Population in Nauru compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nauru and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	United States	Nauru	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	4,607	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	4,774	183,691,481	3.62%	1.67%
1962	4,979	186,537,737	4.29%	1.55%
1963	5,226	189,241,798	4.96%	1.45%
1964	5,515	191,888,791	5.53%	1.4%
1965	5,832	194,302,963	5.75%	1.26%
1966	6,043	196,560,338	3.62%	1.16%
1967	6,135	198,712,056	1.52%	1.09%
1968	6,328	200,706,052	3.15%	1%
1969	6,581	202,676,946	4%	0.98%
1970	6,710	205,052,174	1.96%	1.17%
1971	6,762	207,660,677	0.77%	1.27%
1972	6,812	209,896,021	0.74%	1.08%
1973	6,866	211,908,788	0.79%	0.96%
1974	6,923	213,853,928	0.83%	0.92%
1975	6,987	215,973,199	0.92%	0.99%
1976	7,064	218,035,164	1.1%	0.95%
1977	7,163	220,239,425	1.4%	1.01%
1978	7,298	222,584,545	1.88%	1.06%
1979	7,468	225,055,487	2.33%	1.11%
1980	7,649	226,542,250	2.42%	0.66%
1981	7,839	229,465,744	2.48%	1.29%
1982	8,040	231,664,432	2.56%	0.96%
1983	8,216	233,792,014	2.19%	0.92%
1984	8,377	235,824,908	1.96%	0.87%
1985	8,551	237,923,734	2.08%	0.89%
1986	8,742	240,132,831	2.23%	0.93%
1987	8,946	242,288,936	2.33%	0.9%
1988	9,165	244,499,004	2.45%	0.91%
1989	9,390	246,819,222	2.45%	0.95%
1990	9,622	250,131,894	2.47%	1.34%
1991	9,850	253,492,503	2.37%	1.34%
1992	10,021	256,894,189	1.74%	1.34%
1993	10,102	260,255,352	0.81%	1.31%
1994	10,137	263,435,673	0.35%	1.22%
1995	10,165	266,557,091	0.28%	1.18%
1996	10,183	269,667,391	0.18%	1.17%
1997	10,197	272,911,760	0.14%	1.2%
1998	10,198	276,115,288	0.01%	1.17%
1999	10,187	279,294,713	-0.11%	1.15%
2000	10,168	282,162,411	-0.19%	1.03%
2001	10,130	284,968,955	-0.37%	0.99%
2002	10,082	287,625,193	-0.47%	0.93%
2003	10,059	290,107,933	-0.23%	0.86%
2004	10,060	292,805,298	0.01%	0.93%
2005	10,049	295,516,599	-0.11%	0.93%
2006	10,034	298,379,912	-0.15%	0.97%
2007	10,020	301,231,207	-0.14%	0.96%
2008	10,009	304,093,966	-0.11%	0.95%
2009	10,016	306,771,529	0.07%	0.88%
2010	10,043	309,327,143	0.27%	0.83%
2011	10,098	311,583,481	0.55%	0.73%
2012	10,267	313,877,662	1.67%	0.74%
2013	10,517	316,059,947	2.43%	0.7%
2014	10,742	318,386,329	2.14%	0.74%
2015	10,954	320,738,994	1.97%	0.74%
2016	11,150	323,071,755	1.79%	0.73%
2017	11,324	325,122,128	1.56%	0.63%
2018	11,477	326,838,199	1.35%	0.53%
2019	11,587	328,329,953	0.96%	0.46%
2020	11,643	331,526,933	0.48%	0.97%
2021	11,709	331,893,745	0.57%	0.11%
2022	11,801	333,271,411	0.79%	0.42%
2023	11,875	334,914,895	0.63%	0.49%
2024	11,947	340,110,988	0.61%	1.55%
2025	12,030	341,931,772	0.7%	0.54%
2026	12,103	343,664,369	0.61%	0.51%
2027	12,196	345,331,185	0.77%	0.49%
2028	12,296	346,981,137	0.82%	0.48%
2029	12,403	348,601,982	0.87%	0.47%
2030	12,519	350,176,974	0.94%	0.45%
2031	12,645	351,725,612	1%	0.44%
2032	12,785	353,249,060	1.11%	0.43%
2033	12,921	354,749,644	1.06%	0.42%
2034	13,071	356,234,239	1.16%	0.42%
2035	13,230	357,694,316	1.22%	0.41%
2036	13,391	359,119,002	1.21%	0.4%
2037	13,541	360,517,853	1.12%	0.39%
2038	13,697	361,895,407	1.16%	0.38%
2039	13,857	363,229,908	1.17%	0.37%
2040	14,041	364,512,364	1.33%	0.35%
2041	14,220	365,753,139	1.27%	0.34%
2042	14,402	366,969,419	1.28%	0.33%
2043	14,579	368,146,925	1.23%	0.32%
2044	14,754	369,258,123	1.2%	0.3%
2045	14,920	370,318,770	1.13%	0.29%
2046	15,098	371,328,255	1.19%	0.27%
2047	15,268	372,299,116	1.12%	0.26%
2048	15,431	373,230,539	1.07%	0.25%
2049	15,595	374,119,803	1.06%	0.24%
2050	15,751	374,986,259	1%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nauru increased by 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nauru gained 954 (a 8.56% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Nauru was ranked 196th most populous country in 2006 and is 195th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Nauru's population will grow by 30.1% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.