Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- South Tarawa
- Region
- Oceania, Micronesia
- Population
- 136,488 (2025)
- Area
- 811 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD), Kiribati dollar (KID)
- Languages
- English, Gilbertese
- Calling code
- +686
- Internet domain
- .ki
- ISO codes
- KI, KIR, 296
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00 to UTC+14:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- @@#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Kiribati covers about 811 square kilometres. By area it ranks 192nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Turks and Caicos Islands and a little larger than Bahrain. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 1° north, 173° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 136,488 people live in Kiribati (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 193rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 168 people to each square kilometre. About 63 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Gilbertese. A person from Kiribati is called I-Kiribati.
Money and economy
The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu. Also listed as used here: Kiribati dollar (KID). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 349 million (2025), which is about US$ 2,559 for each person (2025).
Time
Kiribati spans 3 time zone areas, from UTC+12:00 to UTC+14:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Tarawa | 40,311 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Micronesia
Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.