Table 1.
Characteristics of Pacific island countries.
| Pacific island country | Geography | Demography | Economy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land area (km2)a | Max elevation (m)b | Populationb | Population density (per km2) | Per capita GDPb,c | Main industries # (% GDP)b | |
| Cook Islands | 240 | 652 | 15,000 | 42 | 9,100 | T |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 700 | 791 | 112,000 | 158 | 2,200 | A, F |
| Fiji | 18,000 | 1,324 | 868,000 | 47 | 4,600 | T, A |
| Kiribati | 800 | 3, 81d | 101,000 | 135 | 6,200 | A, F, R |
| Marshall Islands | 200 | 10 | 64,000 | 342 | 2,500 | Aid (US) |
| Nauru | 20 | 71 | 10,000 | 480 | 5,000 | M |
| Niue | 260 | 68 | 1,000 | 5 | 8,400 | Aid (NZ) |
| Palau | 500 | 242 | 21,000 | 39 | 10,000 | T, A, F |
| Samoa | 2,900 | 1,857 | 184,000 | 63 | 6,000 | R, T, A, F |
| Solomon Islands | 28,000 | 2,335 | 552,000 | 18 | 3,300 | A, F, forestry |
| Tonga | 750 | 1,033 | 105,000 | 139 | 7,500 | A, F |
| Tuvalu | 300 | 5 | 10,000 | 476 | 3,400 | R, trusts, A |
| Vanuatu | 12,000 | 1,877 | 246,000 | 20 | 2,700 | A, F, T |
| Abbreviations: A, agriculture; F, fishing; M, mining; NZ, New Zealand; R, remittances; T, tourism; US, United States. All data are for 2011 unless otherwise stated. aUN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS 2015). bCentral Intelligence Agency (2012). cPer capita gross domestic product based on purchasing power parity. Estimates are for 2011 except for Marshall Islands (year 2008), Nauru (year 2005), Palau (year 2009), Tuvalu (year 2010), and Vanuatu (year 2009).dElevations for South Tarawa (the capital atoll of Kiribati) and Banaba (an outlying atoll), respectively. | ||||||