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Australia vs Nauru statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 11.9K in Nauru (ranked 195/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 7.72 sq mi for Nauru (ranked 6th vs. 195th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Nauru
Population
27677455
12088
Population rank 55/197 195/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$160M
2024
GDP rank 13/197 195/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$13,422
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 75/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$14,327
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$28.2M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
15.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$2,360
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 114/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$8,196
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
7.72 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
1,547 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
3.33
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
21.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
62.4 years
2025

Australia and Nauru: Comparison Charts

Australia and Nauru economies compared

GDP
Australia

Nauru
Year GDP
Australia Nauru
1960 $18,607,682,977 -
1961 $19,684,003,149 -
1962 $19,923,683,188 -
1963 $21,540,963,447 -
1964 $23,801,123,808 -
1965 $25,977,284,156 -
1966 $27,308,964,369 -
1967 $30,442,724,871 -
1968 $32,714,085,234 -
1969 $36,684,485,870 -
1970 $41,334,726,614 $17,570,366
1971 $45,217,767,235 $19,009,433
1972 $52,042,056,075 $21,734,269
1973 $63,833,440,102 $26,529,817
1974 $88,965,364,775 $35,994,511
1975 $97,304,383,449 $40,106,776
1976 $105,060,616,985 $40,287,427
1977 $110,352,144,987 $40,444,702
1978 $118,492,761,338 $41,754,147
1979 $134,900,602,067 $44,431,330
1980 $149,987,743,733 $46,947,124
1981 $176,895,390,688 $51,689,637
1982 $194,041,708,044 $52,877,742
1983 $177,267,290,706 $48,439,093
1984 $193,525,337,526 $47,363,231
1985 $180,643,265,927 $41,548,741
1986 $182,481,113,598 $39,939,391
1987 $189,495,764,955 $40,118,410
1988 $236,161,314,544 $45,931,134
1989 $299,875,906,679 $53,736,786
1990 $311,426,665,220 $55,572,376
1991 $325,975,319,456 $52,533,789
1992 $325,525,379,567 $51,133,123
1993 $312,133,923,553 $43,542,088
1994 $322,806,641,301 $39,742,511
1995 $368,166,023,166 $39,969,706
1996 $401,341,880,621 $37,458,801
1997 $435,642,611,297 $37,331,507
1998 $399,674,421,759 $29,664,451
1999 $389,652,212,057 $27,328,613
2000 $416,167,815,093 $26,930,980
2001 $379,629,301,675 $22,613,288
2002 $395,788,696,012 $21,017,424
2003 $467,739,079,790 $24,778,160
2004 $614,659,980,083 $30,587,566
2005 $695,692,898,677 $30,282,840
2006 $748,417,562,770 $29,183,627
2007 $855,007,458,585 $23,068,623
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $37,184,925
2009 $928,762,122,698 $44,024,970
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $47,442,299
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $65,444,174
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $100,794,925
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $94,385,015
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $98,752,257
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $84,383,389
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $97,276,023
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $108,862,279
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $130,937,590
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $124,871,111
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $124,530,027
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $175,513,985
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $152,190,819
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $151,455,968
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $160,350,640

Australia and Nauru economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Nauru
Year GDP per capita
Australia Nauru
1960 $1,811 -
1961 $1,878 -
1962 $1,855 -
1963 $1,967 -
1964 $2,131 -
1965 $2,281 -
1966 $2,344 -
1967 $2,580 -
1968 $2,724 -
1969 $2,991 -
1970 $3,305 $2,619
1971 $3,495 $2,811
1972 $3,949 $3,191
1973 $4,771 $3,864
1974 $6,483 $5,199
1975 $7,004 $5,740
1976 $7,487 $5,703
1977 $7,776 $5,646
1978 $8,253 $5,721
1979 $9,295 $5,950
1980 $10,209 $6,138
1981 $11,854 $6,594
1982 $12,779 $6,577
1983 $11,516 $5,896
1984 $12,422 $5,654
1985 $11,442 $4,859
1986 $11,392 $4,569
1987 $11,651 $4,485
1988 $14,285 $5,012
1989 $17,834 $5,723
1990 $18,249 $5,776
1991 $18,860 $5,333
1992 $18,624 $5,103
1993 $17,700 $4,310
1994 $18,130 $3,921
1995 $20,448 $3,932
1996 $22,022 $3,679
1997 $23,647 $3,661
1998 $21,479 $2,909
1999 $20,713 $2,683
2000 $21,870 $2,649
2001 $19,696 $2,232
2002 $20,302 $2,085
2003 $23,718 $2,463
2004 $30,837 $3,041
2005 $34,480 $3,014
2006 $36,596 $2,908
2007 $41,052 $2,302
2008 $49,701 $3,715
2009 $42,817 $4,395
2010 $52,145 $4,724
2011 $62,606 $6,481
2012 $68,073 $9,817
2013 $68,191 $8,975
2014 $62,544 $9,193
2015 $56,739 $7,703
2016 $49,888 $8,724
2017 $53,902 $9,613
2018 $57,196 $11,409
2019 $54,973 $10,777
2020 $51,792 $10,696
2021 $60,608 $14,990
2022 $64,997 $12,896
2023 $64,836 $12,754
2024 $64,407 $13,422

Australia vs. Nauru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Nauru
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Nauru
1950 69 56.6
1951 68.7 56.8
1952 69.1 57
1953 69.7 57.2
1954 69.9 57.4
1955 70.2 57.5
1956 70 57.6
1957 70.3 57.7
1958 70.9 57.8
1959 70.4 57.9
1960 70.9 57.9
1961 71.1 58
1962 70.9 58
1963 71 58.1
1964 70.6 58.2
1965 70.8 58.3
1966 70.7 58.4
1967 71 58.6
1968 70.7 58.6
1969 71.1 58.4
1970 70.7 58.4
1971 71.5 58.4
1972 71.8 58.4
1973 72.1 58.4
1974 71.8 58.3
1975 72.8 58.3
1976 72.8 58.2
1977 73.5 58.1
1978 73.7 58.3
1979 74.3 58.4
1980 74.6 58.5
1981 74.8 58.6
1982 74.7 58.6
1983 75.4 58.7
1984 75.5 58.7
1985 75.4 58.6
1986 76.1 58.6
1987 76.1 58.6
1988 76.3 58.7
1989 76.2 58.9
1990 77 59.1
1991 77.5 59.3
1992 77.5 59.5
1993 78 59.8
1994 77.9 60
1995 78.3 60.1
1996 78.3 60.1
1997 78.6 60
1998 79 59.9
1999 79.3 59.7
2000 79.6 59.6
2001 80 59.5
2002 80.1 59.4
2003 80.4 59.4
2004 80.7 59.3
2005 81.1 59.4
2006 81.3 59.4
2007 81.2 59.5
2008 81.4 59.7
2009 81.7 59.9
2010 82 60.1
2011 82.1 60.3
2012 82.3 60.5
2013 82.6 60.7
2014 82.5 60.8
2015 82.6 60.9
2016 82.8 61
2017 82.7 61.1
2018 83.3 61.2
2019 83.2 61.4
2020 83.7 61.5
2021 83.6 61.3
2022 82.8 61.9
2023 83.9 62.1
2024 84.1 62.3
2025 84.2 62.4

Australia and Nauru population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Nauru
Year Population
Australia Nauru
1960 10,276,477 4,607
1961 10,483,000 4,774
1962 10,742,000 4,979
1963 10,950,000 5,226
1964 11,167,000 5,515
1965 11,388,000 5,832
1966 11,651,000 6,043
1967 11,799,000 6,135
1968 12,009,000 6,328
1969 12,263,000 6,581
1970 12,507,000 6,710
1971 12,937,000 6,762
1972 13,177,000 6,812
1973 13,380,000 6,866
1974 13,723,000 6,923
1975 13,893,000 6,987
1976 14,033,000 7,064
1977 14,192,000 7,163
1978 14,358,000 7,298
1979 14,514,000 7,468
1980 14,692,000 7,649
1981 14,923,260 7,839
1982 15,184,247 8,040
1983 15,393,472 8,216
1984 15,579,391 8,377
1985 15,788,312 8,551
1986 16,018,350 8,742
1987 16,263,874 8,946
1988 16,532,164 9,165
1989 16,814,416 9,390
1990 17,065,128 9,622
1991 17,284,036 9,850
1992 17,478,635 10,021
1993 17,634,808 10,102
1994 17,805,468 10,137
1995 18,004,882 10,165
1996 18,224,767 10,183
1997 18,423,037 10,197
1998 18,607,584 10,198
1999 18,812,264 10,187
2000 19,028,802 10,168
2001 19,274,701 10,130
2002 19,495,210 10,082
2003 19,720,737 10,059
2004 19,932,722 10,060
2005 20,176,844 10,049
2006 20,450,966 10,034
2007 20,827,622 10,020
2008 21,249,199 10,009
2009 21,691,653 10,016
2010 22,031,750 10,043
2011 22,340,024 10,098
2012 22,733,465 10,267
2013 23,128,129 10,517
2014 23,475,686 10,742
2015 23,815,995 10,954
2016 24,190,907 11,150
2017 24,592,588 11,324
2018 24,963,258 11,477
2019 25,334,826 11,587
2020 25,649,248 11,643
2021 25,685,412 11,709
2022 26,014,399 11,801
2023 26,652,777 11,875
2024 27,204,809 11,947

Fertility rates in Australia and Nauru

Fertility rate
Australia

Nauru
Year Fertility rate
Australia Nauru
1960 3.45 5.34
1961 3.54 5.38
1962 3.44 5.42
1963 3.33 5.44
1964 3.15 5.47
1965 2.98 5.48
1966 2.88 5.41
1967 2.85 5.29
1968 2.89 5.14
1969 2.89 4.94
1970 2.86 4.74
1971 2.96 4.54
1972 2.74 4.36
1973 2.49 4.19
1974 2.4 4.07
1975 2.15 3.97
1976 2.06 3.9
1977 2.01 3.86
1978 1.95 3.84
1979 1.91 3.85
1980 1.89 3.88
1981 1.94 3.94
1982 1.93 3.99
1983 1.92 4.06
1984 1.84 4.11
1985 1.92 4.14
1986 1.87 4.15
1987 1.85 4.14
1988 1.83 4.11
1989 1.84 4.07
1990 1.9 4.02
1991 1.85 3.99
1992 1.89 3.95
1993 1.86 3.89
1994 1.84 3.84
1995 1.82 3.81
1996 1.8 3.78
1997 1.78 3.74
1998 1.76 3.68
1999 1.76 3.64
2000 1.76 3.54
2001 1.74 3.46
2002 1.76 3.4
2003 1.75 3.39
2004 1.77 3.38
2005 1.81 3.38
2006 1.91 3.4
2007 1.96 3.5
2008 1.98 3.67
2009 1.97 3.85
2010 1.93 4.02
2011 1.93 4.12
2012 1.92 4.12
2013 1.86 4.1
2014 1.83 4.09
2015 1.81 4.08
2016 1.75 4.03
2017 1.74 3.88
2018 1.74 3.68
2019 1.66 3.53
2020 1.58 3.47
2021 1.7 3.43
2022 1.63 3.38
2023 1.5 3.33

Australia and Nauru demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Nauru
Year Median age, years
Australia Nauru
1960 29.5 23.8
1961 29.3 24
1962 29.1 23.9
1963 28.8 23.7
1964 28.6 23.4
1965 28.3 23.1
1966 28.1 22.9
1967 28 22.9
1968 27.9 21.2
1969 27.8 18.9
1970 27.7 18.7
1971 27.7 19.1
1972 27.7 19.4
1973 27.8 19.8
1974 28 20.4
1975 28.1 21
1976 28.4 21.5
1977 28.6 22.1
1978 28.9 22.9
1979 29.1 23.6
1980 29.4 24.2
1981 29.6 24.7
1982 29.9 25.1
1983 30.2 25.2
1984 30.5 24.5
1985 30.8 23.7
1986 31.1 22.8
1987 31.3 22.1
1988 31.6 21.4
1989 31.8 20.8
1990 32.1 20.2
1991 32.4 19.7
1992 32.7 19.4
1993 33 19.3
1994 33.3 19.3
1995 33.6 19.3
1996 34 19.4
1997 34.3 19.5
1998 34.7 19.6
1999 35.1 19.8
2000 35.4 20.1
2001 35.6 20.4
2002 35.8 20.6
2003 36.1 20.8
2004 36.3 21
2005 36.5 21.2
2006 36.7 21.3
2007 36.8 21.5
2008 36.8 21.7
2009 36.9 21.8
2010 37 21.8
2011 37.1 21.8
2012 37.2 21.7
2013 37.2 21.6
2014 37.3 21.5
2015 37.3 21.4
2016 37.3 21.5
2017 37.4 21.6
2018 37.4 21.8
2019 37.6 21.9
2020 38 21.8
2021 38.3 21.7
2022 38.5 21.6
2023 38.8 21.5
2024 39 21.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Nauru
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$254M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
135%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
5.68%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
+10.8%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
5.06%
2021
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
25.3%
2012
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
3.4%
2012
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
47
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$881K
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
2.32%
2018
Banked people share
98%
2024
n/a

Energy

Australia Nauru
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
1.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
9.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Australia Nauru
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
-121
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
100%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.18 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
50.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
56
2025
Higher education index
98
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
0
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
1
2025
Visa free countries
170
2025
90
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
96.6%
2023
English speaking
92.8%
2023
96.7%
2023
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
81.7%
2020

Health

Australia Nauru
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$2,264
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$10.6
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
62.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
11.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
1.25
2015
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
22.1 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
273
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
8.9
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
71.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
21.8%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
93
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
48.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
2.79 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Nauru
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.00001%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
646 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
1.54 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
0 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
18.6 mi
2002

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