Island Details: Nauru

Name
Nauru
Location
Pacific
Number of Islands (approx.)
1*
Island Details
-
Type of Islands
oceanic, coral
Surface Area (km²)
21.00*
Terrain
sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center*
Highest Elevation (m)
61.0*
Highest Elevation (name)
unnamed*
Isolation Index
97*
Climate Risk Index Rank (1993-2012)
Mean Sea Level Trends (mm/year)
0.00
Mean Sea Level (meta)
Population (total)
9,434*
Census Year [Population (total)]
2013*
Population Density (p/km²)
488.3*
Census Year [Population Density (p/km²)]
2010*
Population Growth (annual %)
0.580*
Census Year [Population Growth (annual %)]
2013*
GDP (per capita in current US$)
5,000*
Census Year (GDP)
2005*
Dominant Economic Sector
international aid, phosphates*
HDI
0.000*
Census Year (HDI)
2010*
Administration
independent (republic)*
Miscellaneous
Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator*