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🇰🇮 Kiribati

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KIR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KI
UN M49 numeric296
IOC codeKIR
Official nameIndependent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati
Native name(s)eng: official: Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati; common: Kiribati; gil: official: Ribaberiki Kiribati; common: Kiribati
Alt spellingsKI, Republic of Kiribati, Ribaberiki Kiribati
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMicronesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalSouth Tarawa
Area (km²)811
Lat / Lng1.4167, 173.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.ki
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 86

Demographics

Population (World Bank)136,488 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.6 (2024)
Languageseng: English; gil: Gilbertese
Demonymseng: f: I-Kiribati; m: I-Kiribati; fra: f: Kiribatienne; m: Kiribatien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)349,227,254.159 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,558.666 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesAUD: name: Australian dollar; symbol: $; KID: name: Kiribati dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195037,846
195138,622
195239,426
195340,264
195441,132
195542,041
195642,991
195743,974
195844,986
195946,044
196047,157
196148,323
196249,538
196350,791
196452,088
196553,439
196654,425
196754,996
196855,529
196956,360
197057,510
197158,652
197259,778
197360,824
197461,219
197560,987
197660,661
197760,267
197859,864
197960,172
198061,148
198162,121
198263,134
198364,169
198465,228
198566,496
198668,059
198769,733
198871,427
198973,147
199074,855
199176,367
199277,641
199378,841
199480,021
199581,234
199682,623
199784,147
199885,657
199987,126
200088,613
200190,335
200292,264
200394,175
200496,085
200598,035
2006100,017
2007102,068
2008104,222
2009106,467
2010108,704
2011110,647
2012112,284
2013113,838
2014115,326
2015116,815
2016118,478
2017120,275
2018122,084
2019123,921
2020126,099
2021128,377
2022130,469
2023132,530

Full raw record (JSON)

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