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Nationality:
noun: Nauruan(s)
adjective: Nauruan

Ethnic groups:
Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%

Languages:
Nauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes), other 5% (includes I-Kiribati 2% and Chinese 2%)
note: percentages represent main language spoken at home; Nauruan is spoken by 95% of the population, English by 66%, and other languages by 12% (2011 est.)

Religions:
Protestant 60.4% (includes Nauru Congregational 35.7%, Assembly of God 13%, Nauru Independent Church 9.5%, Baptist 1.5%, and Seventh Day Adventist .7%), Roman Catholic 33%, other 3.7%, none 1.8%, unspecified 1.1% (2011 est.)

Population:
9,488 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 227
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.5% (male 1,359/female 1,720)
15-24 years: 16.9% (male 828/female 773)
25-54 years: 42.7% (male 2,013/female 2,040)
55-64 years: 6% (male 228/female 343)
65 years and over: 1.8% (male 73/female 111) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Median age:
total: 25.3 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 25 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.56% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
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Birth rate:
25.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
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Death rate:
5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
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Net migration rate:
-14.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 218
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Urbanization:
urban population: 100% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 0.84 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
22.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 153
male: 10.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.4 years
country comparison to the world: 169
male: 62.3 years
female: 69.83 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.93 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
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Contraceptive prevalence rate:
35.6% (2007)
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Health expenditures:
9.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 28
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Physicians density:
0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
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Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 96.3% of population
total: 96.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3.7% of population
total: 3.7% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 65.6% of population
total: 65.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 34.4% of population
total: 34.4% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
71.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 2
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Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
4.8% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 91
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Education expenditures:
NA
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Literacy: NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 10 years (2008)