kiribati (pronounced ki-ri-bas)

• currency
  • aus dollar
• alphabet & language
  • i-kiribati, latin script
• population
  • 114,189, 2022 est.
• demonym
  • i-kiribati
• ethnicity
  • i-kiribati 96.2%, i-kiribati/mixed 1.8%, tuvaluan 0.2%, other 1.8%
• land area; water surface area respectively
  • 811 km squared
  • 0 km squared
• largest cities
  • tarawa, betio village, bikenibeu village with the capital being tarawa
• urban residents
  • 57.1% of population
• population growth rate
  • 1.04%
• borders:
  • no land borders
• is located in:
  • australia & oceania
• tallest peak
  • unnamed elevation on banaba, 81 m
• lowest point
  • pacific ocean, 0 m
• GDP
  • $ 270 m, 2020 est.
• most popular name for each gender
  • tiare (g)
  • michael (b)
• my favourite names
  • note: most names used in kiribati are from hawai'ian, english or maori origin
  • aukai (b) 'seafarer, seatraveller'
  • 'iwalani (g) 'heavenly bird'