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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nauru was 11,947 in 2024 vs 34,217,848 people in Peru in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nauru's population is 12,088 people compared to 34,854,181 in Peru.

Population statistics:

  • Peru's population is 2,883 times bigger than Nauru's.
  • Nauru is ranked the 195th most populous country in the world, while Peru is the 48th.
  • The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.0001% for Nauru vs 0.42% for Peru.
  • For the last 10 years, Nauru has had an average growth rate of +1.17% per year vs +1.26% in Peru.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nauru has increased from 10K people to 12.1K (20.3% growth), while Peru has grown from 28.1M to 34.9M (24% growth).
  • Nauru is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.6K people compared to the peak of 41.7M people in 2066 for Peru.

Nauru vs Peru: live population counter

Nauru Peru
Current population
12088
34854181
Population rank 195/197 48/197
Percent of world population 0.0001% 0.42%
One net population change
5.07 days
1.41 minutes
One birth every
1.21 days
58.4 seconds
One death every
4.1 days
2.83 minutes
One migration net change every
3.02 days
28.6 minutes
Annual migration change -121 +18,406
Daily growth/decline +0 +1,020
Annual growth/decline +72 +372,231
Annual growth/decline rate +0.61% +1.1%
Population growth rate rank 127/197 97/197

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

Nauru
Population

Growth rate
Peru
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nauru Peru Nauru Peru
1960 4,607 10,174,127 - -
1961 4,774 10,475,123 3.62% 2.96%
1962 4,979 10,784,612 4.29% 2.95%
1963 5,226 11,102,099 4.96% 2.94%
1964 5,515 11,427,978 5.53% 2.94%
1965 5,832 11,761,085 5.75% 2.91%
1966 6,043 12,101,297 3.62% 2.89%
1967 6,135 12,448,814 1.52% 2.87%
1968 6,328 12,803,993 3.15% 2.85%
1969 6,581 13,166,767 4% 2.83%
1970 6,710 13,501,237 1.96% 2.54%
1971 6,762 13,838,067 0.77% 2.49%
1972 6,812 14,210,147 0.74% 2.69%
1973 6,866 14,582,867 0.79% 2.62%
1974 6,923 14,956,552 0.83% 2.56%
1975 6,987 15,333,957 0.92% 2.52%
1976 7,064 15,716,809 1.1% 2.5%
1977 7,163 16,109,806 1.4% 2.5%
1978 7,298 16,516,059 1.88% 2.52%
1979 7,468 16,933,139 2.33% 2.53%
1980 7,649 17,360,949 2.42% 2.53%
1981 7,839 17,798,805 2.48% 2.52%
1982 8,040 18,246,503 2.56% 2.52%
1983 8,216 18,705,957 2.19% 2.52%
1984 8,377 19,174,716 1.96% 2.51%
1985 8,551 19,648,204 2.08% 2.47%
1986 8,742 20,117,122 2.23% 2.39%
1987 8,946 20,582,320 2.33% 2.31%
1988 9,165 21,054,702 2.45% 2.3%
1989 9,390 21,532,589 2.45% 2.27%
1990 9,622 22,014,771 2.47% 2.24%
1991 9,850 22,483,775 2.37% 2.13%
1992 10,021 22,946,340 1.74% 2.06%
1993 10,102 23,413,783 0.81% 2.04%
1994 10,137 23,881,493 0.35% 2%
1995 10,165 24,348,919 0.28% 1.96%
1996 10,183 24,811,171 0.18% 1.9%
1997 10,197 25,274,147 0.14% 1.87%
1998 10,198 25,738,095 0.01% 1.84%
1999 10,187 26,186,504 -0.11% 1.74%
2000 10,168 26,598,331 -0.19% 1.57%
2001 10,130 26,964,601 -0.37% 1.38%
2002 10,082 27,288,217 -0.47% 1.2%
2003 10,059 27,580,490 -0.23% 1.07%
2004 10,060 27,852,190 0.01% 0.99%
2005 10,049 28,101,180 -0.11% 0.89%
2006 10,034 28,324,491 -0.15% 0.79%
2007 10,020 28,530,699 -0.14% 0.73%
2008 10,009 28,719,041 -0.11% 0.66%
2009 10,016 28,896,811 0.07% 0.62%
2010 10,043 29,086,019 0.27% 0.65%
2011 10,098 29,304,086 0.55% 0.75%
2012 10,267 29,550,366 1.67% 0.84%
2013 10,517 29,817,919 2.43% 0.91%
2014 10,742 30,115,826 2.14% 1%
2015 10,954 30,457,600 1.97% 1.13%
2016 11,150 30,866,494 1.79% 1.34%
2017 11,324 31,324,637 1.56% 1.48%
2018 11,477 31,897,584 1.35% 1.83%
2019 11,587 32,449,303 0.96% 1.73%
2020 11,643 32,838,579 0.48% 1.2%
2021 11,709 33,155,882 0.57% 0.97%
2022 11,801 33,475,438 0.79% 0.96%
2023 11,875 33,845,617 0.63% 1.11%
2024 11,947 34,217,848 0.61% 1.1%
2025 12,030 34,576,670 0.7% 1.05%
2026 12,103 34,922,144 0.61% 1%
2027 12,196 35,255,683 0.77% 0.96%
2028 12,296 35,578,281 0.82% 0.92%
2029 12,403 35,890,705 0.87% 0.88%
2030 12,519 36,193,882 0.94% 0.84%
2031 12,645 36,488,437 1% 0.81%
2032 12,785 36,774,937 1.11% 0.79%
2033 12,921 37,054,380 1.06% 0.76%
2034 13,071 37,326,798 1.16% 0.74%
2035 13,230 37,591,420 1.22% 0.71%
2036 13,391 37,848,147 1.21% 0.68%
2037 13,541 38,096,898 1.12% 0.66%
2038 13,697 38,337,328 1.16% 0.63%
2039 13,857 38,569,891 1.17% 0.61%
2040 14,041 38,794,647 1.33% 0.58%
2041 14,220 39,011,537 1.27% 0.56%
2042 14,402 39,220,371 1.28% 0.54%
2043 14,579 39,420,647 1.23% 0.51%
2044 14,754 39,612,847 1.2% 0.49%
2045 14,920 39,796,723 1.13% 0.46%
2046 15,098 39,971,719 1.19% 0.44%
2047 15,268 40,137,869 1.12% 0.42%
2048 15,431 40,294,857 1.07% 0.39%
2049 15,595 40,443,273 1.06% 0.37%
2050 15,751 40,583,875 1% 0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.

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