Recognised as Country

Nauru

NR
Oceania
AUD
.nr

Nauru (NR/NRU) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Yaren. It covers about 21 km² with a population of roughly 12,000, uses the AUD, dials on +674, owns the .nr internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Nauru. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameNauru

CapitalYaren

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NR

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NRU

Internet TLD.nr

Calling code+674

Currency codeAUD

Geography

Approximate centre-0.5228, 166.9315a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude0.5228° S

Longitude166.9315° E

HemisphereSouthern and Eastern

Area21 km²8 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London14,217 kmto the approximate centre of Nauru, not to Yaren. NNE, bearing 16.5°

Antipode0.5228, -13.0685the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Nauruthe IANA zone for Yaren; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+12:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+12:00

Offset in JulyUTC+12:00

Current offsetUTC+12:00

Local time now18 Sept 2026, 03:37

Hours ahead of UTC12

Population & scale

Population12,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density571.4 per km²≈

Share of world population0%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset194 of 196

Population rank in this dataset194 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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