Population of Nauru

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Mar 2025

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The current population of Nauru is 12,010 as of April 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nauru is projected at 12,025, or 12k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Nauru is projected at 11,947, or 12k people, for the year 2024.

Nauru ranks 227th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Nauru is ranked 19th among 23 countries and territories in Oceania.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nauru population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	3,355	3,407	104	3.053	0.00014
1951	3,459	3,510	103	2.934	0.00014
1952	3,562	3,607	91	2.523	0.00014
1953	3,653	3,695	83	2.247	0.00014
1954	3,736	3,780	87	2.302	0.00014
1955	3,823	3,885	123	3.167	0.00014
1956	3,946	4,021	150	3.731	0.00014
1957	4,096	4,158	124	2.982	0.00015
1958	4,220	4,297	154	3.584	0.00015
1959	4,374	4,454	159	3.571	0.00015
1960	4,533	4,607	149	3.234	0.00015
1961	4,682	4,774	183	3.834	0.00016
1962	4,865	4,979	227	4.560	0.00016
1963	5,092	5,226	269	5.148	0.00016
1964	5,361	5,515	307	5.569	0.00017
1965	5,668	5,832	327	5.609	0.00017
1966	5,995	6,043	97	1.605	0.00018
1967	6,092	6,135	85	1.386	0.00018
1968	6,177	6,328	302	4.773	0.00018
1969	6,479	6,581	204	3.100	0.00018
1970	6,683	6,710	53	0.790	0.00018
1971	6,736	6,762	52	0.769	0.00018
1972	6,788	6,812	48	0.705	0.00018
1973	6,836	6,866	60	0.874	0.00018
1974	6,896	6,923	55	0.794	0.00017
1975	6,951	6,987	73	1.045	0.00017
1976	7,024	7,064	81	1.147	0.00017
1977	7,105	7,163	116	1.619	0.00017
1978	7,221	7,298	154	2.110	0.00017
1979	7,375	7,468	185	2.478	0.00017
1980	7,560	7,649	177	2.314	0.00017
1981	7,737	7,839	204	2.603	0.00017
1982	7,941	8,040	197	2.451	0.00017
1983	8,138	8,216	157	1.911	0.00017
1984	8,295	8,377	164	1.958	0.00018
1985	8,459	8,551	184	2.152	0.00018
1986	8,643	8,742	197	2.254	0.00018
1987	8,840	8,946	212	2.370	0.00018
1988	9,052	9,165	225	2.455	0.00018
1989	9,277	9,390	227	2.417	0.00018
1990	9,504	9,622	236	2.453	0.00018
1991	9,740	9,850	220	2.234	0.00018
1992	9,960	10,021	122	1.217	0.00018
1993	10,082	10,102	40	0.396	0.00018
1994	10,122	10,137	31	0.306	0.00018
1995	10,153	10,165	23	0.226	0.00018
1996	10,176	10,183	14	0.137	0.00017
1997	10,190	10,197	14	0.137	0.00017
1998	10,204	10,198	-12	-0.118	0.00017
1999	10,192	10,187	-10	-0.098	0.00017
2000	10,182	10,168	-29	-0.285	0.00016
2001	10,153	10,130	-45	-0.444	0.00016
2002	10,108	10,082	-53	-0.526	0.00016
2003	10,055	10,059	8	0.080	0.00016
2004	10,063	10,060	-6	-0.060	0.00015
2005	10,057	10,049	-16	-0.159	0.00015
2006	10,041	10,034	-15	-0.149	0.00015
2007	10,026	10,020	-12	-0.120	0.00015
2008	10,014	10,009	-9	-0.090	0.00015
2009	10,005	10,016	22	0.220	0.00014
2010	10,027	10,043	32	0.319	0.00014
2011	10,059	10,098	77	0.763	0.00014
2012	10,136	10,267	262	2.552	0.00014
2013	10,398	10,517	238	2.263	0.00014
2014	10,636	10,742	213	1.983	0.00015
2015	10,849	10,954	210	1.917	0.00015
2016	11,059	11,150	182	1.632	0.00015
2017	11,241	11,324	166	1.466	0.00015
2018	11,407	11,477	141	1.229	0.00015
2019	11,548	11,587	78	0.673	0.00015
2020	11,626	11,643	34	0.292	0.00015
2021	11,660	11,709	97	0.828	0.00015
2022	11,757	11,801	88	0.746	0.00015
2023	11,845	11,875	60	0.505	0.00015

Nauru population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	11,905	11,947	83	0.695	0.00015
2025	11,988	12,025	75	0.624	0.00015
2026	12,063	12,101	77	0.636	0.00015
2027	12,140	12,194	109	0.894	0.00015
2028	12,249	12,296	94	0.764	0.00015
2029	12,343	12,402	118	0.951	0.00015
2030	12,461	12,521	120	0.958	0.00015
2031	12,581	12,648	133	1.052	0.00015
2032	12,714	12,781	135	1.056	0.00015
2033	12,849	12,922	146	1.130	0.00015
2034	12,995	13,072	155	1.186	0.00015
2035	13,150	13,233	167	1.262	0.00015
2036	13,317	13,392	149	1.113	0.00015
2037	13,466	13,545	158	1.166	0.00015
2038	13,624	13,701	155	1.131	0.00015
2039	13,779	13,863	168	1.212	0.00015
2040	13,947	14,039	184	1.311	0.00015
2041	14,131	14,222	182	1.280	0.00015
2042	14,313	14,404	182	1.264	0.00016
2043	14,495	14,581	172	1.180	0.00016
2044	14,667	14,755	176	1.193	0.00016
2045	14,843	14,928	169	1.132	0.00016
2046	15,012	15,100	176	1.166	0.00016
2047	15,188	15,273	170	1.113	0.00016
2048	15,358	15,438	160	1.036	0.00016
2049	15,518	15,601	165	1.058	0.00016
2050	15,683	15,758	150	0.952	0.00016
2051	15,833	15,913	160	1.005	0.00016
2052	15,993	16,065	144	0.896	0.00016
2053	16,137	16,207	141	0.870	0.00017
2054	16,278	16,346	137	0.838	0.00017
2055	16,415	16,485	139	0.843	0.00017
2056	16,554	16,624	140	0.842	0.00017
2057	16,694	16,759	129	0.770	0.00017
2058	16,823	16,889	131	0.776	0.00017
2059	16,954	17,015	123	0.723	0.00017
2060	17,077	17,142	130	0.758	0.00017
2061	17,207	17,274	134	0.776	0.00017
2062	17,341	17,402	122	0.701	0.00017
2063	17,463	17,525	124	0.708	0.00017
2064	17,587	17,651	128	0.725	0.00018
2065	17,715	17,778	126	0.709	0.00018
2066	17,841	17,901	121	0.676	0.00018
2067	17,962	18,034	143	0.793	0.00018
2068	18,105	18,165	120	0.661	0.00018
2069	18,225	18,279	107	0.585	0.00018
2070	18,332	18,401	138	0.750	0.00018
2071	18,470	18,521	103	0.556	0.00018
2072	18,573	18,633	120	0.644	0.00018
2073	18,693	18,750	115	0.613	0.00018
2074	18,808	18,864	112	0.594	0.00018
2075	18,920	18,976	111	0.585	0.00019
2076	19,031	19,085	108	0.566	0.00019
2077	19,139	19,192	106	0.552	0.00019
2078	19,245	19,299	107	0.554	0.00019
2079	19,352	19,404	105	0.541	0.00019
2080	19,457	19,500	86	0.441	0.00019
2081	19,543	19,591	97	0.495	0.00019
2082	19,640	19,683	87	0.442	0.00019
2083	19,727	19,769	84	0.425	0.00019
2084	19,811	19,850	78	0.393	0.00019
2085	19,889	19,924	69	0.346	0.00019
2086	19,958	19,992	68	0.340	0.00019
2087	20,026	20,054	56	0.279	0.00019
2088	20,082	20,115	66	0.328	0.00020
2089	20,148	20,181	66	0.327	0.00020
2090	20,214	20,242	56	0.277	0.00020
2091	20,270	20,293	45	0.222	0.00020
2092	20,315	20,338	46	0.226	0.00020
2093	20,361	20,389	55	0.270	0.00020
2094	20,416	20,439	47	0.230	0.00020
2095	20,463	20,480	35	0.171	0.00020
2096	20,498	20,515	35	0.171	0.00020
2097	20,533	20,553	40	0.195	0.00020
2098	20,573	20,593	41	0.199	0.00020
2099	20,614	20,630	31	0.150	0.00020
2100	20,645	20,663	37	0.179	0.00020