Nauru vs Zimbabwe: World population growth
Nauru
0.2%
in 2100
Zimbabwe
0.2%
in 2100
Nauru rank
54th
Zimbabwe rank
53rd
World population growth over time
- Nauru
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Nauru, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Nauru's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 161 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Nauru ranks 54th and Zimbabwe ranks 53rd of 238 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 1920s | 2.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% | Nauru |
| 1930s | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.8% | Zimbabwe |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | 3.0% | 3.1% | 0.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 3.9% | 3.1% | 0.7% | Nauru |
| 1970s | 1.2% | 2.7% | 1.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1.7% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | -0.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2030s | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | Zimbabwe |
| 2040s | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 2050s | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 2060s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 2070s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2080s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2090s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2100s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Nauru or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Nauru as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Nauru and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Zimbabwe?
- 161 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2100.
- How do Nauru and Zimbabwe rank globally for world population growth?
- Nauru ranks 54th and Zimbabwe ranks 53rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.