Population in Nauru compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nauru and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Saint Lucia	Nauru	Saint Lucia
1960	4,607	92,585	-	-
1961	4,774	93,490	3.62%	0.98%
1962	4,979	94,505	4.29%	1.09%
1963	5,226	95,519	4.96%	1.07%
1964	5,515	96,505	5.53%	1.03%
1965	5,832	97,493	5.75%	1.02%
1966	6,043	98,463	3.62%	0.99%
1967	6,135	99,504	1.52%	1.06%
1968	6,328	100,675	3.15%	1.18%
1969	6,581	101,879	4%	1.2%
1970	6,710	103,165	1.96%	1.26%
1971	6,762	104,564	0.77%	1.36%
1972	6,812	106,002	0.74%	1.38%
1973	6,866	107,498	0.79%	1.41%
1974	6,923	109,076	0.83%	1.47%
1975	6,987	110,725	0.92%	1.51%
1976	7,064	112,425	1.1%	1.54%
1977	7,163	114,135	1.4%	1.52%
1978	7,298	115,834	1.88%	1.49%
1979	7,468	117,528	2.33%	1.46%
1980	7,649	119,290	2.42%	1.5%
1981	7,839	121,166	2.48%	1.57%
1982	8,040	123,087	2.56%	1.59%
1983	8,216	125,044	2.19%	1.59%
1984	8,377	127,067	1.96%	1.62%
1985	8,551	129,159	2.08%	1.65%
1986	8,742	131,239	2.23%	1.61%
1987	8,946	133,227	2.33%	1.51%
1988	9,165	135,000	2.45%	1.33%
1989	9,390	136,512	2.45%	1.12%
1990	9,622	137,857	2.47%	0.99%
1991	9,850	139,520	2.37%	1.21%
1992	10,021	141,617	1.74%	1.5%
1993	10,102	143,726	0.81%	1.49%
1994	10,137	145,890	0.35%	1.51%
1995	10,165	148,208	0.28%	1.59%
1996	10,183	150,436	0.18%	1.5%
1997	10,197	152,569	0.14%	1.42%
1998	10,198	154,677	0.01%	1.38%
1999	10,187	156,702	-0.11%	1.31%
2000	10,168	158,616	-0.19%	1.22%
2001	10,130	160,237	-0.37%	1.02%
2002	10,082	161,641	-0.47%	0.88%
2003	10,059	162,976	-0.23%	0.83%
2004	10,060	164,239	0.01%	0.77%
2005	10,049	165,450	-0.11%	0.74%
2006	10,034	166,639	-0.15%	0.72%
2007	10,020	167,758	-0.14%	0.67%
2008	10,009	168,808	-0.11%	0.63%
2009	10,016	169,869	0.07%	0.63%
2010	10,043	170,906	0.27%	0.61%
2011	10,098	171,801	0.55%	0.52%
2012	10,267	172,587	1.67%	0.46%
2013	10,517	173,369	2.43%	0.45%
2014	10,742	174,138	2.14%	0.44%
2015	10,954	174,905	1.97%	0.44%
2016	11,150	175,646	1.79%	0.42%
2017	11,324	176,342	1.56%	0.4%
2018	11,477	177,017	1.35%	0.38%
2019	11,587	177,661	0.96%	0.36%
2020	11,643	178,250	0.48%	0.33%
2021	11,709	178,522	0.57%	0.15%
2022	11,801	178,781	0.79%	0.15%
2023	11,875	179,285	0.63%	0.28%
2024	11,947	179,744	0.61%	0.26%
2025	12,030	180,148	0.7%	0.23%
2026	12,103	180,489	0.61%	0.19%
2027	12,196	180,771	0.77%	0.16%
2028	12,296	181,003	0.82%	0.13%
2029	12,403	181,198	0.87%	0.11%
2030	12,519	181,360	0.94%	0.09%
2031	12,645	181,463	1%	0.06%
2032	12,785	181,495	1.11%	0.02%
2033	12,921	181,458	1.06%	-0.02%
2034	13,071	181,354	1.16%	-0.06%
2035	13,230	181,177	1.22%	-0.1%
2036	13,391	180,948	1.21%	-0.13%
2037	13,541	180,636	1.12%	-0.17%
2038	13,697	180,230	1.16%	-0.22%
2039	13,857	179,781	1.17%	-0.25%
2040	14,041	179,296	1.33%	-0.27%
2041	14,220	178,760	1.27%	-0.3%
2042	14,402	178,187	1.28%	-0.32%
2043	14,579	177,593	1.23%	-0.33%
2044	14,754	176,937	1.2%	-0.37%
2045	14,920	176,243	1.13%	-0.39%
2046	15,098	175,520	1.19%	-0.41%
2047	15,268	174,726	1.12%	-0.45%
2048	15,431	173,877	1.07%	-0.49%
2049	15,595	172,991	1.06%	-0.51%
2050	15,751	172,081	1%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.