ACOG - Nauru  - IBM

Geography

Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands

Area:
total area: 21 sq km
land area: 21 sq km
comparative area: about one-tenth the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 30 km


People

Population: 10,149 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

Population growth rate: 1.33% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 18.03 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5.1 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.68 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 69.18 years

Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: 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: NA%
total population:
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Nauru
conventional short form: Nauru

Type: republic

Capital: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the Australia, New Zealand, and UK-administeredUN trusteeship)

Constitution: 29 January 1968


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $100 million

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $10,000

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 14,000 kW
production: 30 million kWh
consumption per capita: 3,036 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Pin trading was one of the most popular Olympic sports, with more than 1.2 million pins changing hands during the Games in the Coca Cola Pin Trading Center at Centennial Olympic Park.