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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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    • Sustainable Development Goal Index
      June 2024
      Source: Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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      Accessed On: 19 June, 2024
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      Data Cited at - Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G. (2019): Sustainable Development Report 2019. New York: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of six broad transformations. It was prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
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    • World Development Indicators (WDI)
      June 2025
      Source: World Bank
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      Accessed On: 01 July, 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