cy at birth: total population: 61.2 years

male: 57.7 years

female: 64.88 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.61 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

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

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-, NZ-, 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 Bernard DOWIYOGO (since
19 April 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and
head of government

head of government: President Bernard DOWIYOGO (since 19 April
2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members
of Parliament

elections: president elected by Parliament for a three-year term;
election last held 8 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2003)

election results: Bernard DOWIYOGO elected president by a vote in
Parliament of nine to eight

note: former President Rene HARRIS was deposed in a no-confidence
vote; this is the eighth change of government in Nauru since the
fall of the Lagumont HARRIS government in a no-confidence motion in
early November 1996; six of the last eight governments have resulted
because of parliamentary no-confidence motions

Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (18 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve three-year terms