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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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:12,833 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:20
  • GDP per capita, US$:11,971 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:0.2 (2022)
  • GINI index:32.4 (2012)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:No data