Editing Demographics of Nauru (section)

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population of Nauru
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|footnote    = <sup>1</sup> Estimate
|source      = The Centre for Independent Studies,<ref>{{Harvnb|Hughes|2004|p=2}}</ref> Nauru Bureau of Statistics<ref name="nbs11-7">{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=7}}</ref>
|1886 |1294
|1921 |2066
|1933 |2641
|1947 |2855
|1954 |3473
|1961 |4613
|1966 |6057
|1977 |6966
|1983 |7674
|1992 |9919
|2002 |10065
|2006 |9233
|2011 |10084
|2013<sup>1</sup>|10293
|2021|11,680}}

With a population of under twelve thousand in 2021, Nauru [[List of countries by population|ranks around 193rd in the world by population]].<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://www.spc.int/prism/nauru/ |title=Nauru Stats at a Glance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731074147/http://www.spc.int/prism/nauru/ |archive-date=31 July 2014 |publisher=Nauru Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its population density is {{convert|478|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants|}}. The overall [[List of countries by life expectancy|life expectancy]] in Nauru at birth is 59.7 years. The [[total fertility rate]] of 3.70 children per mother is one of the [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate|highest in the Oceania]]. The United Nations projects the population will stay around 10,000 in the 2020s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm |title=Population |work=World Population Prospectus |publisher=United Nations |year=2012 |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821062620/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Nauru Bureau of Statistics estimates the population will increase to 20,000 in 2038.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=164}}</ref>

In Nauru's history, there have been six major demographics changes. The island was first inhabited by Micronesian people roughly 3,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite report | url=http://www.unccd.int/cop/reports/asia/national/2002/nauru-eng.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722013720/http://www.unccd.int/cop/reports/asia/national/2002/nauru-eng.pdf | archive-date=22 July 2011 | title=First National Report to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): Nauru | publisher=United Nations | year=2003 | access-date=29 June 2014 | page=11}}</ref> The first European to find the island was [[John Fearn (whaler)|John Fearn]] in 1798. In 1888, the country was annexed by Germany. The next demographic change came when [[Japanese occupation of Nauru|Japanese occupied the island]] during [[World War II]] in the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shenon |first=Philip |date=10 December 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/world/a-pacific-island-nation-is-stripped-of-everything.html |title=A Pacific Island Nation is Stripped of Everything |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810081037/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/10/world/a-pacific-island-nation-is-stripped-of-everything.html |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During this time, the Japanese deported several thousands of Nauruans to other islands.<ref>{{Cite journal | last=Bogart | first=Charles | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012031555/http://cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CDSGNnov08.pdf | archive-date=12 October 2013 | url=http://cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CDSGNnov08.pdf | title=Death Off Nauru | journal=The CDS Newsletter | publisher=The Coast Defense Study Group | year=2008 | access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref> The next major demographic change was in the 1960s; the country gained independence, and the percentage of Nauruans started to increase.<ref>{{Cite journal | last=Davidson | first=JW | year=2008 | title=The Republic of Nauru | journal=[[The Journal of Pacific History]] | pages=145–150 | volume=3 | issue=1 | doi=10.1080/00223346808572131}}</ref> The last major demographic change was in 2006 when the Government of Nauru repatriated almost all of the remaining [[Tuvaluan people|Tuvaluan]] and [[I-Kiribati]] workers, following large scale reduction from the [[Nauru Phosphate Corporation|Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation]] (RONPhos) and government workers.<ref>{{Cite report | author=Asian Development Bank | url=http://www.adb.org/Documents/CERs/NAU/CER-NAU-2007.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607064452/http://www.adb.org/Documents/CERs/NAU/CER-NAU-2007.pdf | archive-date=7 June 2011 | title=Country Economic Report: Nauru | publisher=[[Asian Development Bank]] | access-date=29 June 2014 | year=2007 | pages=2–3}}</ref> The census of 2006 stated 9,233 people were in Nauru: down 2.13% per year from the previous census of 2002.<ref name="nbs11-7" />

From 2002 to 2011, there has been negative net migration, with an annual 109 net emigrants from 2006 to 2011.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=50}}</ref> In 2009 there were 1,820 arrivals and 1,736 departures, for a positive rate of 84 immigrants. This was the first time since collecting data in 2002, there was a positive rate.<ref name="stats"/> Data on arrivals and departures collected by the Nauruan Customs and Immigration Office is not available, so specific immigration data is unavailable.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=48}}</ref> As of the 2011 census, 57% of the population over 15 years old were legally or ''de facto'' married, 35% were never married, while 7% were either widowed, separated, or divorced.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nauru Bureau of Statistics|2011|p=52}}</ref> There are 1,647 households in Nauru, making an average household size of 6.0 persons per household.<ref name="2011cen">{{cite web | url=http://www.spc.int/prism/nauru/index.php/population-censuses | title=Population Census of 2011 | publisher=[[Nauru Bureau of Statistics]] | access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>

Nauru is one of the most Westernized regions of the South Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nauru|title=Nauru {{!}} Land, People, Culture, Economy, Society, & History|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}</ref>

===Structure of the population===

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! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 5 547
| align="right" | 5 467 
| align="right" | 11 014
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 839
| align="right" | 806
| align="right" | 1 645
| align="right" | 14.94
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 854 
| align="right" | 725
| align="right" | 1 579
| align="right" | 14.34
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 562
| align="right" | 579
| align="right" | 1 142
| align="right" | 10.37
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 525
| align="right" | 488
| align="right" | 1 012
| align="right" | 9.19
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 434
| align="right" | 402
| align="right" | 836
| align="right" | 7.59
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 461
| align="right" | 468
| align="right" | 930
| align="right" | 8.44
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 444
| align="right" | 457
| align="right" | 900
| align="right" | 8.17
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 377
| align="right" | 346
| align="right" | 723
| align="right" | 6.56
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 277
| align="right" | 285
| align="right" | 562
| align="right" | 5.10
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 220 
| align="right" | 223
| align="right" | 443
| align="right" | 4.02
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 212
| align="right" | 240
| align="right" | 452
| align="right" | 4.10
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 152
| align="right" | 190
| align="right" | 343 
| align="right" | 3.11
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 110
| align="right" | 131
| align="right" | 242
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 50
| align="right" | 77
| align="right" | 127
| align="right" | 1.15
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 15
| align="right" | 25
| align="right" | 40
| align="right" | 0.36
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 15
| align="right" | 24
| align="right" | 39
| align="right" | 0.35
|-
| align="right" | 80+
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| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 2 255
| align="right" | 2 110
| align="right" | 4 365
| align="right" | 39.63
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3 212
| align="right" | 3 231
| align="right" | 6 443
| align="right" | 58.50
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 80
| align="right" | 126
| align="right" | 206
| align="right" | 1.87
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