This list ranks
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
s in
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...
by their population; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 100,000 people.
Sources and definitions
Metropolitan areas are listed as defined by their jurisdiction.
For
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) or Significant Urban Area (SUA) designations of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), as appropriate.
For
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Functional Urban Area (FUA) classification
and population statistics are sourced from the Statistics New Zealand population estimates and projections.
For the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by The United States Office of Management and Budget.
Metropolitan areas
See also
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List of cities in Oceania by population
This is a list of cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. Lon ...
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Lists of cities in Oceania
This is a list of cities in Oceania by country.
Sovereign states
*List of cities in Australia
*List of cities, towns and villages in East Timor
*List of cities and towns in Fiji
*List of cities in Indonesia
*List of cities and villages in Kiribat ...
References
{{World's largest cities, state=expanded
Lists of metropolitan areas in Asia Pacific
Metropolitan areas of Oceania