Nauru People - 2024

Population

9,852 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Nauruan(s)

adjective: Nauruan

Ethnic groups

Nauruan 94.6%, I-Kiribati 2.2%, Fijian 1.3%, other 1.9% (2021 est.)

Languages

Nauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes), other 5% (includes Gilbertese 2% and Chinese 2%) (2011 est.)

note: data represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12%

Religions

Protestant 60.4% (Nauruan Congregational 34.7%, Assemblies of God 11.6%, Pacific Light House 6.3%, Nauru Independent 3.6%, Baptist 1.5, Seventh Day Adventist 1.3%, other Protestant 1.4%), Roman Catholic 33.9%, other 4.2%, none 1.3%, no answer 0.3% (2021 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 30.13% (male 1,513/female 1,455)

15-64 years: 65.65% (male 3,183/female 3,285)

65 years and over: 4.22% (2023 est.) (male 141/female 275)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 69.9

youth dependency ratio: 66

elderly dependency ratio: 3.9

potential support ratio: 25.8 (2021)

Median age

total: 27.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.9 years

female: 28.2 years

Population growth rate

0.42% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

20.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

-10.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

extensive phosphate mining made approximately 90% of the island unsuitable for farming; most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.18% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.51 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 7.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 68.3 years (2023 est.)

male: 64.7 years

female: 72 years

Total fertility rate

2.58 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

1.27 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: N/A

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: N/A

total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

12% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 96.3% of population

rural: N/A

total: 96.3% of population

unimproved: urban: 3.7% of population

rural: N/A

total: 3.7% of population (2017 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

61% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 2.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 0.54 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 1.81 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 48.5% (2020 est.)

male: 47.8% (2020 est.)

female: 49.1% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

59.6% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

7.1% of GDP (2021) NA

Literacy

total population: NA

male: NA

female: NA