Nauru 
Facts
Population:
12,088 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
40.33% (male 2,510; female 2,365)
15-64 years:
57.97% (male 3,475; female 3,533)
65 years and over:
1.7% (male 103; female 102) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
27.22 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.2 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.01 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
10.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
61.2 years
male:
57.7 years
female:
64.88 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.61 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Nauruan(s)
adjective:
Nauruan
Ethnic groups:
Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%
Religions:
Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
Languages:
Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
NA%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $59 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
NA%
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-3.6% (1993)
Labor force - by occupation:
employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation
Unemployment rate:
0%
Budget:
revenues:
$23.4 million
expenditures:
$64.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY95/96)
Industries:
phosphate mining, financial services, coconut products
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
30 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
27.9 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coconuts
Exports:
$25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)
Exports - commodities:
phosphates
Exports - partners:
Australia, NZ
Imports:
$21.1 million (c.i.f., 1991)
Imports - commodities:
food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery
Imports - partners:
Australia, UK, NZ, Japan
Debt - external:
$33.3 million
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.25 million from Australia (FY96/97 est.)
Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)
Currency code:
AUD
Exchange rates:
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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