Former colonies in Oceania

Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia.

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an archipelagic country in Oceania. The sovereign state lies west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

unincorporated territory of the US located in the Pacific

Dutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)

archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, divided between the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau

colonial protectorate of the German Empire from 1884 to 1919 comprising the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and its various nearby islands

Spanish territory in Asia-Pacific from 1565 until 1901

mandate in Oceania issued by the League of Nations to Japan following WWI

colony and protectorate of the German Empire in Oceania from 1900 to 1920

United Nations trust territory in the western Pacific administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994

former country, now Vanuatu

Australian administered territory est. 1920

administrative union between the Australian-administered territories of Papua and New Guinea est. 1949

organized incorporated territory of the United States, 1898–1959

1565–1898 territory of the Spanish Empire in Asia

1899 German–Spanish Treaty

island group in Western Pacific

British colony (1891–1901)