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8.6 million Pacific Islanders
According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s most
recent population estimates, the population of the Pacific Islands
reached 8.6 million in 2004, representing an increase of approximately
1.7 million people over the past 10 years. This growth notwithstanding,
population distribution has remained largely unchanged: the five
largest island countries and territories (those comprising Melanesia)
account for the vast majority (86.4 per cent) of the regional population,
followed by the much smaller island countries and territories of
Polynesia (7.4 per cent) and Micronesia (6.2 per cent).
(Source: PoPGiS News, May 2005)
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