🏛️ Capitals of Oceania Quiz
Match every country to its capital city.
16 countries in Oceania, and 16 capital cities to match them to. They range from Australia, the region's most populous country, to Tokelau, its least.
Capitals of Oceania Quiz at a glance
- Capitals to learn
- 16
- Subregions covered
- 5
- Most populous country
- Australia
- Largest by area
- Australia
Capitals against real people, on the same questions — no account needed. New capitals rooms start every 5 minutes, rotating through regions.
Capitals of Oceania
| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Australia | Canberra |
| Fiji | Suva |
| Kiribati | South Tarawa |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
| Micronesia | Palikir |
| Nauru | Yaren |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
| Palau | Ngerulmud |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Samoa | Apia |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
| Timor-Leste | Dili |
| Tokelau | Fakaofo |
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa |
| Tuvalu | Funafuti |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila |
About the Capitals of Oceania quiz
- How many countries are in the Oceania quiz?
- 16 — every country in Oceania with the data this quiz needs. Questions are drawn fresh from that pool each round, so no two rounds repeat.
- Is the capital always the biggest city?
- Not reliably. Australia is the most populous country in Oceania, but across the region plenty of capitals are smaller than another city in the same country — which is exactly where this quiz catches people out.
- How is Oceania divided up?
- Oceania spans 5 subregions — Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and more.
- Why is Australia in every Oceania question?
- Because it is most of the region. Australia covers about 90% of Oceania's 8,505,363 km², leaving the other 15 countries to share what is left. Oceania is one continental landmass and a scattering of island states across an ocean, which is why its totals look lopsided next to any other region's.
- What are Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia?
- The three island groupings Oceania is divided into, alongside Australia and New Zealand — 5 subregions across 16 countries. They describe where in the Pacific a country sits rather than how it is governed, and countries within one grouping tend to share flags, currencies and cuisines more closely than they share them across groupings.
- Which capital city belongs to the largest country in Oceania?
- Australia is the largest by land area in Oceania, at 7,692,024 km². Its capital is Canberra.
- Do any countries have more than one capital?
- A few do — some split their legislature, judiciary and executive across different cities. This quiz asks for the primary capital, which is the one listed in the table above.