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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Zambia	Nauru	Zambia
1960	4,607	3,153,729	-	-
1961	4,774	3,254,086	3.62%	3.18%
1962	4,979	3,358,099	4.29%	3.2%
1963	5,226	3,465,907	4.96%	3.21%
1964	5,515	3,577,017	5.53%	3.21%
1965	5,832	3,692,086	5.75%	3.22%
1966	6,043	3,812,003	3.62%	3.25%
1967	6,135	3,936,343	1.52%	3.26%
1968	6,328	4,065,593	3.15%	3.28%
1969	6,581	4,197,116	4%	3.24%
1970	6,710	4,321,718	1.96%	2.97%
1971	6,762	4,442,525	0.77%	2.8%
1972	6,812	4,569,309	0.74%	2.85%
1973	6,866	4,702,693	0.79%	2.92%
1974	6,923	4,842,746	0.83%	2.98%
1975	6,987	4,990,086	0.92%	3.04%
1976	7,064	5,143,842	1.1%	3.08%
1977	7,163	5,302,480	1.4%	3.08%
1978	7,298	5,465,374	1.88%	3.07%
1979	7,468	5,631,728	2.33%	3.04%
1980	7,649	5,802,833	2.42%	3.04%
1981	7,839	5,983,289	2.48%	3.11%
1982	8,040	6,178,637	2.56%	3.26%
1983	8,216	6,381,038	2.19%	3.28%
1984	8,377	6,580,490	1.96%	3.13%
1985	8,551	6,780,953	2.08%	3.05%
1986	8,742	6,986,471	2.23%	3.03%
1987	8,946	7,191,282	2.33%	2.93%
1988	9,165	7,391,440	2.45%	2.78%
1989	9,390	7,589,216	2.45%	2.68%
1990	9,622	7,786,169	2.47%	2.6%
1991	9,850	7,981,650	2.37%	2.51%
1992	10,021	8,176,680	1.74%	2.44%
1993	10,102	8,373,921	0.81%	2.41%
1994	10,137	8,576,269	0.35%	2.42%
1995	10,165	8,785,763	0.28%	2.44%
1996	10,183	9,004,053	0.18%	2.48%
1997	10,197	9,237,063	0.14%	2.59%
1998	10,198	9,482,408	0.01%	2.66%
1999	10,187	9,740,005	-0.11%	2.72%
2000	10,168	10,017,631	-0.19%	2.85%
2001	10,130	10,325,185	-0.37%	3.07%
2002	10,082	10,647,949	-0.47%	3.13%
2003	10,059	10,983,595	-0.23%	3.15%
2004	10,060	11,338,198	0.01%	3.23%
2005	10,049	11,718,819	-0.11%	3.36%
2006	10,034	12,129,553	-0.15%	3.5%
2007	10,020	12,565,085	-0.14%	3.59%
2008	10,009	13,021,324	-0.11%	3.63%
2009	10,016	13,490,389	0.07%	3.6%
2010	10,043	13,965,594	0.27%	3.52%
2011	10,098	14,437,796	0.55%	3.38%
2012	10,267	14,913,629	1.67%	3.3%
2013	10,517	15,398,997	2.43%	3.25%
2014	10,742	15,895,315	2.14%	3.22%
2015	10,954	16,399,089	1.97%	3.17%
2016	11,150	16,914,423	1.79%	3.14%
2017	11,324	17,441,320	1.56%	3.12%
2018	11,477	17,973,569	1.35%	3.05%
2019	11,587	18,513,839	0.96%	3.01%
2020	11,643	19,059,395	0.48%	2.95%
2021	11,709	19,603,607	0.57%	2.86%
2022	11,801	20,152,938	0.79%	2.8%
2023	11,875	20,723,965	0.63%	2.83%
2024	11,947	21,314,956	0.61%	2.85%
2025	12,030	21,913,869	0.7%	2.81%
2026	12,103	22,521,905	0.61%	2.77%
2027	12,196	23,138,716	0.77%	2.74%
2028	12,296	23,761,368	0.82%	2.69%
2029	12,403	24,389,681	0.87%	2.64%
2030	12,519	25,024,887	0.94%	2.6%
2031	12,645	25,666,496	1%	2.56%
2032	12,785	26,311,946	1.11%	2.51%
2033	12,921	26,960,073	1.06%	2.46%
2034	13,071	27,611,621	1.16%	2.42%
2035	13,230	28,266,887	1.22%	2.37%
2036	13,391	28,925,103	1.21%	2.33%
2037	13,541	29,583,482	1.12%	2.28%
2038	13,697	30,240,549	1.16%	2.22%
2039	13,857	30,895,586	1.17%	2.17%
2040	14,041	31,550,394	1.33%	2.12%
2041	14,220	32,204,340	1.27%	2.07%
2042	14,402	32,856,596	1.28%	2.03%
2043	14,579	33,510,500	1.23%	1.99%
2044	14,754	34,165,920	1.2%	1.96%
2045	14,920	34,821,101	1.13%	1.92%
2046	15,098	35,475,795	1.19%	1.88%
2047	15,268	36,129,270	1.12%	1.84%
2048	15,431	36,782,260	1.07%	1.81%
2049	15,595	37,434,667	1.06%	1.77%
2050	15,751	38,083,369	1%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.