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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Taiwan	Nauru	Taiwan
1960	4,607	-	-	-
1961	4,774	11,030,385	3.62%	-
1962	4,979	11,392,513	4.29%	3.28%
1963	5,226	11,762,101	4.96%	3.24%
1964	5,515	12,137,143	5.53%	3.19%
1965	5,832	12,511,863	5.75%	3.09%
1966	6,043	12,874,153	3.62%	2.9%
1967	6,135	13,210,344	1.52%	2.61%
1968	6,328	13,548,537	3.15%	2.56%
1969	6,581	14,068,984	4%	3.84%
1970	6,710	14,582,944	1.96%	3.65%
1971	6,762	14,913,564	0.77%	2.27%
1972	6,812	15,220,495	0.74%	2.06%
1973	6,866	15,505,121	0.79%	1.87%
1974	6,923	15,784,817	0.83%	1.8%
1975	6,987	16,075,128	0.92%	1.84%
1976	7,064	16,401,413	1.1%	2.03%
1977	7,163	16,730,895	1.4%	2.01%
1978	7,298	17,042,272	1.88%	1.86%
1979	7,468	17,372,779	2.33%	1.94%
1980	7,649	17,704,538	2.42%	1.91%
1981	7,839	18,029,982	2.48%	1.84%
1982	8,040	18,354,855	2.56%	1.8%
1983	8,216	18,653,146	2.19%	1.63%
1984	8,377	18,929,866	1.96%	1.48%
1985	8,551	19,191,510	2.08%	1.38%
1986	8,742	19,411,454	2.23%	1.15%
1987	8,946	19,617,046	2.33%	1.06%
1988	9,165	19,839,704	2.45%	1.14%
1989	9,390	20,055,492	2.45%	1.09%
1990	9,622	20,278,946	2.47%	1.11%
1991	9,850	20,503,568	2.37%	1.11%
1992	10,021	20,704,227	1.74%	0.98%
1993	10,102	20,899,019	0.81%	0.94%
1994	10,137	21,086,645	0.35%	0.9%
1995	10,165	21,267,653	0.28%	0.86%
1996	10,183	21,441,432	0.18%	0.82%
1997	10,197	21,634,124	0.14%	0.9%
1998	10,198	21,835,703	0.01%	0.93%
1999	10,187	22,010,489	-0.11%	0.8%
2000	10,168	22,184,530	-0.19%	0.79%
2001	10,130	22,341,120	-0.37%	0.71%
2002	10,082	22,463,172	-0.47%	0.55%
2003	10,059	22,562,663	-0.23%	0.44%
2004	10,060	22,646,836	0.01%	0.37%
2005	10,049	22,729,753	-0.11%	0.37%
2006	10,034	22,823,455	-0.15%	0.41%
2007	10,020	22,917,444	-0.14%	0.41%
2008	10,009	22,997,696	-0.11%	0.35%
2009	10,016	23,078,402	0.07%	0.35%
2010	10,043	23,140,948	0.27%	0.27%
2011	10,098	23,193,518	0.55%	0.23%
2012	10,267	23,270,367	1.67%	0.33%
2013	10,517	23,344,670	2.43%	0.32%
2014	10,742	23,403,635	2.14%	0.25%
2015	10,954	23,462,914	1.97%	0.25%
2016	11,150	23,515,945	1.79%	0.23%
2017	11,324	23,555,522	1.56%	0.17%
2018	11,477	23,580,080	1.35%	0.1%
2019	11,587	23,596,027	0.96%	0.07%
2020	11,643	23,582,179	0.48%	-0.06%
2021	11,709	23,468,275	0.57%	-0.48%
2022	11,801	23,319,977	0.79%	-0.63%
2023	11,875	23,342,541	0.63%	0.1%
2024	11,947	23,410,331	0.61%	0.29%
2025	12,030	23,308,308	0.7%	-0.44%
2026	12,103	23,205,944	0.61%	-0.44%
2027	12,196	23,102,120	0.77%	-0.45%
2028	12,296	22,996,693	0.82%	-0.46%
2029	12,403	22,890,335	0.87%	-0.46%
2030	12,519	22,781,040	0.94%	-0.48%
2031	12,645	22,667,327	1%	-0.5%
2032	12,785	22,549,689	1.11%	-0.52%
2033	12,921	22,428,721	1.06%	-0.54%
2034	13,071	22,302,402	1.16%	-0.56%
2035	13,230	22,170,689	1.22%	-0.59%
2036	13,391	22,034,775	1.21%	-0.61%
2037	13,541	21,893,029	1.12%	-0.64%
2038	13,697	21,746,001	1.16%	-0.67%
2039	13,857	21,594,236	1.17%	-0.7%
2040	14,041	21,436,947	1.33%	-0.73%
2041	14,220	21,274,187	1.27%	-0.76%
2042	14,402	21,105,682	1.28%	-0.79%
2043	14,579	20,932,105	1.23%	-0.82%
2044	14,754	20,754,623	1.2%	-0.85%
2045	14,920	20,571,741	1.13%	-0.88%
2046	15,098	20,384,903	1.19%	-0.91%
2047	15,268	20,194,425	1.12%	-0.93%
2048	15,431	19,999,753	1.07%	-0.96%
2049	15,595	19,801,293	1.06%	-0.99%
2050	15,751	19,598,997	1%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.