Nauru: People & Society#
Population | 9,591 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Nauruan(s) adjective: Nauruan |
Ethnic groups | Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8% |
Languages | Nauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes), other 5% (includes I-Kiribati 2% and Chinese 2%) note: percentages represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12% (2011 est.) |
Religions | Protestant 60.4% (includes Nauru Congregational 35.7%, Assembly of God 13%, Nauru Independent Church 9.5%, Baptist 1.5%, and Seventh Day Adventist 0.7%), Roman Catholic 33%, other 3.7%, none 1.8%, unspecified 1.1% (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 31.93% (male 1,336/female 1,726) 15-24 years: 16.09% (male 779/female 764) 25-54 years: 43.33% (male 2,085/female 2,071) 55-64 years: 6.29% (male 236/female 367) 65 years and over: 2.37% (male 89/female 138) (2016 est.) |
Median age | total: 26.1 years male: 26.5 years female: 25.5 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.52% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 24.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -13.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.19% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 0.83 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.77 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.64 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 22.1 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 67.1 years male: 63 years female: 70.5 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.84 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 35.6% (2007) |
Health expenditures | 3.3% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
Hospital bed density | 5 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 96.5% of population total: 96.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3.5% of population total: 3.5% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 65.6% of population total: 65.6% of population unimproved: urban: 34.4% of population total: 34.4% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 45.1% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.8% (2007) |
Education expenditures | NA |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 10 years (2008) |