Editing Demographics of Nauru (section)

== Religions ==
{{Main|Religion in Nauru}}

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|title=Religion in Nauru, 2011<ref name="CIANAURU">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nauru/|title=   Australia-Oceania :: NAURU|date= 10 April 2023|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Nauru Congregational Church|Nauru Congregational]]|#e41a1c| 35.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]|#377eb8|33}}
{{bar percent|[[Assemblies of God]]|#4daf4a| 13}}
{{bar percent|[[Nauruan indigenous religion]]|#984ea3|9.5}}
{{bar percent|[[Baptist]]|#ff7f00|1.5}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|#a65628|3.7}}
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The main religions in Nauru are [[Nauru Congregational Church|Nauru Congregational]] (35.71%), [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] (32.96%), [[Assemblies of God]] (12.98%), and [[Nauruan indigenous religion]] (9.50%). The biggest changes from 2002 to 2011 were an increase from 0 to 1,291 (Assemblies of God) and 1,417 to 282 (Other).<ref name="CIANAURU"/> Public holidays include New Year's Day (1 January), Independence Day (31 January), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday, Constitution Day (17 May), National Youth Day (25 September), Christmas Day, and Boxer Day.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.un.int/nauru/countryprofile.html | title=Nauru Country Profile | publisher=United Nations | access-date=21 July 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727070348/http://www.un.int/nauru/countryprofile.html | archive-date=27 July 2013}}</ref>

The [[Nauruan indigenous religion|indigenous religion]] was the predominant religion in Nauru before the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when foreign missionaries introduced Christianity to the island. It is still practised by 9.5% of the population, according to 2011 census. There are a few active Christian missionary organisations, including representatives of Anglicanism, Methodism, and Catholicism. The Constitution provides for [[freedom of religion]];<ref name="const">{{cite web | url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/constitution-of-nauru.aspx | title=Constitution of Nauru | publisher=Nauru Government | access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref> however, the Government restricted this right in some circumstances. The government has restricted the religious practices of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], most of whom are foreign workers employed by RONPhos.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90147.htm | title=International Religious Freedom Report 2007 | date=14 September 2007 | publisher=[[United States Department of State]] | access-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>