# Population in Nauru

Population in Nauru was 12,025 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `nr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/nauru
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/nauru.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=nr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 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 |