List of contemporary ethnic groups of Oceania

The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups of Oceania. There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups. Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style and other factors.

By the nature of the concept, ethnic groups tend to be divided into subgroups, may themselves be or not be identified as independent ethnic groups depending on the source consulted.

Oceania here is considered to be approximately delimited from Asia by the Weber Line in Wallacea located west of the Indonesian islands of Maluku (except for the Sula Archipelago and Barat Daya) and from the Americas by Micronesia and the Polynesian Triangle.