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Nauru vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 195th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Main facts and rankings

Nauru United Kingdom
Population
12088
69945462
Population rank 195/197 22/197
GDP
$160M
2024
$3.64T
2024
GDP rank 195/197 6/197
GDP per capita
$13,422
2024
$52,637
2024
GDP per capita rank 75/197 23/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,327
2024
$60,620
2024
Government debt
$28.2M
2024
$3.69T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
15.2%
2025
103.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,360
2024
$53,283
2024
Government debt per person rank 114/185 7/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,196
2025
$40,805
2025
Land area
7.72 sq mi
2025
93,410 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,547 ppl/mi²
2024
741 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.33
2023
1.56
2023
Median age
21.4 years
2024
41 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
81.6 years
2025

Nauru and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Nauru and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year GDP
Nauru United Kingdom
1960 - $73,233,967,692
1961 - $77,741,965,703
1962 - $81,247,564,157
1963 - $86,561,961,812
1964 - $94,407,558,351
1965 - $101,824,755,079
1966 - $108,572,752,102
1967 - $113,116,888,211
1968 - $107,759,910,068
1969 - $116,464,702,803
1970 $17,570,366 $130,671,946,244
1971 $19,009,433 $148,113,896,325
1972 $21,734,269 $169,965,034,965
1973 $26,529,817 $192,537,971,583
1974 $35,994,511 $206,131,369,799
1975 $40,106,776 $241,756,637,168
1976 $40,287,427 $232,614,555,256
1977 $40,444,702 $263,066,457,352
1978 $41,754,147 $335,883,029,722
1979 $44,431,330 $438,994,070,309
1980 $46,947,124 $564,947,710,899
1981 $51,689,637 $540,765,675,241
1982 $52,877,742 $515,048,916,841
1983 $48,439,093 $489,618,008,186
1984 $47,363,231 $461,487,097,632
1985 $41,548,741 $489,285,164,271
1986 $39,939,391 $601,452,653,181
1987 $40,118,410 $745,162,608,269
1988 $45,931,134 $910,122,732,124
1989 $53,736,786 $926,884,816,754
1990 $55,572,376 $1,093,169,389,205
1991 $52,533,789 $1,142,797,178,131
1992 $51,133,123 $1,179,659,529,660
1993 $43,542,088 $1,061,388,722,256
1994 $39,742,511 $1,140,489,745,944
1995 $39,969,706 $1,344,240,176,740
1996 $37,458,801 $1,419,645,865,835
1997 $37,331,507 $1,560,911,918,795
1998 $29,664,451 $1,653,694,932,097
1999 $27,328,613 $1,687,830,448,148
2000 $26,930,980 $1,665,534,876,683
2001 $22,613,288 $1,649,827,263,567
2002 $21,017,424 $1,785,729,916,067
2003 $24,778,160 $2,054,422,857,143
2004 $30,587,566 $2,421,525,082,387
2005 $30,282,840 $2,543,180,000,000
2006 $29,183,627 $2,708,441,582,337
2007 $23,068,623 $3,090,510,204,082
2008 $37,184,925 $2,929,411,764,706
2009 $44,024,970 $2,412,840,006,232
2010 $47,442,299 $2,485,482,596,185
2011 $65,444,174 $2,663,805,834,828
2012 $100,794,925 $2,707,089,726,615
2013 $94,385,015 $2,784,853,502,534
2014 $98,752,257 $3,064,708,247,921
2015 $84,383,389 $2,927,911,140,917
2016 $97,276,023 $2,689,106,566,900
2017 $108,862,279 $2,680,148,052,335
2018 $130,937,590 $2,871,340,347,582
2019 $124,871,111 $2,851,407,164,908
2020 $124,530,027 $2,696,778,386,608
2021 $175,513,985 $3,143,323,050,707
2022 $152,190,819 $3,114,042,471,144
2023 $151,455,968 $3,369,861,888,973
2024 $160,350,640 $3,643,834,188,783

Nauru and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year GDP per capita
Nauru United Kingdom
1960 - $1,398
1961 - $1,472
1962 - $1,526
1963 - $1,613
1964 - $1,748
1965 - $1,874
1966 - $1,987
1967 - $2,059
1968 - $1,952
1969 - $2,101
1970 $2,619 $2,348
1971 $2,811 $2,650
1972 $3,191 $3,030
1973 $3,864 $3,426
1974 $5,199 $3,666
1975 $5,740 $4,300
1976 $5,703 $4,138
1977 $5,646 $4,681
1978 $5,721 $5,977
1979 $5,950 $7,805
1980 $6,138 $10,032
1981 $6,594 $9,599
1982 $6,577 $9,146
1983 $5,896 $8,692
1984 $5,654 $8,179
1985 $4,859 $8,652
1986 $4,569 $10,611
1987 $4,485 $13,119
1988 $5,012 $15,987
1989 $5,723 $16,239
1990 $5,776 $19,095
1991 $5,333 $19,901
1992 $5,103 $20,487
1993 $4,310 $18,389
1994 $3,921 $19,709
1995 $3,932 $23,169
1996 $3,679 $24,406
1997 $3,661 $26,766
1998 $2,909 $28,275
1999 $2,683 $28,762
2000 $2,649 $28,281
2001 $2,232 $27,907
2002 $2,085 $30,078
2003 $2,463 $34,443
2004 $3,041 $40,367
2005 $3,014 $42,105
2006 $2,908 $44,512
2007 $2,302 $50,398
2008 $3,715 $47,396
2009 $4,395 $38,744
2010 $4,724 $39,599
2011 $6,481 $42,110
2012 $9,817 $42,490
2013 $8,975 $43,419
2014 $9,193 $47,427
2015 $7,703 $44,984
2016 $8,724 $40,988
2017 $9,613 $40,629
2018 $11,409 $43,315
2019 $10,777 $42,794
2020 $10,696 $40,405
2021 $14,990 $46,926
2022 $12,896 $46,063
2023 $12,754 $49,201
2024 $13,422 $52,637

Nauru vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year Life expectancy, years
Nauru United Kingdom
1950 56.6 68.6
1951 56.8 68.2
1952 57 69.5
1953 57.2 69.8
1954 57.4 70.2
1955 57.5 70.1
1956 57.6 70.4
1957 57.7 70.5
1958 57.8 70.7
1959 57.9 70.8
1960 57.9 71
1961 58 70.8
1962 58 70.9
1963 58.1 70.8
1964 58.2 71.5
1965 58.3 71.5
1966 58.4 71.4
1967 58.6 72.1
1968 58.6 71.7
1969 58.4 71.7
1970 58.4 71.9
1971 58.4 72.2
1972 58.4 72
1973 58.4 72.2
1974 58.3 72.4
1975 58.3 72.7
1976 58.2 72.6
1977 58.1 73.1
1978 58.3 73
1979 58.4 73.2
1980 58.5 73.6
1981 58.6 73.9
1982 58.6 74
1983 58.7 74.3
1984 58.7 74.7
1985 58.6 74.5
1986 58.6 74.8
1987 58.6 75.1
1988 58.7 75.3
1989 58.9 75.4
1990 59.1 75.7
1991 59.3 75.9
1992 59.5 76.3
1993 59.8 76.2
1994 60 76.7
1995 60.1 76.6
1996 60.1 76.9
1997 60 77.1
1998 59.9 77.3
1999 59.7 77.4
2000 59.6 77.8
2001 59.5 78.1
2002 59.4 78.2
2003 59.4 78.3
2004 59.3 78.9
2005 59.4 79.1
2006 59.4 79.3
2007 59.5 79.5
2008 59.7 79.7
2009 59.9 80.2
2010 60.1 80.4
2011 60.3 80.8
2012 60.5 80.9
2013 60.7 80.9
2014 60.8 81.2
2015 60.9 80.9
2016 61 81.1
2017 61.1 81.2
2018 61.2 81.1
2019 61.4 81.4
2020 61.5 80.4
2021 61.3 80.7
2022 61.9 81.1
2023 62.1 81.3
2024 62.3 81.4
2025 62.4 81.6

Nauru and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year Population
Nauru United Kingdom
1960 4,607 52,400,000
1961 4,774 52,800,000
1962 4,979 53,250,000
1963 5,226 53,650,000
1964 5,515 54,000,000
1965 5,832 54,348,050
1966 6,043 54,648,500
1967 6,135 54,943,600
1968 6,328 55,211,700
1969 6,581 55,441,750
1970 6,710 55,663,250
1971 6,762 55,896,223
1972 6,812 56,086,065
1973 6,866 56,194,527
1974 6,923 56,229,974
1975 6,987 56,225,800
1976 7,064 56,211,968
1977 7,163 56,193,492
1978 7,298 56,196,504
1979 7,468 56,246,951
1980 7,649 56,314,216
1981 7,839 56,333,829
1982 8,040 56,313,641
1983 8,216 56,332,848
1984 8,377 56,422,072
1985 8,551 56,550,268
1986 8,742 56,681,396
1987 8,946 56,802,050
1988 9,165 56,928,327
1989 9,390 57,076,711
1990 9,622 57,247,586
1991 9,850 57,424,897
1992 10,021 57,580,402
1993 10,102 57,718,614
1994 10,137 57,865,745
1995 10,165 58,019,030
1996 10,183 58,166,950
1997 10,197 58,316,954
1998 10,198 58,487,141
1999 10,187 58,682,466
2000 10,168 58,892,514
2001 10,130 59,119,673
2002 10,082 59,370,479
2003 10,059 59,647,577
2004 10,060 59,987,905
2005 10,049 60,401,206
2006 10,034 60,846,820
2007 10,020 61,322,463
2008 10,009 61,806,995
2009 10,016 62,276,270
2010 10,043 62,766,365
2011 10,098 63,258,810
2012 10,267 63,711,000
2013 10,517 64,139,000
2014 10,742 64,620,000
2015 10,954 65,088,000
2016 11,150 65,607,000
2017 11,324 65,966,000
2018 11,477 66,289,000
2019 11,587 66,631,000
2020 11,643 66,744,000
2021 11,709 66,984,000
2022 11,801 67,604,000
2023 11,875 68,492,000
2024 11,947 69,226,000

Fertility rates in Nauru and United Kingdom

Fertility rate
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year Fertility rate
Nauru United Kingdom
1960 5.34 2.69
1961 5.38 2.78
1962 5.42 2.86
1963 5.44 2.88
1964 5.47 2.93
1965 5.48 2.86
1966 5.41 2.78
1967 5.29 2.68
1968 5.14 2.6
1969 4.94 2.51
1970 4.74 2.44
1971 4.54 2.41
1972 4.36 2.2
1973 4.19 2.04
1974 4.07 1.92
1975 3.97 1.81
1976 3.9 1.74
1977 3.86 1.69
1978 3.84 1.75
1979 3.85 1.86
1980 3.88 1.9
1981 3.94 1.82
1982 3.99 1.78
1983 4.06 1.77
1984 4.11 1.77
1985 4.14 1.79
1986 4.15 1.78
1987 4.14 1.81
1988 4.11 1.82
1989 4.07 1.79
1990 4.02 1.83
1991 3.99 1.82
1992 3.95 1.79
1993 3.89 1.76
1994 3.84 1.74
1995 3.81 1.71
1996 3.78 1.73
1997 3.74 1.72
1998 3.68 1.71
1999 3.64 1.68
2000 3.54 1.64
2001 3.46 1.63
2002 3.4 1.63
2003 3.39 1.7
2004 3.38 1.75
2005 3.38 1.76
2006 3.4 1.82
2007 3.5 1.86
2008 3.67 1.91
2009 3.85 1.89
2010 4.02 1.92
2011 4.12 1.91
2012 4.12 1.92
2013 4.1 1.83
2014 4.09 1.81
2015 4.08 1.8
2016 4.03 1.79
2017 3.88 1.74
2018 3.68 1.68
2019 3.53 1.63
2020 3.47 1.57
2021 3.43 1.58
2022 3.38 1.56
2023 3.33 1.56

Nauru and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age
Nauru

United Kingdom
Year Median age, years
Nauru United Kingdom
1960 23.8 35.5
1961 24 35.4
1962 23.9 35.3
1963 23.7 35.3
1964 23.4 35.2
1965 23.1 35.1
1966 22.9 34.9
1967 22.9 34.8
1968 21.2 34.6
1969 18.9 34.4
1970 18.7 34.2
1971 19.1 34.1
1972 19.4 34
1973 19.8 34
1974 20.4 34
1975 21 34
1976 21.5 34
1977 22.1 34.1
1978 22.9 34.2
1979 23.6 34.3
1980 24.2 34.4
1981 24.7 34.5
1982 25.1 34.8
1983 25.2 35
1984 24.5 35.2
1985 23.7 35.3
1986 22.8 35.4
1987 22.1 35.4
1988 21.4 35.7
1989 20.8 35.9
1990 20.2 36
1991 19.7 36.1
1992 19.4 36.2
1993 19.3 36.3
1994 19.3 36.5
1995 19.3 36.6
1996 19.4 36.8
1997 19.5 37
1998 19.6 37.2
1999 19.8 37.4
2000 20.1 37.7
2001 20.4 37.9
2002 20.6 38.1
2003 20.8 38.2
2004 21 38.4
2005 21.2 38.5
2006 21.3 38.6
2007 21.5 38.8
2008 21.7 38.9
2009 21.8 39
2010 21.8 39.2
2011 21.8 39.3
2012 21.7 39.5
2013 21.6 39.6
2014 21.5 39.7
2015 21.4 39.8
2016 21.5 39.8
2017 21.6 39.9
2018 21.8 40
2019 21.9 40.1
2020 21.8 40.2
2021 21.7 40.3
2022 21.6 40.5
2023 21.5 40.8
2024 21.4 41

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Finance

Nauru United Kingdom
GNI, Atlas method
$254M
2024
$3.37T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
135%
2025
43.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.68%
2023
4.96%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
153,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+10.8%
2025
-4.42%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.06%
2021
4.36%
2024
Services, % of GDP n/a
72.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP n/a
16.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
60
2025
69.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.3%
2012
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2012
3%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
3,061,553
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.75%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
55
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
1,606
2022
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$3.1T
2022
Total reserves including gold n/a
$175B
2024
Personal remittances received
$881K
2023
$4.83B
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
11,101,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.32%
2018
8.24%
1998
Banked people share n/a
99.3%
2024

Energy

Nauru United Kingdom
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
2,128 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$27.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0 megatons
2023
302 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0 tons
2023
4.41 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
75.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
12.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
13.4%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
44%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,208 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
9.82%
2021
40.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
2.51%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.8%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Nauru United Kingdom
% of world population
0.0001%
2024
0.85%
2024
Annual migration change
-121
2024
+417,114
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
84.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.56 ft
2025
5.85 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.38 ft
2025
Quality of life index
50.4
2025
90.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2025
71
2024
Higher education index n/a
100
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2012
1.15
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
1
2025
3.2
2019
Visa free countries
90
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.6%
2023
99%
2003
English speaking
96.7%
2023
98.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2020
96.3%
2023

Health

Nauru United Kingdom
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,264
2022
$5,367
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$10.6
2022
$742
2023
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
81.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.2%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.25
2015
3.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2017
29 years
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births
273
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.9
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
71.1%
2022
27.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
21.8%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
93
2025
83
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
48.3%
2022
14.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.79 liters
2020
10.7 liters
2020

Territory

Nauru United Kingdom
% of world land
0.00001%
2025
0.16%
2025
Land area per capita
646 sq mi
2024
1,349 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1.54 sq mi
2025
65,674 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0 sq mi
2025
12,415 sq mi
2025
Roads length
18.6 mi
2002
263,542 mi
2020

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