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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Zimbabwe	Nauru	Zimbabwe
1960	4,607	3,809,389	-	-
1961	4,774	3,930,401	3.62%	3.18%
1962	4,979	4,055,959	4.29%	3.19%
1963	5,226	4,185,877	4.96%	3.2%
1964	5,515	4,320,006	5.53%	3.2%
1965	5,832	4,458,462	5.75%	3.2%
1966	6,043	4,601,217	3.62%	3.2%
1967	6,135	4,748,307	1.52%	3.2%
1968	6,328	4,900,440	3.15%	3.2%
1969	6,581	5,058,181	4%	3.22%
1970	6,710	5,215,918	1.96%	3.12%
1971	6,762	5,374,712	0.77%	3.04%
1972	6,812	5,542,445	0.74%	3.12%
1973	6,866	5,720,404	0.79%	3.21%
1974	6,923	5,908,328	0.83%	3.29%
1975	6,987	6,098,658	0.92%	3.22%
1976	7,064	6,287,105	1.1%	3.09%
1977	7,163	6,449,512	1.4%	2.58%
1978	7,298	6,543,575	1.88%	1.46%
1979	7,468	6,647,556	2.33%	1.59%
1980	7,649	7,041,303	2.42%	5.92%
1981	7,839	7,498,635	2.48%	6.49%
1982	8,040	7,796,496	2.56%	3.97%
1983	8,216	8,098,404	2.19%	3.87%
1984	8,377	8,391,488	1.96%	3.62%
1985	8,551	8,686,813	2.08%	3.52%
1986	8,742	8,982,578	2.23%	3.4%
1987	8,946	9,284,644	2.33%	3.36%
1988	9,165	9,583,094	2.45%	3.21%
1989	9,390	9,864,798	2.45%	2.94%
1990	9,622	10,137,281	2.47%	2.76%
1991	9,850	10,404,816	2.37%	2.64%
1992	10,021	10,702,700	1.74%	2.86%
1993	10,102	10,860,288	0.81%	1.47%
1994	10,137	10,873,148	0.35%	0.12%
1995	10,165	10,974,599	0.28%	0.93%
1996	10,183	11,158,360	0.18%	1.67%
1997	10,197	11,369,827	0.14%	1.9%
1998	10,198	11,594,297	0.01%	1.97%
1999	10,187	11,783,458	-0.11%	1.63%
2000	10,168	11,892,055	-0.19%	0.92%
2001	10,130	11,971,901	-0.37%	0.67%
2002	10,082	12,087,653	-0.47%	0.97%
2003	10,059	12,232,323	-0.23%	1.2%
2004	10,060	12,365,896	0.01%	1.09%
2005	10,049	12,483,432	-0.11%	0.95%
2006	10,034	12,636,445	-0.15%	1.23%
2007	10,020	12,804,058	-0.14%	1.33%
2008	10,009	12,959,149	-0.11%	1.21%
2009	10,016	13,142,790	0.07%	1.42%
2010	10,043	13,356,548	0.27%	1.63%
2011	10,098	13,595,424	0.55%	1.79%
2012	10,267	13,817,887	1.67%	1.64%
2013	10,517	14,013,808	2.43%	1.42%
2014	10,742	14,207,359	2.14%	1.38%
2015	10,954	14,399,013	1.97%	1.35%
2016	11,150	14,600,294	1.79%	1.4%
2017	11,324	14,812,482	1.56%	1.45%
2018	11,477	15,034,452	1.35%	1.5%
2019	11,587	15,271,368	0.96%	1.58%
2020	11,643	15,526,888	0.48%	1.67%
2021	11,709	15,797,210	0.57%	1.74%
2022	11,801	16,069,056	0.79%	1.72%
2023	11,875	16,340,822	0.63%	1.69%
2024	11,947	16,634,373	0.61%	1.8%
2025	12,030	16,950,805	0.7%	1.9%
2026	12,103	17,273,591	0.61%	1.9%
2027	12,196	17,600,621	0.77%	1.89%
2028	12,296	17,932,015	0.82%	1.88%
2029	12,403	18,268,967	0.87%	1.88%
2030	12,519	18,610,356	0.94%	1.87%
2031	12,645	18,956,207	1%	1.86%
2032	12,785	19,311,368	1.11%	1.87%
2033	12,921	19,675,929	1.06%	1.89%
2034	13,071	20,041,125	1.16%	1.86%
2035	13,230	20,409,159	1.22%	1.84%
2036	13,391	20,778,662	1.21%	1.81%
2037	13,541	21,144,748	1.12%	1.76%
2038	13,697	21,512,919	1.16%	1.74%
2039	13,857	21,881,123	1.17%	1.71%
2040	14,041	22,250,123	1.33%	1.69%
2041	14,220	22,627,428	1.27%	1.7%
2042	14,402	23,000,906	1.28%	1.65%
2043	14,579	23,371,301	1.23%	1.61%
2044	14,754	23,740,630	1.2%	1.58%
2045	14,920	24,102,391	1.13%	1.52%
2046	15,098	24,462,491	1.19%	1.49%
2047	15,268	24,816,449	1.12%	1.45%
2048	15,431	25,168,419	1.07%	1.42%
2049	15,595	25,518,513	1.06%	1.39%
2050	15,751	25,866,397	1%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.