🇰🇮 Kiribati Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇰🇮 Kiribati KI / KIR #171

Nomad Score 36.0

Cities 5

Region Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Micronesia, Least Developed Countries

Currency AUD

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 116.5K

Density 165.9/km²

HDI 0.644 (Medium)

Gini Index (2006) 37.0

Life Expectancy (2023) 66.5 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 3.15

Urban Population (2024) 62.5%

Literacy Rate (2020) 98.6%

Gender Wage Gap (2023) -3.4%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
English	English
Gilbertese	-

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	96.2%
Bahá'í faith	2.1%
Other	1.7%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Gilbertese	95.7%
Others	4.3%

Demonym (male) I-Kiribati

Demonym (female) I-Kiribati

National Anthem Kunan Kiribati

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		34.7%
15-64 Working		61.1%
65+ Elderly		4.2%

Dependency Ratio 63.7%

Profile Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 62.5%

Birth Rate (2023) 25.8 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 7.1 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 3.15

Infant Mortality (2023) 39.7 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 5.9%

Tourism (2019) 12.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 66.5 yrs

HALE (2021) 53.7 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 11.0% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 39.7/1000

UHC Index (2021) 48/100

Hospital Beds (2016) 1.9/1000

Physicians (2013) 0.19/1000

Nurses (2018) 3.63/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $238

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 2.9%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2020) 98.6%

Education Spending (2023) 16.4% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 411

Internet Users (2023) 88.0%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 51.3/100

Broadband (2023) 0.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 22/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 0.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 811 km²

Capital South Tarawa 📍

Continent Oceania

Region Oceania

Subregion Micronesia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Left

Timezones UTC+12:00, UTC+13:00, UTC+14:00

Calling Codes +686

TLD .ki

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Kiribati is divided into two halves. While the upper half has a red field, at the center of which is a yellow frigate bird flying over the top half of a rising yellow sun with seventeen visible rays, the lower half is composed of six horizontal wavy bands of white alternating with blue to depict the ocean.