Current European Population in Oceania
The total population of people of European descent or ethnicity in Oceania is approximately 23,185,000 or approximately 22,818,000 excluding Hawaii.
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- Australia (European Australian) - 93.2% of the population or 20,299,000 people, and part-white Australian Aborigines number about 500,000 as opposed to the approximately 50,000 pure blooded Australian Aborigines who can speak Australian languages.
- New Zealand (New Zealand European) - 78.0% of the population or 3,443,200 people identify as New Zealand European.
- New Caledonia (Caldoche) - 44.6% of the population or about 112,050; the territory is part of the French Republic.
- French Polynesia - 10% of the population (mostly French) or 26,700, and 6 to 8% are Euronesian (part white-Polynesian).
- Hawaii - 24.1% of the population (2010 U.S. Census)
- Guam - 10% of the population have Spanish and white American descent (2000 Census) or about 17,800 people. Guam has a history of Spanish settlement before 1900 and is now under US rule.
- Norfolk Island, about 50% British-Polynesian from Pitcairn Island (1,070 people) and 50% white-British descent mainly via Australia (1,070 people).
- Easter Island, about 39% is white-European descent.
The dominant European group of Australia are referred to as Anglo-Celtic Australians (although this does not include non-British Europeans), or, more controversially, as Aussies, the proper term for Australians of European descent is European Australian. In New Zealand, the census gathers information on ethnicity, not descent. It shows the majority of the New Zealand population identify as New Zealand European. The term Pākehā used in some previous Censuses has a similar meaning.
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