Population in Fiji compared to Nauru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Fiji and Nauru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Nauru	Fiji	Nauru
1960	404,887	4,607	-	-
1961	417,406	4,774	3.09%	3.62%
1962	430,536	4,979	3.15%	4.29%
1963	444,276	5,226	3.19%	4.96%
1964	458,324	5,515	3.16%	5.53%
1965	472,575	5,832	3.11%	5.75%
1966	486,487	6,043	2.94%	3.62%
1967	498,873	6,135	2.55%	1.52%
1968	510,002	6,328	2.23%	3.15%
1969	520,797	6,581	2.12%	4%
1970	531,188	6,710	2%	1.96%
1971	541,121	6,762	1.87%	0.77%
1972	550,499	6,812	1.73%	0.74%
1973	559,222	6,866	1.58%	0.79%
1974	567,489	6,923	1.48%	0.83%
1975	575,906	6,987	1.48%	0.92%
1976	585,534	7,064	1.67%	1.1%
1977	597,805	7,163	2.1%	1.4%
1978	612,091	7,298	2.39%	1.88%
1979	626,862	7,468	2.41%	2.33%
1980	641,975	7,649	2.41%	2.42%
1981	657,471	7,839	2.41%	2.48%
1982	673,414	8,040	2.42%	2.56%
1983	689,835	8,216	2.44%	2.19%
1984	706,716	8,377	2.45%	1.96%
1985	723,761	8,551	2.41%	2.08%
1986	739,306	8,742	2.15%	2.23%
1987	750,540	8,946	1.52%	2.33%
1988	758,697	9,165	1.09%	2.45%
1989	766,321	9,390	1%	2.45%
1990	773,316	9,622	0.91%	2.47%
1991	779,656	9,850	0.82%	2.37%
1992	785,346	10,021	0.73%	1.74%
1993	790,369	10,102	0.64%	0.81%
1994	794,771	10,137	0.56%	0.35%
1995	798,746	10,165	0.5%	0.28%
1996	803,789	10,183	0.63%	0.18%
1997	812,139	10,197	1.04%	0.14%
1998	822,258	10,198	1.25%	0.01%
1999	831,828	10,187	1.16%	-0.11%
2000	840,909	10,168	1.09%	-0.19%
2001	849,596	10,130	1.03%	-0.37%
2002	858,049	10,082	0.99%	-0.47%
2003	866,286	10,059	0.96%	-0.23%
2004	874,366	10,060	0.93%	0.01%
2005	882,379	10,049	0.92%	-0.11%
2006	890,365	10,034	0.91%	-0.15%
2007	897,832	10,020	0.84%	-0.14%
2008	903,399	10,009	0.62%	-0.11%
2009	907,239	10,016	0.43%	0.07%
2010	910,419	10,043	0.35%	0.27%
2011	912,989	10,098	0.28%	0.55%
2012	914,918	10,267	0.21%	1.67%
2013	916,352	10,517	0.16%	2.43%
2014	917,585	10,742	0.13%	2.14%
2015	918,578	10,954	0.11%	1.97%
2016	919,166	11,150	0.06%	1.79%
2017	918,759	11,324	-0.04%	1.56%
2018	917,180	11,477	-0.17%	1.35%
2019	914,899	11,587	-0.25%	0.96%
2020	914,963	11,643	0.007%	0.48%
2021	916,711	11,709	0.19%	0.57%
2022	919,422	11,801	0.3%	0.79%
2023	924,145	11,875	0.51%	0.63%
2024	928,784	11,947	0.5%	0.61%
2025	933,141	12,030	0.47%	0.7%
2026	937,268	12,103	0.44%	0.61%
2027	941,304	12,196	0.43%	0.77%
2028	945,347	12,296	0.43%	0.82%
2029	949,269	12,403	0.41%	0.87%
2030	953,095	12,519	0.4%	0.94%
2031	956,685	12,645	0.38%	1%
2032	960,056	12,785	0.35%	1.11%
2033	963,339	12,921	0.34%	1.06%
2034	966,516	13,071	0.33%	1.16%
2035	969,613	13,230	0.32%	1.22%
2036	972,641	13,391	0.31%	1.21%
2037	975,643	13,541	0.31%	1.12%
2038	978,533	13,697	0.3%	1.16%
2039	981,270	13,857	0.28%	1.17%
2040	983,842	14,041	0.26%	1.33%
2041	986,409	14,220	0.26%	1.27%
2042	988,810	14,402	0.24%	1.28%
2043	990,851	14,579	0.21%	1.23%
2044	992,731	14,754	0.19%	1.2%
2045	994,437	14,920	0.17%	1.13%
2046	995,957	15,098	0.15%	1.19%
2047	997,319	15,268	0.14%	1.12%
2048	998,544	15,431	0.12%	1.07%
2049	999,530	15,595	0.1%	1.06%
2050	1,000,244	15,751	0.07%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.