Nauru
Population 2026
12,125
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.61%
- Density
- 577 per km²
- Land area
- 21 km²
- Capital
- Yaren
- Currency
- Dollar (AUD)
- Official languages
- NA, EN-NR
- Urban population
- 100.0%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 2862026
- Deaths
- 852026
- Birth rate
- 24.6per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.29
- Life expectancy
- 62.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 20.2
- Net migration
- -122
Age distribution
- 0–1437.2%
- 15–6459.8%
- 65+3.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $176M
- GDP per capita
- $14.6K
- GDP growth
- +2.1%
- Inflation
- -0.1%
- Unemployment
- —
- Exports
- $109M
- Imports
- $183M
- Tourism receipts
- 2.3%% of exports
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YarenYaren District | 1,1002016 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12,125 | 286 | 85 |
| 2020 | 11,665 | 334 | 76 |
| 2010 | 10,067 | 363 | 75 |
| 2000 | 10,187 | 287 | 79 |
| 1990 | 9,645 | 305 | 94 |
| 1980 | 7,670 | 227 | 82 |
| 1970 | 6,733 | 101 | 37 |
| 1960 | 4,625 | 124 | 45 |
| 1950 | 3,424 | 102 | 47 |