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Born in Nauru

About 1 in 440,366 people born in 2023 started life in Nauru. A boy can expect to live 60 years and a girl 64, up from 55 and 59 in 1950. Most people live in cities, and nearly everyone has basic drinking water.

1 in 440,366
odds of being born here
300 births · Ranked 221st of 230
60 / 64
years of life, boys / girls
Was 55 / 59 in 1950
$3,472
income per person a year
2021 dollars · Ranked 141st of 203 · extrapolated
100%
live in a city
The rest live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 5 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 89 in every 1,000 births to 26.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

020406080195019852023

Years a baby born that year could expect to live.

Children who die before age 5
0255075100195019852023

In every 1,000 births.

Life expectancy at birth60.3 years for boys, 64.0 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 525.8 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people1.3World Bank WDI
Children immunized against measles98%World Bank WDI
New tuberculosis cases a year152 per 100,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI

Family

Women had 4.6 children on average in 1950. Now it is 3.3.

Children per woman
0246195019852023

Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman3.33UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth27.1 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

If every 100 coins of income were shared out, the richest fifth would hold 41 and the poorest fifth 8.

Who gets the income
Share of all income by fifth of the population, 2012
8%Poorest fifth
12%Second
16%Middle
22%Fourth
41%Richest fifth
Income per personabout $3,472 a year (2021 dollars, adjusted for prices)World Bank PIP, scaled between survey years Extrapolated
Share of income going to the richest fifth / poorest fifth41% / 8% (2012)World Bank PIP
Price rises-0.1% a year (2012)World Bank WDI
Growth in output per person-1.3% (2023)World Bank WDI
Secondary school enrolment90% (can pass 100 when older students are counted)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is Yaren, with 1,100 people.

100%
live in cities
100%
have electricity at home
98%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
Yaren1,100
Languages
Share of people who can use each
English95%
Nauru70%
English, Nauru is official.

People on the move

About 21% as many people born here live abroad as live here. The most common destinations are Kiribati, Australia, Guinea.

Where people born here live abroad
By country of residence, 2024
Kiribati1,675
Australia782
Guinea15
Residents born abroad21.3% (2024)World Bank WDI
People born here who live abroadequal to 20.8% of the people who live hereUN DESA migrant stock
Where they go mostKiribati (1,675), Australia (782), Guinea (15)UN DESA migrant stock
Money sent home from abroadabout $2.2 million a year (2024)World Bank WDI

Safety nets

100% of older people receive a pension. Help for someone who loses a job reaches 0%.

100%
of older people receive a pension (2018)
0%
of unemployed people receive a benefit (2022)

Events in the data

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Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 20241Our World in Data, from WHO

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