Nauru
population: 2021 census (30 Oct 2021) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 1 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography1 metro
Nauru metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- English, Nauruan
- Currency
- Australian dollar ($)
- Legislature
- Parliament of Nauru
- Constitution
- 1968, 5 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Nauruan
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +674
- Internet TLD
- .nr
- ISO 3166
- NR
- Established
- 1968
- Highest point
- Command Ridge (70 m (230 ft))
- National anthem
- Nauru Bwiema
Facts via Wikidata.
Alliances & Organisations3 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History33 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
David Adeang✦ Current
2023–PresentPresident
Russ Kun
2022–2023President
Lionel Aingimea
2019–2022President
Baron Waqa
2013–2019President
Sprent Dabwido
2011–2013President
Freddie Pitcher
2011–2011President
Marcus Stephen
2007–2011President
Ludwig Scotty
2004–2007President
René Harris
2003–2004President
Ludwig Scotty
2003–2003President
Derog Gioura
2003–2003President
Bernard Dowiyogo
2003–2003President
Show all 33 leaders
René Harris
2003–2003President
Bernard Dowiyogo
2003–2003President
René Harris
2001–2003President
Bernard Dowiyogo
2000–2001President
René Harris
1999–2000President
Bernard Dowiyogo
1998–1999President
Kinza Clodumar
1997–1998President
Ruben Kun
1996–1997President
Kennan Adeang
1996–1996President
Bernard Dowiyogo
1996–1996President
Lagumot Harris
1995–1996President
Bernard Dowiyogo
1989–1995President
Kenas Aroi
1989–1989President
Hammer DeRoburt
1986–1989President
Kennan Adeang
1986–1986President
Hammer DeRoburt
1986–1986President
Kennan Adeang
1986–1986President
Hammer DeRoburt
1978–1986President
Lagumot Harris
1978–1978President
Bernard Dowiyogo
1976–1978President
Hammer DeRoburt
1968–1976President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| David Adeang✦ Current | President | 2023–Present |
| Russ Kun | President | 2022–2023 |
| Lionel Aingimea | President | 2019–2022 |
| Baron Waqa | President | 2013–2019 |
| Sprent Dabwido | President | 2011–2013 |
| Freddie Pitcher | President | 2011–2011 |
| Marcus Stephen | President | 2007–2011 |
| Ludwig Scotty | President | 2004–2007 |
| René Harris | President | 2003–2004 |
| Ludwig Scotty | President | 2003–2003 |
| Derog Gioura | President | 2003–2003 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 2003–2003 |
| René Harris | President | 2003–2003 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 2003–2003 |
| René Harris | President | 2001–2003 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 2000–2001 |
| René Harris | President | 1999–2000 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 1998–1999 |
| Kinza Clodumar | President | 1997–1998 |
| Ruben Kun | President | 1996–1997 |
| Kennan Adeang | President | 1996–1996 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 1996–1996 |
| Lagumot Harris | President | 1995–1996 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 1989–1995 |
| Kenas Aroi | President | 1989–1989 |
| Hammer DeRoburt | President | 1986–1989 |
| Kennan Adeang | President | 1986–1986 |
| Hammer DeRoburt | President | 1986–1986 |
| Kennan Adeang | President | 1986–1986 |
| Hammer DeRoburt | President | 1978–1986 |
| Lagumot Harris | President | 1978–1978 |
| Bernard Dowiyogo | President | 1976–1978 |
| Hammer DeRoburt | President | 1968–1976 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.