Nauru vs South Sudan statistics compared

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 195th vs. 41st).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Nauru and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Nauru and South Sudan economies compared

GDP

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Nauru	South Sudan
1970	$17,570,366	-
1971	$19,009,433	-
1972	$21,734,269	-
1973	$26,529,817	-
1974	$35,994,511	-
1975	$40,106,776	-
1976	$40,287,427	-
1977	$40,444,702	-
1978	$41,754,147	-
1979	$44,431,330	-
1980	$46,947,124	-
1981	$51,689,637	-
1982	$52,877,742	-
1983	$48,439,093	-
1984	$47,363,231	-
1985	$41,548,741	-
1986	$39,939,391	-
1987	$40,118,410	-
1988	$45,931,134	-
1989	$53,736,786	-
1990	$55,572,376	-
1991	$52,533,789	-
1992	$51,133,123	-
1993	$43,542,088	-
1994	$39,742,511	-
1995	$39,969,706	-
1996	$37,458,801	-
1997	$37,331,507	-
1998	$29,664,451	-
1999	$27,328,613	-
2000	$26,930,980	-
2001	$22,613,288	-
2002	$21,017,424	-
2003	$24,778,160	-
2004	$30,587,566	-
2005	$30,282,840	-
2006	$29,183,627	-
2007	$23,068,623	-
2008	$37,184,925	$14,586,253,383
2009	$44,024,970	$12,231,264,525
2010	$47,442,299	$14,602,072,411
2011	$65,444,174	$14,907,308,933
2012	$100,794,925	$11,931,472,169
2013	$94,385,015	$18,426,469,017
2014	$98,752,257	$13,962,212,847
2015	$84,383,389	$11,997,800,760
2016	$97,276,023	-
2017	$108,862,279	-
2018	$130,937,590	-
2019	$124,871,111	-
2020	$124,530,027	-
2021	$175,513,985	-
2022	$152,190,819	-
2023	$151,455,968	-
2024	$160,350,640	-

Nauru and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nauru	South Sudan
1970	$2,619	-
1971	$2,811	-
1972	$3,191	-
1973	$3,864	-
1974	$5,199	-
1975	$5,740	-
1976	$5,703	-
1977	$5,646	-
1978	$5,721	-
1979	$5,950	-
1980	$6,138	-
1981	$6,594	-
1982	$6,577	-
1983	$5,896	-
1984	$5,654	-
1985	$4,859	-
1986	$4,569	-
1987	$4,485	-
1988	$5,012	-
1989	$5,723	-
1990	$5,776	-
1991	$5,333	-
1992	$5,103	-
1993	$4,310	-
1994	$3,921	-
1995	$3,932	-
1996	$3,679	-
1997	$3,661	-
1998	$2,909	-
1999	$2,683	-
2000	$2,649	-
2001	$2,232	-
2002	$2,085	-
2003	$2,463	-
2004	$3,041	-
2005	$3,014	-
2006	$2,908	-
2007	$2,302	-
2008	$3,715	$1,654
2009	$4,395	$1,323
2010	$4,724	$1,498
2011	$6,481	$1,449
2012	$9,817	$1,109
2013	$8,975	$1,650
2014	$9,193	$1,243
2015	$7,703	$1,080
2016	$8,724	-
2017	$9,613	-
2018	$11,409	-
2019	$10,777	-
2020	$10,696	-
2021	$14,990	-
2022	$12,896	-
2023	$12,754	-
2024	$13,422	-

Nauru vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nauru	South Sudan
1950	56.6	30.2
1951	56.8	30.6
1952	57	31
1953	57.2	31.4
1954	57.4	31.7
1955	57.5	32
1956	57.6	31.6
1957	57.7	30.9
1958	57.8	27.6
1959	57.9	27.8
1960	57.9	28.1
1961	58	28.3
1962	58	28.5
1963	58.1	28.2
1964	58.2	32.5
1965	58.3	28.8
1966	58.4	25.6
1967	58.6	25.9
1968	58.6	26.1
1969	58.4	25.4
1970	58.4	25.6
1971	58.4	31
1972	58.4	31.3
1973	58.4	36.3
1974	58.3	36.6
1975	58.3	36.9
1976	58.2	37.1
1977	58.1	37.4
1978	58.3	37.6
1979	58.4	37.8
1980	58.5	38
1981	58.6	38.3
1982	58.6	38.7
1983	58.7	34.7
1984	58.7	31.8
1985	58.6	32.4
1986	58.6	32.8
1987	58.6	20.7
1988	58.7	11
1989	58.9	28.2
1990	59.1	28.6
1991	59.3	29.2
1992	59.5	21.9
1993	59.8	22.3
1994	60	44.9
1995	60.1	31.5
1996	60.1	32.1
1997	60	33.1
1998	59.9	19
1999	59.7	44.5
2000	59.6	47.6
2001	59.5	48.6
2002	59.4	49.4
2003	59.4	52.3
2004	59.3	53.1
2005	59.4	54
2006	59.4	54.7
2007	59.5	55.4
2008	59.7	56.3
2009	59.9	56.8
2010	60.1	57.5
2011	60.3	57.7
2012	60.5	58.2
2013	60.7	58.3
2014	60.8	45.6
2015	60.9	39.8
2016	61	36.7
2017	61.1	35.4
2018	61.2	51.9
2019	61.4	58.1
2020	61.5	57.6
2021	61.3	57
2022	61.9	57.2
2023	62.1	57.6
2024	62.3	57.7
2025	62.4	57.9

Nauru and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Nauru	South Sudan
1960	4,607	2,931,559
1961	4,774	2,976,724
1962	4,979	3,024,308
1963	5,226	3,072,669
1964	5,515	3,129,918
1965	5,832	3,189,835
1966	6,043	3,236,423
1967	6,135	3,277,648
1968	6,328	3,321,528
1969	6,581	3,365,533
1970	6,710	3,409,614
1971	6,762	3,468,646
1972	6,812	3,542,497
1973	6,866	3,627,383
1974	6,923	3,723,259
1975	6,987	3,821,494
1976	7,064	3,921,910
1977	7,163	4,024,032
1978	7,298	4,127,657
1979	7,468	4,232,605
1980	7,649	4,339,030
1981	7,839	4,447,272
1982	8,040	4,557,686
1983	8,216	4,661,574
1984	8,377	4,750,627
1985	8,551	4,834,296
1986	8,742	4,921,240
1987	8,946	4,962,395
1988	9,165	4,848,029
1989	9,390	4,713,229
1990	9,622	4,737,633
1991	9,850	4,836,677
1992	10,021	4,909,749
1993	10,102	4,956,002
1994	10,137	5,071,184
1995	10,165	5,225,836
1996	10,183	5,356,925
1997	10,197	5,509,136
1998	10,198	5,620,068
1999	10,187	5,771,628
2000	10,168	6,032,267
2001	10,130	6,308,391
2002	10,082	6,596,806
2003	10,059	6,903,127
2004	10,060	7,233,041
2005	10,049	7,590,143
2006	10,034	7,976,526
2007	10,020	8,388,788
2008	10,009	8,817,647
2009	10,016	9,243,556
2010	10,043	9,745,953
2011	10,098	10,288,109
2012	10,267	10,756,240
2013	10,517	11,166,275
2014	10,742	11,235,073
2015	10,954	11,107,561
2016	11,150	10,830,102
2017	11,324	10,259,154
2018	11,477	10,122,977
2019	11,587	10,423,384
2020	11,643	10,698,467
2021	11,709	10,865,780
2022	11,801	11,021,177
2023	11,875	11,483,374
2024	11,947	11,943,408

Fertility rates in Nauru and South Sudan

Fertility rate

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nauru	South Sudan
1960	5.34	7.16
1961	5.38	7.18
1962	5.42	7.2
1963	5.44	7.2
1964	5.47	7.22
1965	5.48	7.22
1966	5.41	7.25
1967	5.29	7.26
1968	5.14	7.26
1969	4.94	7.28
1970	4.74	7.29
1971	4.54	7.3
1972	4.36	7.31
1973	4.19	7.31
1974	4.07	7.31
1975	3.97	7.33
1976	3.9	7.33
1977	3.86	7.33
1978	3.84	7.33
1979	3.85	7.32
1980	3.88	7.33
1981	3.94	7.33
1982	3.99	7.34
1983	4.06	7.34
1984	4.11	7.35
1985	4.14	7.36
1986	4.15	7.38
1987	4.14	7.39
1988	4.11	7.38
1989	4.07	7.37
1990	4.02	7.38
1991	3.99	7.38
1992	3.95	7.37
1993	3.89	7.36
1994	3.84	7.35
1995	3.81	7.34
1996	3.78	7.32
1997	3.74	7.2
1998	3.68	7.08
1999	3.64	6.94
2000	3.54	6.8
2001	3.46	6.65
2002	3.4	6.52
2003	3.39	6.35
2004	3.38	6.19
2005	3.38	6.02
2006	3.4	5.85
2007	3.5	5.7
2008	3.67	5.57
2009	3.85	5.45
2010	4.02	5.32
2011	4.12	5.19
2012	4.12	5.06
2013	4.1	4.94
2014	4.09	4.82
2015	4.08	4.7
2016	4.03	4.58
2017	3.88	4.48
2018	3.68	4.37
2019	3.53	4.26
2020	3.47	4.16
2021	3.43	4.05
2022	3.38	3.96
2023	3.33	3.86

Nauru and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Nauru

South Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nauru	South Sudan
1960	23.8	18.6
1961	24	18.5
1962	23.9	18.5
1963	23.7	18.4
1964	23.4	18.4
1965	23.1	18.3
1966	22.9	18.3
1967	22.9	18.2
1968	21.2	18
1969	18.9	17.9
1970	18.7	17.7
1971	19.1	17.6
1972	19.4	17.5
1973	19.8	17.5
1974	20.4	17.4
1975	21	17.4
1976	21.5	17.3
1977	22.1	17.2
1978	22.9	17.2
1979	23.6	17.1
1980	24.2	17.1
1981	24.7	17
1982	25.1	16.9
1983	25.2	16.8
1984	24.5	16.8
1985	23.7	16.7
1986	22.8	16.6
1987	22.1	16.5
1988	21.4	16.8
1989	20.8	17.1
1990	20.2	17
1991	19.7	17
1992	19.4	17
1993	19.3	16.9
1994	19.3	16.9
1995	19.3	16.9
1996	19.4	16.9
1997	19.5	16.9
1998	19.6	17
1999	19.8	17.1
2000	20.1	17.2
2001	20.4	17.3
2002	20.6	17.3
2003	20.8	17.3
2004	21	17.4
2005	21.2	17.6
2006	21.3	17.8
2007	21.5	18
2008	21.7	18.2
2009	21.8	18.4
2010	21.8	18.7
2011	21.8	19
2012	21.7	19.2
2013	21.6	19.3
2014	21.5	19
2015	21.4	18.6
2016	21.5	18.2
2017	21.6	17.4
2018	21.8	17.3
2019	21.9	17.8
2020	21.8	18.2
2021	21.7	18.4
2022	21.6	18.7
2023	21.5	19
2024	21.4	19.4

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