Editing Nauru (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Main|Demographics of Nauru|Religion in Nauru}}
[[File:Population of Nauru.svg|thumb|The population of Nauru, 1886–2013]]
Nauru had {{UN_Population|Nauru}}&nbsp;residents as of July {{UN_Population|Year}}.{{UN_Population |ref}} The population was previously larger, but in 2006 the island saw 1,500 people leave during a repatriation of immigrant workers from Kiribati and Tuvalu. The repatriation was motivated by significant [[layoff]]s in phosphate mining.<ref name="CER-NAU-2007"/>

Nauru is one of the most densely populated [[Westernization|Westernized]] countries in the South Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Yaren |title=Yaren {{!}} district, Nauru |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=2 September 2019 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908204235/https://www.britannica.com/place/Yaren |url-status=live }}</ref>

The official languages of Nauru are [[Nauruan language|Nauruan]] and [[English language|English]]. Nauruan<ref name=directory/> is a distinct [[Micronesian languages|Micronesian language]], which is spoken by 96% of ethnic Nauruans at home.<ref name= "CER-NAU-2007"/> English is widely spoken and is the language of government and commerce.<ref name=CIA/><ref name=state/>

[[File:Nauru(09).jpg|thumb|Church in Nauru]]

The main [[Religion in Nauru|religion practised on the island]] is [[Christianity]]: the main denominations are [[Nauru Congregational Church]] (35.71%), [[Catholic Church]] (32.96%), [[Assemblies of God]] (12.98%), and [[Baptist]] (1.48%).<ref name="state"/> The Constitution provides for [[freedom of religion]]. However, 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 the government-owned Nauru Phosphate Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=US Department of State |year=2003 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24314.htm |work=International Religious Freedom Report 2003 |title=Nauru |accessdate=2 May 2005 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418104855/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24314.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Catholics are pastorally served by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru]], with see at [[Tarawa]] in Kiribati.