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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nauru was 11,947 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nauru's population is 12,088 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.

Population statistics:

  • Russia's population is 11,807 times bigger than Nauru's.
  • Nauru is ranked the 195th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
  • The countries together account for 1.73% of the world: 0.0001% for Nauru vs 1.73% for Russia.
  • For the last 10 years, Nauru has had an average growth rate of +1.17% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nauru has increased from 10K people to 12.1K (20.3% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
  • Nauru is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.6K people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.

Nauru vs Russia: live population counter

Nauru Russia
Current population
12088
142718132
Population rank 195/197 9/197
Percent of world population 0.0001% 1.73%
One net population change
5.07 days
1.8 minutes
One birth every
1.21 days
25.5 seconds
One death every
4.1 days
18.1 seconds
One migration net change every
3.02 days
2.95 minutes
Annual migration change -121 -178,042
Daily growth/decline +0 -801
Annual growth/decline +72 -292,279
Annual growth/decline rate +0.61% -0.2%
Population growth rate rank 127/197 177/197

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

Nauru
Population

Growth rate
Russia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nauru Russia Nauru Russia
1960 4,607 119,897,000 - -
1961 4,774 121,236,000 3.62% 1.12%
1962 4,979 122,591,000 4.29% 1.12%
1963 5,226 123,960,000 4.96% 1.12%
1964 5,515 125,345,000 5.53% 1.12%
1965 5,832 126,745,000 5.75% 1.12%
1966 6,043 127,468,000 3.62% 0.57%
1967 6,135 128,196,000 1.52% 0.57%
1968 6,328 128,928,000 3.15% 0.57%
1969 6,581 129,664,000 4% 0.57%
1970 6,710 130,404,000 1.96% 0.57%
1971 6,762 131,155,000 0.77% 0.58%
1972 6,812 131,909,000 0.74% 0.57%
1973 6,866 132,669,000 0.79% 0.58%
1974 6,923 133,432,000 0.83% 0.58%
1975 6,987 134,200,000 0.92% 0.58%
1976 7,064 135,147,000 1.1% 0.71%
1977 7,163 136,100,000 1.4% 0.71%
1978 7,298 137,060,000 1.88% 0.71%
1979 7,468 138,027,000 2.33% 0.71%
1980 7,649 139,010,000 2.42% 0.71%
1981 7,839 139,941,000 2.48% 0.67%
1982 8,040 140,823,000 2.56% 0.63%
1983 8,216 141,668,000 2.19% 0.6%
1984 8,377 142,745,000 1.96% 0.76%
1985 8,551 143,858,000 2.08% 0.78%
1986 8,742 144,894,000 2.23% 0.72%
1987 8,946 145,908,000 2.33% 0.7%
1988 9,165 146,857,000 2.45% 0.65%
1989 9,390 147,721,000 2.45% 0.59%
1990 9,622 147,969,406 2.47% 0.17%
1991 9,850 148,394,216 2.37% 0.29%
1992 10,021 148,538,197 1.74% 0.1%
1993 10,102 148,458,777 0.81% -0.05%
1994 10,137 148,407,912 0.35% -0.03%
1995 10,165 148,375,787 0.28% -0.02%
1996 10,183 148,160,129 0.18% -0.15%
1997 10,197 147,915,361 0.14% -0.17%
1998 10,198 147,670,784 0.01% -0.17%
1999 10,187 147,214,776 -0.11% -0.31%
2000 10,168 146,596,869 -0.19% -0.42%
2001 10,130 145,976,482 -0.37% -0.42%
2002 10,082 145,306,497 -0.47% -0.46%
2003 10,059 144,648,618 -0.23% -0.45%
2004 10,060 144,067,316 0.01% -0.4%
2005 10,049 143,518,814 -0.11% -0.38%
2006 10,034 143,049,637 -0.15% -0.33%
2007 10,020 142,805,114 -0.14% -0.17%
2008 10,009 142,742,366 -0.11% -0.04%
2009 10,016 142,785,348 0.07% 0.03%
2010 10,043 142,849,468 0.27% 0.04%
2011 10,098 143,018,195 0.55% 0.12%
2012 10,267 143,378,447 1.67% 0.25%
2013 10,517 143,805,638 2.43% 0.3%
2014 10,742 144,237,223 2.14% 0.3%
2015 10,954 144,640,716 1.97% 0.28%
2016 11,150 145,015,460 1.79% 0.26%
2017 11,324 145,293,260 1.56% 0.19%
2018 11,477 145,398,106 1.35% 0.07%
2019 11,587 145,453,291 0.96% 0.04%
2020 11,643 145,245,148 0.48% -0.14%
2021 11,709 144,746,762 0.57% -0.34%
2022 11,801 144,236,933 0.79% -0.35%
2023 11,875 143,826,130 0.63% -0.28%
2024 11,947 143,533,851 0.61% -0.2%
2025 12,030 142,718,132 0.7% -0.57%
2026 12,103 142,120,553 0.61% -0.42%
2027 12,196 141,773,330 0.77% -0.24%
2028 12,296 141,402,326 0.82% -0.26%
2029 12,403 141,021,009 0.87% -0.27%
2030 12,519 140,628,883 0.94% -0.28%
2031 12,645 140,218,596 1% -0.29%
2032 12,785 139,807,207 1.11% -0.29%
2033 12,921 139,414,947 1.06% -0.28%
2034 13,071 139,034,543 1.16% -0.27%
2035 13,230 138,666,694 1.22% -0.26%
2036 13,391 138,311,757 1.21% -0.26%
2037 13,541 137,968,177 1.12% -0.25%
2038 13,697 137,643,032 1.16% -0.24%
2039 13,857 137,336,299 1.17% -0.22%
2040 14,041 137,053,347 1.33% -0.21%
2041 14,220 136,795,588 1.27% -0.19%
2042 14,402 136,558,692 1.28% -0.17%
2043 14,579 136,335,849 1.23% -0.16%
2044 14,754 136,124,845 1.2% -0.15%
2045 14,920 135,933,758 1.13% -0.14%
2046 15,098 135,756,848 1.19% -0.13%
2047 15,268 135,574,181 1.12% -0.13%
2048 15,431 135,372,557 1.07% -0.15%
2049 15,595 135,156,911 1.06% -0.16%
2050 15,751 134,923,391 1% -0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.

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