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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Panama	Nauru	Panama
1960	4,607	1,126,005	-	-
1961	4,774	1,159,870	3.62%	3.01%
1962	4,979	1,195,301	4.29%	3.05%
1963	5,226	1,232,124	4.96%	3.08%
1964	5,515	1,270,065	5.53%	3.08%
1965	5,832	1,308,835	5.75%	3.05%
1966	6,043	1,348,388	3.62%	3.02%
1967	6,135	1,388,628	1.52%	2.98%
1968	6,328	1,429,447	3.15%	2.94%
1969	6,581	1,470,886	4%	2.9%
1970	6,710	1,513,070	1.96%	2.87%
1971	6,762	1,556,081	0.77%	2.84%
1972	6,812	1,599,723	0.74%	2.8%
1973	6,866	1,643,690	0.79%	2.75%
1974	6,923	1,687,926	0.83%	2.69%
1975	6,987	1,732,389	0.92%	2.63%
1976	7,064	1,776,935	1.1%	2.57%
1977	7,163	1,821,543	1.4%	2.51%
1978	7,298	1,866,311	1.88%	2.46%
1979	7,468	1,911,552	2.33%	2.42%
1980	7,649	1,957,534	2.42%	2.41%
1981	7,839	2,004,418	2.48%	2.4%
1982	8,040	2,052,271	2.56%	2.39%
1983	8,216	2,101,106	2.19%	2.38%
1984	8,377	2,150,782	1.96%	2.36%
1985	8,551	2,200,915	2.08%	2.33%
1986	8,742	2,251,325	2.23%	2.29%
1987	8,946	2,301,970	2.33%	2.25%
1988	9,165	2,352,848	2.45%	2.21%
1989	9,390	2,403,820	2.45%	2.17%
1990	9,622	2,455,583	2.47%	2.15%
1991	9,850	2,508,265	2.37%	2.15%
1992	10,021	2,561,336	1.74%	2.12%
1993	10,102	2,615,099	0.81%	2.1%
1994	10,137	2,669,546	0.35%	2.08%
1995	10,165	2,724,557	0.28%	2.06%
1996	10,183	2,780,227	0.18%	2.04%
1997	10,197	2,836,695	0.14%	2.03%
1998	10,198	2,893,914	0.01%	2.02%
1999	10,187	2,951,822	-0.11%	2%
2000	10,168	3,010,369	-0.19%	1.98%
2001	10,130	3,069,537	-0.37%	1.97%
2002	10,082	3,129,344	-0.47%	1.95%
2003	10,059	3,189,807	-0.23%	1.93%
2004	10,060	3,251,155	0.01%	1.92%
2005	10,049	3,313,026	-0.11%	1.9%
2006	10,034	3,375,024	-0.15%	1.87%
2007	10,020	3,437,490	-0.14%	1.85%
2008	10,009	3,500,648	-0.11%	1.84%
2009	10,016	3,564,381	0.07%	1.82%
2010	10,043	3,628,535	0.27%	1.8%
2011	10,098	3,693,505	0.55%	1.79%
2012	10,267	3,759,256	1.67%	1.78%
2013	10,517	3,825,329	2.43%	1.76%
2014	10,742	3,892,101	2.14%	1.75%
2015	10,954	3,960,035	1.97%	1.75%
2016	11,150	4,029,086	1.79%	1.74%
2017	11,324	4,098,707	1.56%	1.73%
2018	11,477	4,167,860	1.35%	1.69%
2019	11,587	4,234,700	0.96%	1.6%
2020	11,643	4,293,261	0.48%	1.38%
2021	11,709	4,345,405	0.57%	1.21%
2022	11,801	4,400,773	0.79%	1.27%
2023	11,875	4,458,759	0.63%	1.32%
2024	11,947	4,515,577	0.61%	1.27%
2025	12,030	4,571,195	0.7%	1.23%
2026	12,103	4,625,720	0.61%	1.19%
2027	12,196	4,679,241	0.77%	1.16%
2028	12,296	4,731,818	0.82%	1.12%
2029	12,403	4,783,378	0.87%	1.09%
2030	12,519	4,833,856	0.94%	1.06%
2031	12,645	4,883,390	1%	1.02%
2032	12,785	4,932,075	1.11%	1%
2033	12,921	4,979,812	1.06%	0.97%
2034	13,071	5,026,494	1.16%	0.94%
2035	13,230	5,072,267	1.22%	0.91%
2036	13,391	5,117,124	1.21%	0.88%
2037	13,541	5,161,085	1.12%	0.86%
2038	13,697	5,204,053	1.16%	0.83%
2039	13,857	5,245,902	1.17%	0.8%
2040	14,041	5,286,595	1.33%	0.78%
2041	14,220	5,326,183	1.27%	0.75%
2042	14,402	5,364,671	1.28%	0.72%
2043	14,579	5,402,037	1.23%	0.7%
2044	14,754	5,438,259	1.2%	0.67%
2045	14,920	5,473,283	1.13%	0.64%
2046	15,098	5,507,148	1.19%	0.62%
2047	15,268	5,539,873	1.12%	0.59%
2048	15,431	5,571,404	1.07%	0.57%
2049	15,595	5,601,670	1.06%	0.54%
2050	15,751	5,630,681	1%	0.52%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.