There are a number of countries in the Oceania region, if we counted them all we would get 14 countries and 12 dependencies. Let's take them step by step for your own understanding starting with the 3 countries that are officially part of Australia:
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
The other countries that are located within the Oceania Region (but not officially part of the Australasia continent) are:
- Islands of Melanesia
- Micronesia
- Polynesia
There are 11 more countries which we can dd to the 3 above. Don't forget that these next 11 are not part of the Australian continent but are part of the Oceania region:
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- The Marshall Islands
- The Federated States of Micronesia
- Nauru which the least visited country on earth so far
- Palau
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Most people classify a few of these places as independent countries, but they actually belong to a member state of the UN. It can be suggested that both Niue and The Cook Islands could be added to the list of countries (although not in the official list of 197 countries, maybe in the list of 215 countries that is less strict).
- American Samoa (USA)
- Cook Islands (New Zealand)
- French Polynesia (France)
- Guam (USA)
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niue (New Zealand)
- Norfolk Island (Australia)
- Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
- Pitcairn Islands (UK)
- Tokelau (New Zealand)
- Wake Island (USA)
- Wallis and Futuna (France)
Let us now take a look at the list of the currency that is used in the various countries.
American Samoa (USA) use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Australia use the Australian dollar (AUD) currency.
Chatham Islands (New Zealand) use the New Zealand dollar (NZD) currency.
Cook Islands (New Zealand) use the Cook Islands dollar currency.
Fiji use the Fijian dollar (FJD) currency.
French Polynesia (France) use the CFP franc (XPF) currency.
Guam (USA) use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Kiribati use the Australian dollar (AUD) currency.
Marshall Islands use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Micronesia use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Nauru use the Australian dollar (AUD) currency.
New Caledonia (France) use the CFP franc (XPF) currency.
New Zealand use the New Zealand dollar (NZD) currency.
Niue (New Zealand) use the New Zealand dollar (NZD) currency.
Norfolk Island (Australia) use the Australian dollar (AUD) currency.
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Palau use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Papua New Guinea use the Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) currency.
Pitcairn Islands (UK) use the New Zealand dollar (NZD) currency.
Samoa use the Samoan tala (WST) currency.
Solomon Islands use the Solomon Islands dollar (SBD) currency.
Tokelau (New Zealand) use the New Zealand dollar (NZD) currency.
Tonga use the Tongan pa’anga (TOP) currency.
Tuvalu use the Australian dollar (AUD) currency.
Vanuatu use the Vanuatu vatu (VUV) currency.
Wake Island (USA) use the United States dollar (USD) currency.
Wallis and Futuna (France) CFP franc (XPF) currency.
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