Kiribati
Tarawa · Micronesia
Kiribati is a country in Oceania. Its capital city is Tarawa, the official currency is the Australian Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 133,000 people spread over 811 km², Kiribati is the 178th most populous country in the world and the 172nd largest by area. That works out at about 164 people per square kilometre.
Kiribati has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Tarawa, Betio and Bikenibeu. The highest point in the country is unnamed point on Banaba, at 81 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Bahrain, while its population is closest to that of Grenada.
- Capital
- Tarawa
- Region
- Micronesia
- Population
- 133,000
- Area
- 811 km²
- Currency
- Australian Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- unnamed point on Banaba
81 m - Land borders
- 0
Kiribati: things worth knowing
- Kiribati straddles the equator and all four hemispheres, spanning some 3.5 million square kilometres of ocean.
- It was the first country to enter the year 2000, having shifted the date line east in 1995.
- Most of its land sits barely two metres above sea level, making it acutely exposed to rising seas.
Kiribati in context
Oceania has 14 sovereign countries in total. Kiribati ranks 8th among them by population.
See the full list of Oceania countries, or browse all 195 countries.