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Nauru vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 195th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Main facts and rankings

Nauru Zimbabwe
Population
12088
17210092
Population rank 195/197 74/197
GDP
$160M
2024
$44.2B
2024
GDP rank 195/197 99/197
GDP per capita
$13,422
2024
$2,656
2024
GDP per capita rank 75/197 144/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,327
2024
$3,922
2024
Government debt
$28.2M
2024
$41.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
15.2%
2025
58.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,360
2024
$2,513
2024
Government debt per person rank 114/185 111/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,196
2025
$2,797
2025
Land area
7.72 sq mi
2025
149,364 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,547 ppl/mi²
2024
111.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.33
2023
3.72
2023
Median age
21.4 years
2024
19 years
2024
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
63.3 years
2025

Nauru and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Nauru and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year GDP
Nauru Zimbabwe
1960 - $1,052,990,485
1961 - $1,096,646,688
1962 - $1,117,601,690
1963 - $1,159,511,793
1964 - $1,217,138,098
1965 - $1,311,435,906
1966 - $1,281,749,603
1967 - $1,397,002,112
1968 - $1,479,600,019
1969 - $1,747,998,941
1970 $17,570,366 $1,884,206,452
1971 $19,009,433 $2,178,716,475
1972 $21,734,269 $2,677,729,616
1973 $26,529,817 $3,309,353,866
1974 $35,994,511 $3,982,161,721
1975 $40,106,776 $4,371,301,052
1976 $40,287,427 $4,318,372,348
1977 $40,444,702 $4,364,382,451
1978 $41,754,147 $4,351,600,850
1979 $44,431,330 $5,177,459,817
1980 $46,947,124 $6,678,868,738
1981 $51,689,637 $8,011,374,445
1982 $52,877,742 $8,539,701,388
1983 $48,439,093 $7,764,067,625
1984 $47,363,231 $6,352,126,411
1985 $41,548,741 $5,637,259,754
1986 $39,939,391 $6,217,524,201
1987 $40,118,410 $6,741,215,643
1988 $45,931,134 $7,814,784,729
1989 $53,736,786 $8,286,323,367
1990 $55,572,376 $8,783,817,407
1991 $52,533,789 $8,641,482,396
1992 $51,133,123 $6,751,472,744
1993 $43,542,088 $6,563,813,829
1994 $39,742,511 $6,890,675,555
1995 $39,969,706 $7,111,271,273
1996 $37,458,801 $8,553,147,289
1997 $37,331,507 $8,529,572,287
1998 $29,664,451 $6,401,968,715
1999 $27,328,613 $6,858,013,652
2000 $26,930,980 $6,689,958,139
2001 $22,613,288 $6,777,385,246
2002 $21,017,424 $6,342,116,911
2003 $24,778,160 $5,727,592,261
2004 $30,587,566 $5,805,598,867
2005 $30,282,840 $5,755,215,663
2006 $29,183,627 $5,443,896,938
2007 $23,068,623 $5,291,950,526
2008 $37,184,925 $4,415,703,156
2009 $44,024,970 $9,665,815,601
2010 $47,442,299 $12,041,602,762
2011 $65,444,174 $14,101,801,031
2012 $100,794,925 $17,114,762,914
2013 $94,385,015 $19,091,004,042
2014 $98,752,257 $19,495,547,523
2015 $84,383,389 $19,963,058,858
2016 $97,276,023 $20,548,759,858
2017 $108,862,279 $51,074,726,484
2018 $130,937,590 $34,156,057,417
2019 $124,871,111 $25,715,657,177
2020 $124,530,027 $26,868,564,055
2021 $175,513,985 $27,240,507,842
2022 $152,190,819 $32,789,657,378
2023 $151,455,968 $35,231,369,343
2024 $160,350,640 $44,187,704,410

Nauru and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year GDP per capita
Nauru Zimbabwe
1960 - $276.4
1961 - $279
1962 - $275.5
1963 - $277
1964 - $281.7
1965 - $294.1
1966 - $278.6
1967 - $294.2
1968 - $302
1969 - $346
1970 $2,619 $361
1971 $2,811 $405
1972 $3,191 $483
1973 $3,864 $579
1974 $5,199 $674
1975 $5,740 $717
1976 $5,703 $687
1977 $5,646 $677
1978 $5,721 $665
1979 $5,950 $779
1980 $6,138 $949
1981 $6,594 $1,068
1982 $6,577 $1,095
1983 $5,896 $959
1984 $5,654 $757
1985 $4,859 $649
1986 $4,569 $692
1987 $4,485 $726
1988 $5,012 $815
1989 $5,723 $840
1990 $5,776 $866
1991 $5,333 $831
1992 $5,103 $631
1993 $4,310 $604
1994 $3,921 $634
1995 $3,932 $648
1996 $3,679 $767
1997 $3,661 $750
1998 $2,909 $552
1999 $2,683 $582
2000 $2,649 $563
2001 $2,232 $566
2002 $2,085 $525
2003 $2,463 $468
2004 $3,041 $469
2005 $3,014 $461
2006 $2,908 $431
2007 $2,302 $413
2008 $3,715 $341
2009 $4,395 $735
2010 $4,724 $902
2011 $6,481 $1,037
2012 $9,817 $1,239
2013 $8,975 $1,362
2014 $9,193 $1,372
2015 $7,703 $1,386
2016 $8,724 $1,407
2017 $9,613 $3,448
2018 $11,409 $2,272
2019 $10,777 $1,684
2020 $10,696 $1,730
2021 $14,990 $1,724
2022 $12,896 $2,041
2023 $12,754 $2,156
2024 $13,422 $2,656

Nauru vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year Life expectancy, years
Nauru Zimbabwe
1950 56.6 49.4
1951 56.8 49.8
1952 57 50.2
1953 57.2 50.6
1954 57.4 51
1955 57.5 51.4
1956 57.6 51.8
1957 57.7 52.2
1958 57.8 52.6
1959 57.9 53
1960 57.9 53.5
1961 58 54
1962 58 54.5
1963 58.1 54.9
1964 58.2 55.4
1965 58.3 55.9
1966 58.4 56.4
1967 58.6 56.8
1968 58.6 57.1
1969 58.4 57.5
1970 58.4 57.8
1971 58.4 58
1972 58.4 58.2
1973 58.4 58.1
1974 58.3 58.2
1975 58.3 58.2
1976 58.2 57.6
1977 58.1 57
1978 58.3 54.7
1979 58.4 54.9
1980 58.5 59.1
1981 58.6 59.4
1982 58.6 59.9
1983 58.7 60
1984 58.7 60.6
1985 58.6 60.9
1986 58.6 61
1987 58.6 60.7
1988 58.7 60.2
1989 58.9 59.4
1990 59.1 58.3
1991 59.3 57
1992 59.5 55.6
1993 59.8 54
1994 60 52.5
1995 60.1 51.1
1996 60.1 49
1997 60 48.5
1998 59.9 47.6
1999 59.7 46.4
2000 59.6 46
2001 59.5 44.5
2002 59.4 45.9
2003 59.4 45.4
2004 59.3 46
2005 59.4 46.6
2006 59.4 47.1
2007 59.5 47.6
2008 59.7 48.5
2009 59.9 49.7
2010 60.1 51.9
2011 60.3 53.9
2012 60.5 55.4
2013 60.7 56.8
2014 60.8 58.1
2015 60.9 59
2016 61 59.8
2017 61.1 60.3
2018 61.2 60.9
2019 61.4 61.1
2020 61.5 61.5
2021 61.3 60.1
2022 61.9 62.4
2023 62.1 62.8
2024 62.3 63.1
2025 62.4 63.3

Nauru and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year Population
Nauru Zimbabwe
1960 4,607 3,809,389
1961 4,774 3,930,401
1962 4,979 4,055,959
1963 5,226 4,185,877
1964 5,515 4,320,006
1965 5,832 4,458,462
1966 6,043 4,601,217
1967 6,135 4,748,307
1968 6,328 4,900,440
1969 6,581 5,058,181
1970 6,710 5,215,918
1971 6,762 5,374,712
1972 6,812 5,542,445
1973 6,866 5,720,404
1974 6,923 5,908,328
1975 6,987 6,098,658
1976 7,064 6,287,105
1977 7,163 6,449,512
1978 7,298 6,543,575
1979 7,468 6,647,556
1980 7,649 7,041,303
1981 7,839 7,498,635
1982 8,040 7,796,496
1983 8,216 8,098,404
1984 8,377 8,391,488
1985 8,551 8,686,813
1986 8,742 8,982,578
1987 8,946 9,284,644
1988 9,165 9,583,094
1989 9,390 9,864,798
1990 9,622 10,137,281
1991 9,850 10,404,816
1992 10,021 10,702,700
1993 10,102 10,860,288
1994 10,137 10,873,148
1995 10,165 10,974,599
1996 10,183 11,158,360
1997 10,197 11,369,827
1998 10,198 11,594,297
1999 10,187 11,783,458
2000 10,168 11,892,055
2001 10,130 11,971,901
2002 10,082 12,087,653
2003 10,059 12,232,323
2004 10,060 12,365,896
2005 10,049 12,483,432
2006 10,034 12,636,445
2007 10,020 12,804,058
2008 10,009 12,959,149
2009 10,016 13,142,790
2010 10,043 13,356,548
2011 10,098 13,595,424
2012 10,267 13,817,887
2013 10,517 14,013,808
2014 10,742 14,207,359
2015 10,954 14,399,013
2016 11,150 14,600,294
2017 11,324 14,812,482
2018 11,477 15,034,452
2019 11,587 15,271,368
2020 11,643 15,526,888
2021 11,709 15,797,210
2022 11,801 16,069,056
2023 11,875 16,340,822
2024 11,947 16,634,373

Fertility rates in Nauru and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year Fertility rate
Nauru Zimbabwe
1960 5.34 7.2
1961 5.38 7.21
1962 5.42 7.23
1963 5.44 7.23
1964 5.47 7.23
1965 5.48 7.23
1966 5.41 7.2
1967 5.29 7.16
1968 5.14 7.11
1969 4.94 7.04
1970 4.74 6.98
1971 4.54 6.94
1972 4.36 6.94
1973 4.19 6.94
1974 4.07 6.88
1975 3.97 6.83
1976 3.9 6.77
1977 3.86 6.71
1978 3.84 6.66
1979 3.85 6.59
1980 3.88 6.52
1981 3.94 6.45
1982 3.99 6.33
1983 4.06 6.2
1984 4.11 6.04
1985 4.14 5.87
1986 4.15 5.69
1987 4.14 5.5
1988 4.11 5.28
1989 4.07 5.07
1990 4.02 4.88
1991 3.99 4.72
1992 3.95 4.57
1993 3.89 4.39
1994 3.84 4.28
1995 3.81 4.15
1996 3.78 4.11
1997 3.74 4.08
1998 3.68 4.07
1999 3.64 4.06
2000 3.54 4.01
2001 3.46 3.98
2002 3.4 3.93
2003 3.39 3.86
2004 3.38 3.78
2005 3.38 3.69
2006 3.4 3.64
2007 3.5 3.68
2008 3.67 3.78
2009 3.85 3.95
2010 4.02 4.04
2011 4.12 4.13
2012 4.12 4.13
2013 4.1 4.11
2014 4.09 4.01
2015 4.08 3.91
2016 4.03 3.83
2017 3.88 3.77
2018 3.68 3.74
2019 3.53 3.75
2020 3.47 3.75
2021 3.43 3.77
2022 3.38 3.77
2023 3.33 3.72

Nauru and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age
Nauru

Zimbabwe
Year Median age, years
Nauru Zimbabwe
1960 23.8 16.4
1961 24 16.2
1962 23.9 16
1963 23.7 15.8
1964 23.4 15.7
1965 23.1 15.7
1966 22.9 15.7
1967 22.9 15.7
1968 21.2 15.7
1969 18.9 15.7
1970 18.7 15.7
1971 19.1 15.8
1972 19.4 15.8
1973 19.8 15.8
1974 20.4 15.9
1975 21 15.9
1976 21.5 15.8
1977 22.1 15.8
1978 22.9 15.7
1979 23.6 15.6
1980 24.2 15.6
1981 24.7 15.7
1982 25.1 15.8
1983 25.2 15.8
1984 24.5 15.8
1985 23.7 15.9
1986 22.8 15.9
1987 22.1 15.9
1988 21.4 15.9
1989 20.8 16.1
1990 20.2 16.3
1991 19.7 16.5
1992 19.4 16.4
1993 19.3 16.3
1994 19.3 16.4
1995 19.3 16.6
1996 19.4 16.9
1997 19.5 17.2
1998 19.6 17.5
1999 19.8 17.7
2000 20.1 17.8
2001 20.4 18
2002 20.6 18.1
2003 20.8 18.2
2004 21 18.3
2005 21.2 18.3
2006 21.3 18.5
2007 21.5 18.5
2008 21.7 18.5
2009 21.8 18.4
2010 21.8 18.3
2011 21.8 18.2
2012 21.7 18.1
2013 21.6 18
2014 21.5 18
2015 21.4 18
2016 21.5 18
2017 21.6 18.1
2018 21.8 18.2
2019 21.9 18.3
2020 21.8 18.5
2021 21.7 18.6
2022 21.6 18.7
2023 21.5 18.9
2024 21.4 19

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Nauru Zimbabwe
GNI, Atlas method
$254M
2024
$37.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
135%
2025
19.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.68%
2023
0.38%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.25%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
51,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+10.8%
2025
-0.5%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.06%
2021
9.29%
2023
Services, % of GDP n/a
55.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP n/a
31.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
60
2025
35.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.3%
2012
40.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2012
1.9%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
69
1999
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.46B
1999
Total reserves including gold n/a
$485M
2024
Personal remittances received
$881K
2023
$3.6B
2024
International tourist arrivals n/a
639,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.32%
2018
1.25%
2020
Banked people share n/a
49.5%
2024

Energy

Nauru Zimbabwe
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
417 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$8.55
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0 megatons
2023
11.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0 tons
2023
0.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
45.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.59%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
17%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
539 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
9.82%
2021
72.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
67.6%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
62%
2023

Society

Nauru Zimbabwe
% of world population
0.0001%
2024
0.2%
2024
Annual migration change
-121
2024
-60,528
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
32.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.56 ft
2025
5.6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.18 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
50.4
2025
28.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2025
21
2024
Higher education index n/a
46
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2012
0.51
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
1
2025
41.2
2019
Visa free countries
90
2025
72
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.6%
2023
89.8%
2022
English speaking
96.7%
2023
82.1%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2020
38.4%
2023

Health

Nauru Zimbabwe
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,264
2022
$70.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$10.6
2022
$5.76
2022
Life expectancy
62.4 years
2025
63.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.2%
2022
50%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.25
2015
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2017
20.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
273
2023
358
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.9
2023
44.2
2023
Obesity rate
71.1%
2022
14.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
21.8%
2024
1.5%
2024
Air quality index
93
2025
29
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
48.3%
2022
11.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.79 liters
2020
2.67 liters
2020

Territory

Nauru Zimbabwe
% of world land
0.00001%
2025
0.26%
2025
Land area per capita
646 sq mi
2024
8,979 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1.54 sq mi
2025
62,422 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0 sq mi
2025
66,820 sq mi
2025
Roads length
18.6 mi
2002
60,439 mi
2019

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