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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Vanuatu	Nauru	Vanuatu
1960	4,607	64,431	-	-
1961	4,774	66,264	3.62%	2.84%
1962	4,979	68,174	4.29%	2.88%
1963	5,226	70,159	4.96%	2.91%
1964	5,515	72,219	5.53%	2.94%
1965	5,832	74,358	5.75%	2.96%
1966	6,043	76,590	3.62%	3%
1967	6,135	78,921	1.52%	3.04%
1968	6,328	81,314	3.15%	3.03%
1969	6,581	83,755	4%	3%
1970	6,710	86,266	1.96%	3%
1971	6,762	88,862	0.77%	3.01%
1972	6,812	91,562	0.74%	3.04%
1973	6,866	94,362	0.79%	3.06%
1974	6,923	97,260	0.83%	3.07%
1975	6,987	100,269	0.92%	3.09%
1976	7,064	103,388	1.1%	3.11%
1977	7,163	106,618	1.4%	3.12%
1978	7,298	109,963	1.88%	3.14%
1979	7,468	113,040	2.33%	2.8%
1980	7,649	115,660	2.42%	2.32%
1981	7,839	118,249	2.48%	2.24%
1982	8,040	121,035	2.56%	2.36%
1983	8,216	123,998	2.19%	2.45%
1984	8,377	127,109	1.96%	2.51%
1985	8,551	130,356	2.08%	2.55%
1986	8,742	133,720	2.23%	2.58%
1987	8,946	137,187	2.33%	2.59%
1988	9,165	140,756	2.45%	2.6%
1989	9,390	144,393	2.45%	2.58%
1990	9,622	148,063	2.47%	2.54%
1991	9,850	151,793	2.37%	2.52%
1992	10,021	155,608	1.74%	2.51%
1993	10,102	159,463	0.81%	2.48%
1994	10,137	163,314	0.35%	2.41%
1995	10,165	167,137	0.28%	2.34%
1996	10,183	170,911	0.18%	2.26%
1997	10,197	174,626	0.14%	2.17%
1998	10,198	178,313	0.01%	2.11%
1999	10,187	182,048	-0.11%	2.09%
2000	10,168	186,281	-0.19%	2.33%
2001	10,130	191,031	-0.37%	2.55%
2002	10,082	195,863	-0.47%	2.53%
2003	10,059	200,746	-0.23%	2.49%
2004	10,060	205,711	0.01%	2.47%
2005	10,049	210,760	-0.11%	2.45%
2006	10,034	215,923	-0.15%	2.45%
2007	10,020	221,276	-0.14%	2.48%
2008	10,009	226,896	-0.11%	2.54%
2009	10,016	232,731	0.07%	2.57%
2010	10,043	238,248	0.27%	2.37%
2011	10,098	243,474	0.55%	2.19%
2012	10,267	248,883	1.67%	2.22%
2013	10,517	254,482	2.43%	2.25%
2014	10,742	260,240	2.14%	2.26%
2015	10,954	266,101	1.97%	2.25%
2016	11,150	272,087	1.79%	2.25%
2017	11,324	278,507	1.56%	2.36%
2018	11,477	285,259	1.35%	2.42%
2019	11,587	291,985	0.96%	2.36%
2020	11,643	298,858	0.48%	2.35%
2021	11,709	305,868	0.57%	2.35%
2022	11,801	313,046	0.79%	2.35%
2023	11,875	320,409	0.63%	2.35%
2024	11,947	327,777	0.61%	2.3%
2025	12,030	335,169	0.7%	2.26%
2026	12,103	342,565	0.61%	2.21%
2027	12,196	349,970	0.77%	2.16%
2028	12,296	357,397	0.82%	2.12%
2029	12,403	364,883	0.87%	2.09%
2030	12,519	372,429	0.94%	2.07%
2031	12,645	380,015	1%	2.04%
2032	12,785	387,657	1.11%	2.01%
2033	12,921	395,366	1.06%	1.99%
2034	13,071	403,188	1.16%	1.98%
2035	13,230	411,061	1.22%	1.95%
2036	13,391	419,006	1.21%	1.93%
2037	13,541	427,031	1.12%	1.92%
2038	13,697	435,150	1.16%	1.9%
2039	13,857	443,311	1.17%	1.88%
2040	14,041	451,509	1.33%	1.85%
2041	14,220	459,733	1.27%	1.82%
2042	14,402	468,003	1.28%	1.8%
2043	14,579	476,308	1.23%	1.77%
2044	14,754	484,636	1.2%	1.75%
2045	14,920	492,989	1.13%	1.72%
2046	15,098	501,316	1.19%	1.69%
2047	15,268	509,621	1.12%	1.66%
2048	15,431	517,889	1.07%	1.62%
2049	15,595	526,138	1.06%	1.59%
2050	15,751	534,374	1%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.