Oceania · Micronesia
Nauru
Nauru covers about 21 km² (8.2 mi²) by the official figure, the 239th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 21.2km²Area, main territory
- 14,000Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
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- Nauru
Natural Earth draws Nauru with only 9 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 28.8 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 21.2 km²8.2 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 21.2 km²Wikidata · 36% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Yaren District |
| Population | 14,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 644 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 1°S to 0°S |
| In other languages | ナウル 日本語 · 瑙鲁 中文 · 나우루 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania#14 of 14 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Nauru
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 800,952× the size of Nauru.
- Nauru lies at 1°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Nauru's main territory stretches about 6.9 km north to south and 5.7 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Nauru with only 9 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 28.8 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
- Our measured 28.8 km² is 36% above Wikidata's official figure of 21.2 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Nauru measures up
Nauru holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 14 countries listed for Oceania. In Micronesia it is the 5th largest of 5.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 21.2 km² | 233rd of 239 |
| Population | 14,000 | 220th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 0.5°S | 172nd of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Nauru is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 1,447 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 11,499 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 16,871 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 17,618 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 25,842 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 148,620 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 399,654 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 445,631 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 800,952 its size |
Where Nauru sits
- Nauru's centre lies at 0.5°S, 166.9°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 60 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 1°S to 0°S, about 10 km from its southern edge to its northern.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2017; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11