Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Yaren
- Region
- Oceania, Micronesia
- Population
- 12,025 (2025)
- Area
- 21 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Languages
- Nauru, English
- Calling code
- +674
- Internet domain
- .nr
- ISO codes
- NR, NRU, 520
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- NRU68 (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Nauru covers about 21 square kilometres. By area it ranks 244th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Tuvalu and a little larger than Saint Barthélemy. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 1° south, 167° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 12,025 people live in Nauru (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 229th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 573 people to each square kilometre. About 100 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 62 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Nauru, English. A person from Nauru is called Nauruan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Kiribati, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 176 million (2025), which is about US$ 14,640 for each person (2025).
Time
Nauru uses one time zone, UTC+12:00 (Pacific/Nauru). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Yaren | 1,100 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Micronesia
Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.