Nauru vs Palau statistics compared

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 17.7K in Palau (ranked 194/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for Palau (ranked 195th vs. 180th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899).

Nauru and Palau: Comparison Charts

Nauru and Palau economies compared

GDP

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	GDP
	Nauru	Palau
1970	$17,570,366	$11,563,041
1971	$19,009,433	$12,706,874
1972	$21,734,269	$13,956,474
1973	$26,529,817	$15,331,889
1974	$35,994,511	$16,848,759
1975	$40,106,776	$18,521,112
1976	$40,287,427	$20,364,420
1977	$40,444,702	$22,308,104
1978	$41,754,147	$24,530,015
1979	$44,431,330	$27,004,251
1980	$46,947,124	$29,728,054
1981	$51,689,637	$32,726,594
1982	$52,877,742	$36,027,583
1983	$48,439,093	$39,661,530
1984	$47,363,231	$44,814,259
1985	$41,548,741	$51,030,637
1986	$39,939,391	$58,109,314
1987	$40,118,410	$66,169,905
1988	$45,931,134	$75,348,615
1989	$53,736,786	$85,800,543
1990	$55,572,376	$97,702,303
1991	$52,533,789	$106,555,300
1992	$51,133,123	$104,771,300
1993	$43,542,088	$96,455,700
1994	$39,742,511	$106,138,500
1995	$39,969,706	$121,018,500
1996	$37,458,801	$137,494,600
1997	$37,331,507	$143,860,800
1998	$29,664,451	$149,079,600
1999	$27,328,613	$144,206,500
2000	$26,930,980	$149,535,800
2001	$22,613,288	$159,453,500
2002	$21,017,424	$162,665,500
2003	$24,778,160	$154,559,900
2004	$30,587,566	$166,391,600
2005	$30,282,840	$191,048,400
2006	$29,183,627	$193,679,700
2007	$23,068,623	$200,903,600
2008	$37,184,925	$201,167,300
2009	$44,024,970	$189,998,000
2010	$47,442,299	$188,174,300
2011	$65,444,174	$198,873,900
2012	$100,794,925	$215,762,400
2013	$94,385,015	$225,345,700
2014	$98,752,257	$243,156,500
2015	$84,383,389	$278,824,800
2016	$97,276,023	$298,323,500
2017	$108,862,279	$285,600,000
2018	$130,937,590	$288,546,300
2019	$124,871,111	$281,941,600
2020	$124,530,027	$258,990,800
2021	$175,513,985	$235,752,900
2022	$152,190,819	$255,591,100
2023	$151,455,968	$281,849,100
2024	$160,350,640	-

Nauru and Palau economies compared

GDP per capita

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nauru	Palau
1970	$2,619	$1,017
1971	$2,811	$1,081
1972	$3,191	$1,145
1973	$3,864	$1,221
1974	$5,199	$1,328
1975	$5,740	$1,464
1976	$5,703	$1,616
1977	$5,646	$1,781
1978	$5,721	$1,972
1979	$5,950	$2,189
1980	$6,138	$2,423
1981	$6,594	$2,639
1982	$6,577	$2,838
1983	$5,896	$3,049
1984	$5,654	$3,360
1985	$4,859	$3,728
1986	$4,569	$4,144
1987	$4,485	$4,616
1988	$5,012	$5,145
1989	$5,723	$5,741
1990	$5,776	$6,403
1991	$5,333	$6,824
1992	$5,103	$6,553
1993	$4,310	$5,892
1994	$3,921	$6,329
1995	$3,932	$7,038
1996	$3,679	$7,788
1997	$3,661	$7,945
1998	$2,909	$8,048
1999	$2,683	$7,630
2000	$2,649	$7,797
2001	$2,232	$8,240
2002	$2,085	$8,341
2003	$2,463	$7,862
2004	$3,041	$8,395
2005	$3,014	$9,640
2006	$2,908	$9,885
2007	$2,302	$10,408
2008	$3,715	$10,583
2009	$4,395	$10,155
2010	$4,724	$10,229
2011	$6,481	$11,001
2012	$9,817	$12,145
2013	$8,975	$12,769
2014	$9,193	$13,726
2015	$7,703	$15,691
2016	$8,724	$16,763
2017	$9,613	$16,034
2018	$11,409	$16,198
2019	$10,777	$15,841
2020	$10,696	$14,557
2021	$14,990	$13,257
2022	$12,896	$14,392
2023	$12,754	$15,899
2024	$13,422	-

Nauru vs. Palau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nauru	Palau
1950	56.6	52.7
1951	56.8	52.9
1952	57	53.1
1953	57.2	53.3
1954	57.4	53.5
1955	57.5	53.7
1956	57.6	53.9
1957	57.7	54.1
1958	57.8	54.4
1959	57.9	54.6
1960	57.9	54.9
1961	58	55.1
1962	58	55.4
1963	58.1	55.6
1964	58.2	55.8
1965	58.3	55.9
1966	58.4	56.2
1967	58.6	56.5
1968	58.6	56.9
1969	58.4	57.3
1970	58.4	57.7
1971	58.4	58.1
1972	58.4	58.6
1973	58.4	59
1974	58.3	59.5
1975	58.3	60
1976	58.2	60.5
1977	58.1	60.9
1978	58.3	61.3
1979	58.4	61.6
1980	58.5	61.9
1981	58.6	62.1
1982	58.6	62.3
1983	58.7	62.5
1984	58.7	62.6
1985	58.6	62.7
1986	58.6	62.8
1987	58.6	62.8
1988	58.7	62.8
1989	58.9	62.8
1990	59.1	62.8
1991	59.3	62.8
1992	59.5	62.9
1993	59.8	63
1994	60	63.1
1995	60.1	63.3
1996	60.1	63.5
1997	60	63.7
1998	59.9	64
1999	59.7	64.2
2000	59.6	64.5
2001	59.5	64.8
2002	59.4	65.1
2003	59.4	65.4
2004	59.3	65.8
2005	59.4	66.2
2006	59.4	66.6
2007	59.5	67.1
2008	59.7	67.6
2009	59.9	68
2010	60.1	68.3
2011	60.3	68.6
2012	60.5	68.9
2013	60.7	69
2014	60.8	69.1
2015	60.9	69.1
2016	61	69
2017	61.1	69
2018	61.2	69
2019	61.4	69
2020	61.5	68.7
2021	61.3	68.6
2022	61.9	68.9
2023	62.1	69.3
2024	62.3	69.4
2025	62.4	69.5

Nauru and Palau population clocks and comparison

Population

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	Population
	Nauru	Palau
1960	4,607	9,328
1961	4,774	9,555
1962	4,979	9,793
1963	5,226	10,037
1964	5,515	10,292
1965	5,832	10,547
1966	6,043	10,805
1967	6,135	10,988
1968	6,328	11,080
1969	6,581	11,159
1970	6,710	11,368
1971	6,762	11,759
1972	6,812	12,194
1973	6,866	12,552
1974	6,923	12,687
1975	6,987	12,655
1976	7,064	12,598
1977	7,163	12,525
1978	7,298	12,440
1979	7,468	12,337
1980	7,649	12,271
1981	7,839	12,402
1982	8,040	12,694
1983	8,216	13,006
1984	8,377	13,337
1985	8,551	13,688
1986	8,742	14,024
1987	8,946	14,334
1988	9,165	14,645
1989	9,390	14,945
1990	9,622	15,259
1991	9,850	15,614
1992	10,021	15,989
1993	10,102	16,372
1994	10,137	16,770
1995	10,165	17,195
1996	10,183	17,654
1997	10,197	18,108
1998	10,198	18,524
1999	10,187	18,901
2000	10,168	19,178
2001	10,130	19,352
2002	10,082	19,503
2003	10,059	19,659
2004	10,060	19,820
2005	10,049	19,819
2006	10,034	19,593
2007	10,020	19,302
2008	10,009	19,009
2009	10,016	18,709
2010	10,043	18,396
2011	10,098	18,078
2012	10,267	17,765
2013	10,517	17,648
2014	10,742	17,715
2015	10,954	17,770
2016	11,150	17,797
2017	11,324	17,812
2018	11,477	17,814
2019	11,587	17,798
2020	11,643	17,792
2021	11,709	17,783
2022	11,801	17,759
2023	11,875	17,727
2024	11,947	17,695

Fertility rates in Nauru and Palau

Fertility rate

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nauru	Palau
1960	5.34	7.19
1961	5.38	7.17
1962	5.42	7.15
1963	5.44	7.12
1964	5.47	7.08
1965	5.48	7.01
1966	5.41	6.93
1967	5.29	6.84
1968	5.14	6.71
1969	4.94	6.58
1970	4.74	6.39
1971	4.54	6.16
1972	4.36	5.9
1973	4.19	5.59
1974	4.07	5.26
1975	3.97	4.9
1976	3.9	4.53
1977	3.86	4.09
1978	3.84	3.74
1979	3.85	3.49
1980	3.88	3.35
1981	3.94	3.28
1982	3.99	3.22
1983	4.06	3.14
1984	4.11	3.08
1985	4.14	3.01
1986	4.15	2.98
1987	4.14	2.93
1988	4.11	2.91
1989	4.07	2.92
1990	4.02	2.88
1991	3.99	2.74
1992	3.95	2.71
1993	3.89	2.73
1994	3.84	2.66
1995	3.81	2.55
1996	3.78	2.39
1997	3.74	2.19
1998	3.68	2.01
1999	3.64	1.91
2000	3.54	1.82
2001	3.46	1.87
2002	3.4	1.92
2003	3.39	1.96
2004	3.38	1.99
2005	3.38	2.02
2006	3.4	2
2007	3.5	1.97
2008	3.67	1.95
2009	3.85	1.94
2010	4.02	1.94
2011	4.12	1.97
2012	4.12	2.01
2013	4.1	2.05
2014	4.09	2.03
2015	4.08	2
2016	4.03	2.06
2017	3.88	2.02
2018	3.68	1.97
2019	3.53	1.98
2020	3.47	1.97
2021	3.43	1.95
2022	3.38	1.93
2023	3.33	1.91

Nauru and Palau demographics compared

Median age

Nauru

Palau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nauru	Palau
1960	23.8	16.7
1961	24	16.1
1962	23.9	15.5
1963	23.7	15.1
1964	23.4	15
1965	23.1	14.9
1966	22.9	14.9
1967	22.9	15.2
1968	21.2	15.7
1969	18.9	16.1
1970	18.7	16.5
1971	19.1	16.6
1972	19.4	16.6
1973	19.8	16.8
1974	20.4	17.1
1975	21	17.4
1976	21.5	17.8
1977	22.1	18.1
1978	22.9	18.3
1979	23.6	18.6
1980	24.2	18.9
1981	24.7	19.3
1982	25.1	19.9
1983	25.2	20.5
1984	24.5	21.1
1985	23.7	21.6
1986	22.8	22.2
1987	22.1	23.1
1988	21.4	24
1989	20.8	24.9
1990	20.2	25.6
1991	19.7	26
1992	19.4	26.4
1993	19.3	26.9
1994	19.3	27.4
1995	19.3	27.8
1996	19.4	28.3
1997	19.5	28.8
1998	19.6	29.4
1999	19.8	30.2
2000	20.1	30.8
2001	20.4	31.2
2002	20.6	31.5
2003	20.8	31.8
2004	21	32
2005	21.2	32.3
2006	21.3	32.7
2007	21.5	33.1
2008	21.7	33.5
2009	21.8	33.9
2010	21.8	34.2
2011	21.8	34.6
2012	21.7	35
2013	21.6	35.3
2014	21.5	35.6
2015	21.4	36
2016	21.5	36.3
2017	21.6	36.7
2018	21.8	37
2019	21.9	37.4
2020	21.8	37.8
2021	21.7	38.1
2022	21.6	38.5
2023	21.5	38.8
2024	21.4	39.2

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