Melanesia vs Oceania: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate
Melanesia
0.3999 % change on previous year
in 2050
Oceania
0.0514 % change on previous year
in 2050
Melanesia rank
5th
Oceania rank
8th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate over time
- Melanesia
- Oceania
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 0.3999 % change on previous year against 0.0514 % change on previous year in Oceania, a difference of 0.3485 % change on previous year.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 7.8 times Oceania's.
Across all 100 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Oceania ranks 8th of 22 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.73 % change on previous year | 1.01 % change on previous year | 0.7189 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1960s | 1.8 % change on previous year | 1.15 % change on previous year | 0.654 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 2.21 % change on previous year | 1.26 % change on previous year | 0.9549 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 2.31 % change on previous year | 1.82 % change on previous year | 0.4954 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2.08 % change on previous year | 0.3921 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 2.28 % change on previous year | 1.73 % change on previous year | 0.5515 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1.93 % change on previous year | 1.46 % change on previous year | 0.465 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 1.51 % change on previous year | 1.03 % change on previous year | 0.4814 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2030s | 1.05 % change on previous year | 0.5872 % change on previous year | 0.4657 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2040s | 0.6148 % change on previous year | 0.209 % change on previous year | 0.4058 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2050s | 0.3999 % change on previous year | 0.0514 % change on previous year | 0.3485 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate, Melanesia or Oceania?
- Melanesia, at 0.3999 % change on previous year against 0.0514 % change on previous year in Oceania as of 2050.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate between Melanesia and Oceania?
- 0.3485 % change on previous year, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Oceania?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2050.
- How do Melanesia and Oceania rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Oceania ranks 8th of 22 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.