Which country is Oceania?

1, Australia refers to the name of a continent (now called Oceania), with a land area of 8.97 million square kilometers, accounting for about 7% of the world's land area and a population of about 29 million, accounting for about 0.5% of the world's population. It is the continent with the smallest population and area except Antarctica. There are more than 10000 islands between Asia and America, bordering the Indian Ocean in the west, the Pacific Ocean in the east and Antarctica in the south.

2. Australia is a country located between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, surrounded by the sea. It is the abbreviation of Commonwealth of Australia. Because it is the only country in the world whose territory covers the whole continent, many people are used to calling it "Australia" for short. The word Australia evolved from the Latin "terraaustralis" (land of the South), with a land area of 7.692 million square kilometers and a population of 25.44 million. It has many unique animals and plants and natural landscapes, and is a highly developed multicultural immigrant country.

Different ranges

Literally, Australia is indeed the abbreviation of Australia, and later it derived from Oceania, which is located in the vast sea area south-southwest of the Pacific Ocean and north and south of the equator. In a narrow sense, it refers to Polynesia in the east, Micronesia in the middle and Melanesia in the west. Broadly speaking, it refers to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea (Irian Island) except the above three islands. At present, the United States, Britain, France and other countries have 14 countries and 10 regions. It is geographically divided into six regions: Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

To sum up, Australia generally refers to the Australian mainland and its nearby islands such as Tasmania, and now it is usually called Oceania together with New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. In the official language, Australia is not the abbreviation or nickname of Australia, but the general name of Hongkong, Taiwan Province and Macau. The reason why there is no difference is that Oceania is too small and there are not many countries, and Australia occupies more than 80% of the territory of Oceania, which makes people accustomed to thinking that Australia is a continent and it is easy to be confused.