Key facts
Capital:Yaren
Location:Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
Currency:Australian dollars (AUD)
Area:21 sq km
Population:9,770 (July 2021 est.)
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%) (2011 est.)
Religion:Protestant 60.4% (includes Nauru Congregational 35.7%, Assembly of God 13%, Nauru Independent Church 9.5%, Baptist 1.5%, and Seventh Day Adventist 0.7%), Roman Catholic 33%, other 3.7%, none 1.8%, unspecified 1.1% (2011 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+12
Tel Code:+674
