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.