Oceania · Micronesia
Capital: Yaren
Nauru
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #195
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Population
12,025
#194 of 196
1st percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
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$176.0M
#193 of 196
2nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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R&D Spending
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Quick facts
- Capital
- Yaren
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Micronesia
- Country code
- NRU
- Neighbors
- No land neighbors
Three interesting facts
Nauru has no land borders, so every international boundary is maritime.
With an area of roughly 21 square kilometers, Nauru is among the world’s smallest sovereign states.
Nauru’s position in Micronesia places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Nauru on the map
Nauru is located in Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands. Its terrain is sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center. The climate is tropical with a monsoonal pattern, rainy season (November to February). In area, the country is about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC.
Economy
Economic profile
Nauru's economy is characterized by upper-middle-income Pacific island country, phosphate resource exhaustion made island interior uninhabitable, licenses fishing rights, houses Australia&rsquo, s Regional Processing Centre, former tax haven, largely dependent on foreign subsidies. Major industries include phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products. Important agricultural products include coconuts, tropical fruits, pork, eggs, pork offal, pork fat, chicken, papayas, vegetables, cabbages (2023). Notable exports include fish, phosphates (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Nauru has an estimated population of 11,680. Languages spoken include 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.). The population includes Nauruan 94.6%, I-Kiribati 2.2%, Fijian 1.3%, other 1.9% (2021 est.). The urban population represents 100% of total population (2023).
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