Nauru

  • President:David Adeang
  • Speaker of the Parliament:Marcus Stephen
  • Capital city:Yaren
  • 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 I-Kiribati 2% and Chinese 2%) note: percentages represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12% (2011 est.)
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  • Population, persons:11,988 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:20
  • GDP per capita, US$:12,983 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:0.2 (2023)
  • GINI index:32.4 (2012)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:No data
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    • March 2024
      Source: United Nations Development Programme
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      Data Cited at: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Human Development Data Center The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of achievements in three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the the three dimensions.
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    • June 2025
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      The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates