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Nauru vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

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Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 195th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Main facts and rankings

Nauru Sri Lanka
Population
12088
22125995
Population rank 195/197 63/197
GDP
$160M
2024
$99B
2024
GDP rank 195/197 71/197
GDP per capita
$13,422
2024
$4,516
2024
GDP per capita rank 75/197 125/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,327
2024
$15,633
2024
Government debt
$28.2M
2024
$98.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
15.2%
2025
105.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,360
2024
$4,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 114/185 86/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,196
2025
$2,982
2025
Land area
7.72 sq mi
2025
23,884 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,547 ppl/mi²
2024
918 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.33
2023
1.97
2023
Median age
21.4 years
2024
34.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
77.9 years
2025

Nauru and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Nauru and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year GDP
Nauru Sri Lanka
1960 - $1,409,873,950
1961 - $1,444,327,731
1962 - $1,434,156,379
1963 - $1,240,672,269
1964 - $1,309,747,899
1965 - $1,698,319,328
1966 - $1,751,470,588
1967 - $1,859,465,021
1968 - $1,801,344,538
1969 - $1,965,546,218
1970 $17,570,366 $2,296,470,588
1971 $19,009,433 $2,369,308,600
1972 $21,734,269 $2,553,936,348
1973 $26,529,817 $2,875,625,000
1974 $35,994,511 $3,574,586,466
1975 $40,106,776 $3,791,298,146
1976 $40,287,427 $3,591,319,857
1977 $40,444,702 $4,104,509,583
1978 $41,754,147 $2,733,183,857
1979 $44,431,330 $3,364,611,432
1980 $46,947,124 $4,024,621,900
1981 $51,689,637 $4,415,844,156
1982 $52,877,742 $4,768,765,017
1983 $48,439,093 $5,167,913,302
1984 $47,363,231 $6,043,474,843
1985 $41,548,741 $5,978,460,972
1986 $39,939,391 $6,405,210,564
1987 $40,118,410 $6,682,167,120
1988 $45,931,134 $6,978,371,581
1989 $53,736,786 $6,987,267,684
1990 $55,572,376 $8,032,551,173
1991 $52,533,789 $9,000,362,582
1992 $51,133,123 $9,703,011,636
1993 $43,542,088 $10,338,679,636
1994 $39,742,511 $11,717,604,209
1995 $39,969,706 $13,029,697,561
1996 $37,458,801 $13,897,738,375
1997 $37,331,507 $15,091,913,884
1998 $29,664,451 $15,794,972,847
1999 $27,328,613 $15,656,327,860
2000 $26,930,980 $16,330,814,180
2001 $22,613,288 $15,749,753,805
2002 $21,017,424 $16,536,535,647
2003 $24,778,160 $18,881,765,437
2004 $30,587,566 $20,662,525,941
2005 $30,282,840 $24,405,791,045
2006 $29,183,627 $28,279,802,406
2007 $23,068,623 $32,350,238,760
2008 $37,184,925 $40,713,826,215
2009 $44,024,970 $42,066,224,093
2010 $47,442,299 $58,636,161,082
2011 $65,444,174 $67,753,284,044
2012 $100,794,925 $70,447,216,891
2013 $94,385,015 $77,000,578,167
2014 $98,752,257 $82,528,535,714
2015 $84,383,389 $85,090,301,052
2016 $97,276,023 $88,000,211,172
2017 $108,862,279 $94,369,350,286
2018 $130,937,590 $94,450,015,983
2019 $124,871,111 $88,998,706,297
2020 $124,530,027 $84,335,574,582
2021 $175,513,985 $88,556,698,938
2022 $152,190,819 $74,143,020,263
2023 $151,455,968 $83,716,142,582
2024 $160,350,640 $98,963,185,510

Nauru and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year GDP per capita
Nauru Sri Lanka
1960 - $145.9
1961 - $145.9
1962 - $141.4
1963 - $119.4
1964 - $122.9
1965 - $155.6
1966 - $156.6
1967 - $162.3
1968 - $153.5
1969 - $163.6
1970 $2,619 $186.9
1971 $2,811 $188.8
1972 $3,191 $199.4
1973 $3,864 $220.2
1974 $5,199 $268.7
1975 $5,740 $279.8
1976 $5,703 $260.3
1977 $5,646 $292.1
1978 $5,721 $191
1979 $5,950 $230.8
1980 $6,138 $271.1
1981 $6,594 $292.5
1982 $6,577 $312
1983 $5,896 $336
1984 $5,654 $391
1985 $4,859 $385
1986 $4,569 $407
1987 $4,485 $420
1988 $5,012 $434
1989 $5,723 $430
1990 $5,776 $491
1991 $5,333 $546
1992 $5,103 $580
1993 $4,310 $607
1994 $3,921 $678
1995 $3,932 $742
1996 $3,679 $776
1997 $3,661 $827
1998 $2,909 $849
1999 $2,683 $826
2000 $2,649 $846
2001 $2,232 $804
2002 $2,085 $835
2003 $2,463 $946
2004 $3,041 $1,029
2005 $3,014 $1,207
2006 $2,908 $1,390
2007 $2,302 $1,579
2008 $3,715 $1,974
2009 $4,395 $2,027
2010 $4,724 $2,808
2011 $6,481 $3,225
2012 $9,817 $3,328
2013 $8,975 $3,741
2014 $9,193 $3,972
2015 $7,703 $4,058
2016 $8,724 $4,149
2017 $9,613 $4,399
2018 $11,409 $4,359
2019 $10,777 $4,082
2020 $10,696 $3,848
2021 $14,990 $3,997
2022 $12,896 $3,343
2023 $12,754 $3,799
2024 $13,422 $4,516

Nauru vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year Life expectancy, years
Nauru Sri Lanka
1950 56.6 53.2
1951 56.8 54
1952 57 54.9
1953 57.2 55.6
1954 57.4 56.4
1955 57.5 57.2
1956 57.6 57.9
1957 57.7 58.5
1958 57.8 59.3
1959 57.9 60
1960 57.9 60.6
1961 58 61.2
1962 58 61.6
1963 58.1 62
1964 58.2 62.4
1965 58.3 62.8
1966 58.4 63.2
1967 58.6 63.6
1968 58.6 63.9
1969 58.4 64.1
1970 58.4 64.4
1971 58.4 64.2
1972 58.4 64.6
1973 58.4 64.8
1974 58.3 65
1975 58.3 65.4
1976 58.2 65.8
1977 58.1 66.4
1978 58.3 66.8
1979 58.4 67.5
1980 58.5 68
1981 58.6 68.4
1982 58.6 68.7
1983 58.7 68.7
1984 58.7 68.8
1985 58.6 68.9
1986 58.6 69
1987 58.6 69
1988 58.7 69
1989 58.9 67.3
1990 59.1 69.2
1991 59.3 69.1
1992 59.5 69.6
1993 59.8 70
1994 60 70.2
1995 60.1 69.7
1996 60.1 69.8
1997 60 69.9
1998 59.9 70.1
1999 59.7 70.4
2000 59.6 71.2
2001 59.5 71.8
2002 59.4 72.3
2003 59.4 72.4
2004 59.3 68
2005 59.4 73.1
2006 59.4 72.8
2007 59.5 73
2008 59.7 72.6
2009 59.9 70.3
2010 60.1 74.5
2011 60.3 74.7
2012 60.5 75.2
2013 60.7 75.5
2014 60.8 75.8
2015 60.9 76
2016 61 76.1
2017 61.1 76.2
2018 61.2 76.5
2019 61.4 76.7
2020 61.5 76.9
2021 61.3 76.3
2022 61.9 77.3
2023 62.1 77.5
2024 62.3 77.7
2025 62.4 77.9

Nauru and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year Population
Nauru Sri Lanka
1960 4,607 9,661,389
1961 4,774 9,899,372
1962 4,979 10,143,754
1963 5,226 10,395,040
1964 5,515 10,653,397
1965 5,832 10,916,965
1966 6,043 11,183,928
1967 6,135 11,457,328
1968 6,328 11,736,088
1969 6,581 12,013,858
1970 6,710 12,287,110
1971 6,762 12,551,910
1972 6,812 12,809,205
1973 6,866 13,060,916
1974 6,923 13,305,693
1975 6,987 13,548,984
1976 7,064 13,796,770
1977 7,163 14,049,371
1978 7,298 14,310,128
1979 7,468 14,579,614
1980 7,649 14,847,974
1981 7,839 15,099,414
1982 8,040 15,286,567
1983 8,216 15,388,794
1984 8,377 15,441,860
1985 8,551 15,544,154
1986 8,742 15,731,256
1987 8,946 15,916,576
1988 9,165 16,078,621
1989 9,390 16,248,557
1990 9,622 16,352,458
1991 9,850 16,475,354
1992 10,021 16,739,284
1993 10,102 17,025,918
1994 10,137 17,275,773
1995 10,165 17,564,068
1996 10,183 17,905,018
1997 10,197 18,248,200
1998 10,198 18,596,003
1999 10,187 18,944,731
2000 10,168 19,293,054
2001 10,130 19,600,362
2002 10,082 19,805,752
2003 10,059 19,951,521
2004 10,060 20,087,605
2005 10,049 20,216,524
2006 10,034 20,352,411
2007 10,020 20,492,545
2008 10,009 20,629,378
2009 10,016 20,756,435
2010 10,043 20,879,089
2011 10,098 21,009,048
2012 10,267 21,169,458
2013 10,517 20,585,000
2014 10,742 20,778,000
2015 10,954 20,970,000
2016 11,150 21,209,000
2017 11,324 21,453,000
2018 11,477 21,670,000
2019 11,587 21,803,000
2020 11,643 21,919,000
2021 11,709 22,156,000
2022 11,801 22,181,000
2023 11,875 22,037,000
2024 11,947 21,916,000

Fertility rates in Nauru and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year Fertility rate
Nauru Sri Lanka
1960 5.34 5.35
1961 5.38 5.24
1962 5.42 5.18
1963 5.44 5.12
1964 5.47 5.06
1965 5.48 4.93
1966 5.41 4.83
1967 5.29 4.79
1968 5.14 4.66
1969 4.94 4.5
1970 4.74 4.39
1971 4.54 4.27
1972 4.36 4.16
1973 4.19 4
1974 4.07 3.86
1975 3.97 3.82
1976 3.9 3.78
1977 3.86 3.74
1978 3.84 3.81
1979 3.85 3.82
1980 3.88 3.73
1981 3.94 3.65
1982 3.99 3.32
1983 4.06 3.11
1984 4.11 3.01
1985 4.14 2.9
1986 4.15 2.74
1987 4.14 2.64
1988 4.11 2.57
1989 4.07 2.58
1990 4.02 2.54
1991 3.99 2.51
1992 3.95 2.49
1993 3.89 2.44
1994 3.84 2.4
1995 3.81 2.35
1996 3.78 2.29
1997 3.74 2.22
1998 3.68 2.14
1999 3.64 2.14
2000 3.54 2.21
2001 3.46 2.28
2002 3.4 2.31
2003 3.39 2.3
2004 3.38 2.27
2005 3.38 2.26
2006 3.4 2.29
2007 3.5 2.3
2008 3.67 2.23
2009 3.85 2.18
2010 4.02 2.13
2011 4.12 2.14
2012 4.12 2.17
2013 4.1 2.18
2014 4.09 2.13
2015 4.08 2.09
2016 4.03 2.06
2017 3.88 2.04
2018 3.68 2.03
2019 3.53 2.02
2020 3.47 2.01
2021 3.43 2
2022 3.38 1.98
2023 3.33 1.97

Nauru and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age
Nauru

Sri Lanka
Year Median age, years
Nauru Sri Lanka
1960 23.8 19.5
1961 24 19.5
1962 23.9 19.5
1963 23.7 19.5
1964 23.4 19.5
1965 23.1 19.5
1966 22.9 19.6
1967 22.9 19.7
1968 21.2 19.8
1969 18.9 19.9
1970 18.7 20
1971 19.1 20.1
1972 19.4 20.2
1973 19.8 20.4
1974 20.4 20.6
1975 21 20.7
1976 21.5 20.9
1977 22.1 21
1978 22.9 21.2
1979 23.6 21.3
1980 24.2 21.5
1981 24.7 21.6
1982 25.1 21.7
1983 25.2 21.9
1984 24.5 22
1985 23.7 22.2
1986 22.8 22.5
1987 22.1 22.8
1988 21.4 23.1
1989 20.8 23.4
1990 20.2 23.6
1991 19.7 23.9
1992 19.4 24.3
1993 19.3 24.6
1994 19.3 24.9
1995 19.3 25.3
1996 19.4 25.8
1997 19.5 26.2
1998 19.6 26.5
1999 19.8 26.9
2000 20.1 27.2
2001 20.4 27.6
2002 20.6 27.9
2003 20.8 28.2
2004 21 28.5
2005 21.2 28.8
2006 21.3 29
2007 21.5 29.3
2008 21.7 29.6
2009 21.8 29.9
2010 21.8 30.2
2011 21.8 30.5
2012 21.7 30.8
2013 21.6 31.1
2014 21.5 31.4
2015 21.4 31.7
2016 21.5 32
2017 21.6 32.3
2018 21.8 32.5
2019 21.9 32.8
2020 21.8 33.1
2021 21.7 33.3
2022 21.6 33.6
2023 21.5 33.8
2024 21.4 34.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Nauru Sri Lanka
GNI, Atlas method
$254M
2024
$84.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
135%
2025
20.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.68%
2023
1.83%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.64%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
317,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+10.8%
2025
-5.49%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.06%
2021
4.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP n/a
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP n/a
25.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
60
2025
49.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.3%
2012
30.8%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2012
3.1%
2019
Listed domestic companies n/a
284
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$19.5B
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$6.09B
2024
Personal remittances received
$881K
2023
$6.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
540,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.32%
2018
8.22%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.7%
2024

Energy

Nauru Sri Lanka
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
474 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$29.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0 megatons
2023
20.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
53.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
48.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
6.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
60%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
684 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
9.82%
2021
49.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
40.8%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Nauru Sri Lanka
% of world population
0.0001%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
-121
2024
-27,245
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
19.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.56 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.11 ft
2025
Quality of life index
50.4
2025
49.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2025
32
2024
Higher education index n/a
51
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2012
3.43
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
1
2025
19.7
2019
Visa free countries
90
2025
57
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.6%
2023
92.7%
2023
English speaking
96.7%
2023
18.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2020
51.2%
2023

Health

Nauru Sri Lanka
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,264
2022
$145.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$10.6
2022
$58.5
2022
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
77.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.2%
2022
14.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.25
2015
1.19
2021
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2017
25.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
273
2023
18
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.9
2023
6.1
2023
Obesity rate
71.1%
2022
10.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
21.8%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
93
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
48.3%
2022
19.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.79 liters
2020
2.91 liters
2020

Territory

Nauru Sri Lanka
% of world land
0.00001%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
646 sq mi
2024
1,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1.54 sq mi
2025
11,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0 sq mi
2025
8,122 sq mi
2025
Roads length
18.6 mi
2002
70,894 mi
2010

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