Dumping
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note: 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
@Nauru:People
Population: 11,845 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 40.99% (male 2,494; female 2,361)
15-64 years: 57.37% (male 3,383; female 3,413)
65 years and over: 1.64% (male 97; female 97) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.05% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 27.86 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 7.34 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 10.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 60.84 years
male: 57.35 years
female: 64.5 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.71 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Nauruan(s)
adjective: Nauruan
Ethnic groups: Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%,
European 8%
Religions: Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
Languages: Nauruan (official, a distinct Pacific Island language),
English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and
commercial purposes
Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
@Nauru:Government
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Nauru
conventional short form: Nauru
former: Pleasant Island
Data code: NR
Government type: republic
Capital: no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Administrative divisions: 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare,
Baiti, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
Independence: 31 January 1968 (from the Australia-, New Zealand-, and
UK-administered UN trusteeship)
National holiday: Independence Day, 31 January (1968)
Constitution: 29 January 1968
Legal system: acts of the Nauru Parliament and British common law
Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Rene HARRIS (since NA 1999); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government
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