Nauru
Population growth in Nauru
Population growth in Nauru: 3.05% a year in 1950 and 0.51% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.51% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.55 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 140 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.18% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.18% a year in 2100, between -3.82% a year and 4.61% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 5.61% a year in 1965, the lowest -0.53% a year in 2002.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Nauru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.51 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.75 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.83 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.29 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.67 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.23 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.47 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.63 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.92 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.98 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 2.26 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 2.55 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.76 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.32 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.22 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -0.09 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -0.12 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -0.15 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.16 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | -0.06 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.08 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | -0.53 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | -0.44 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -0.29 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -0.1 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | -0.12 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.14 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.14 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.23 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.31 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.4 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 1.22 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.23 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.45 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.42 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.46 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.37 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 2.25 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.15 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.96 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.91 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 2.45 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 2.6 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 2.31 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.48 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.11 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.62 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.15 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.05 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0.79 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 0.87 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 0.71 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 0.77 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 0.79 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.1 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 4.77 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.39 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.61 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 5.61 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 5.57 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 5.15 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 4.56 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.83 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.23 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.57 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 3.58 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.98 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.73 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.17 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.3 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.25 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.52 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.93 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 3.05 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Nauru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7-0.97–2.28 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.62-1.74–2.6 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.64-1.97–2.95 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.89-2.16–3.38 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.76-2.44–3.31 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.95-2.53–3.73 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.96-2.75–3.76 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.05-2.87–4 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.06-3.15–4.22 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.13-2.71–4.21 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.19-2.84–4.5 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.26-2.73–4.62 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.11-2.86–4.61 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.17-2.78–4.74 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.13-2.8–4.77 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.21-2.83–4.73 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.31-2.72–4.75 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.28-2.88–4.79 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.26-2.93–4.89 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.18-3.01–5.04 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.19-2.83–4.78 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.13-2.98–4.89 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.17-2.94–4.96 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.11-2.92–4.86 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.04-3.1–4.71 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.06-3.12–4.69 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.95-3.23–4.66 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.01-3.2–4.8 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.9-3.21–4.64 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.87-3.43–4.89 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.84-3.31–4.78 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.84-3.37–4.94 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.84-3.75–4.89 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.77-3.56–4.68 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.78-3.45–4.81 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.72-3.48–4.64 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.76-3.39–4.62 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.78-3.46–5 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.7-3.57–4.91 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.71-3.93–4.76 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.73-3.9–5.01 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.71-4.04–4.97 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.68-4.22–4.81 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.79-4.22–4.89 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.66-4.26–5.21 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.59-4.14–5.03 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.75-3.79–5.32 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.56-3.85–5.02 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.64-3.7–5.02 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.61-3.63–4.96 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.59-3.61–5.11 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.59-3.85–4.87 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.57-3.71–5.11 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.55-3.72–5.07 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.55-3.67–5.12 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.54-3.82–4.71 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.44-4.14–4.59 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.5-3.69–4.74 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.44-3.81–4.75 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.43-3.59–4.64 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.39-3.58–4.73 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.35-3.58–4.44 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.34-3.87–4.57 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.28-3.78–4.59 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.33-3.9–4.55 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.33-3.84–4.49 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.28-3.38–5.05 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.22-3.71–4.39 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.23-2.79–5.36 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.27-3.52–4.48 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.23-3.56–4.29 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.17-3.9–4.44 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.17-2.75–5.27 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.2-3.57–4.4 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.2-3.9–4.3 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.15-3.82–4.48 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.18-3.82–4.61 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Nauru in numbers
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