Population
116.5K
Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive president
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,919
in 2031
Passport power
#84
79 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
5
Top: Teaoraereke
Country overview
- Official name
- Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati
- Capital
- South Tarawa
- Continent
- Oceania / Micronesia
- Area
- 811 km²
- Population
- 116.5K
- Density
- 165.9/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive president
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .ki
- Calling code
- +686
- Timezones
- UTC+12:00, UTC+13:00, UTC+14:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #84 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 79
- Total accessible
- 112
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Gilbertese
- Religions
- Christianity 96.2%, Bahá'à faith 2.1%, Other 1.7%
- Currencies
- $ AUD — Australian dollar, $ KID — Kiribati dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.644
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $4,919
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.6 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 89.4%
- Gini index (2006)
- 37.0
- Inflation (2031)
- 1.8%
- Urban population (2025)
- 63.4%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 3.7 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 91th pct
- Homicide rate (2012)
- 7.1/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.49