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Kiribati

KI / KIR   1.5°, 173.0°

Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an archipelagic country spanning the Micronesia and Polynesia sub-regions of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. The state comprises 32 atolls and other islands and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km2 (313 sq mi) dispersed over 3,441,810 km2 (1,328,890 sq mi) of ocean. The spread of the country's islands, from Banaba in the west to Kiritimati in the east straddles the equator and the 180th meridian. The International Date Line goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching 150°W. This brings Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, into the same day as the Gilbert Islands and places them in the most advanced time zone on Earth: UTC+14.

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People are called
I-Kiribati
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+686
Capital
South Tarawa
Population
134,518
Area
811 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Australian dollar
Languages
Gilbertese, English 23k
Sells
fish, coconut oil
Sells to
Thailand 85%, Japan 6%, Philippines 3%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+686
Founded
1979
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

I-Kiribati

These are English demonyms for people from Kiribati. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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Languages

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Gilberteseofficial
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Englishofficial
23k speakers

What it sells, and to whom

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Farms and fisheries

  • coconuts
  • bananas
  • vegetables
  • taro
  • tropical fruits
  • pork

Largest cities

Tarawa 40,311

Climate and geography

tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Ieremia Tabai
Ieremia Tabai First president Ieremia Tienang Tabai is an I-Kiribati politician who served as the first president of Kiribati from 1979 to 1991.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, landmarks, languages, past leaders.