Nauru
Yaren · Micronesia
Nauru is a country in Oceania. Its capital city is Yaren, the official currency is the Australian Dollar, and the main language is Nauruan.
With a population of roughly 13,000 people spread over 21 km², Nauru is the 193rd most populous country in the world and the 193rd largest by area. That works out at about 610 people per square kilometre.
Nauru has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Yaren, Denigomodu and Aiwo. The highest point in the country is Command Ridge, at 65 metres.
For scale, Tuvalu is the closest country in the world to Nauru in both area and population.
- Capital
- Yaren
- Region
- Micronesia
- Population
- 12,800
- Area
- 21 km²
- Currency
- Australian Dollar
- Main language
- Nauruan
- Highest point
- Command Ridge
65 m - Land borders
- 0
Nauru: things worth knowing
- Nauru is the smallest island country in the world at 21 square kilometres.
- It has no official capital city; government offices sit in the Yaren district.
- Phosphate mining made it briefly one of the richest countries per person, then left much of the interior stripped.
Nauru in context
Oceania has 14 sovereign countries in total. Nauru ranks 13th among them by population.
See the full list of Oceania countries, or browse all 195 countries.