Population is about 117,606 people, the 190th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 65,277 of everyone alive.
Kiribati
Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati
Oceania
ยท Micronesia
- ISO codes
- KI ยท KIR
- Density
- 145 /kmยฒ
- Languages
- English, Gilbertese
- Currencies
- Australian dollar (AUD), Kiribati dollar (KID)
- Dial code
- +686
- Internet domain
- .ki
- Time zones
- 3
- Coastline
- Has a coast
- Map centre
- 1.8200ยฐ N, 157.3850ยฐ W
- Demonym
- I-Kiribati
- UN region
- Micronesia
- Economy
- Least developed region
- Income group
- Lower middle income
- Total GDP
- $194M
- Sovereignty
- Independent ยท UN member
- Borders
- None
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By the numbers
How Kiribati stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.
Ten facts about Kiribati
The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.
Covers 811 kmยฒ, making it the 186th largest country here - about 2.6 times the size of Malta.
Population density is about 145 people per kmยฒ.
The capital is Tarawa, at 1.34ยฐ N, 173.02ยฐ E, with a metropolitan population of about 28,802.
Has no land neighbours - it is an island nation, surrounded entirely by water.
Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.
Spans 3 time zones, from Pacific/Kanton to Pacific/Tarawa.
The currency is the Australian dollar (AUD, symbol $).
Has 2 official languages: English and Gilbertese.
Dials on +686 and uses the .ki internet domain.
Local time
Live, from PHP's IANA database.
Cities
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