World Development Indicators

Population, total: Nauru

Most recent: 12,025 (2025)
Earliest: 4,607 (1960)
Highest: 12,025 (2025)
Years reported: 66
Member state: Nauru at the United Nations

Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Population
2025	12,025
2024	11,947
2023	11,875
2022	11,801
2021	11,709
2020	11,643
2019	11,587
2018	11,477
2017	11,324
2016	11,150
2015	10,954
2014	10,742
2013	10,517
2012	10,267
2011	10,098
2010	10,043
2009	10,016
2008	10,009
2007	10,020
2006	10,034
2005	10,049
2004	10,060
2003	10,059
2002	10,082
2001	10,130
2000	10,168
1999	10,187
1998	10,198
1997	10,197
1996	10,183
1995	10,165
1994	10,137
1993	10,102
1992	10,021
1991	9,850
1990	9,622
1989	9,390
1988	9,165
1987	8,946
1986	8,742
1985	8,551
1984	8,377
1983	8,216
1982	8,040
1981	7,839
1980	7,649
1979	7,468
1978	7,298
1977	7,163
1976	7,064
1975	6,987
1974	6,923
1973	6,866
1972	6,812
1971	6,762
1970	6,710
1969	6,581
1968	6,328
1967	6,135
1966	6,043
1965	5,832
1964	5,515
1963	5,226
1962	4,979
1961	4,774
1960	4,607

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