Kiribati: Statistics
People [1]
People
Population | 116,398 (2017) |
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Population Growth Rate | 1.736 annual % (2017) |
Age Dependency Ratio | 63.63 % of working-age population (2017) |
Urban Population | 53.262 % of total (2017) |
Infant Mortality Rate | 42.7 per 1,000 live births (2017) |
Life Expectancy at Birth | 66.317 years (2016) |
Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)
Energy [2]
Other [3]
Technology
Airports | 19 (2013) |
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Cellular Telephones | 55,000 (2016 est.) |
Highways | 670 km (2011) |
Internet Users | 14,649 (2016 est.) |
Telephones | 1,000 (2016 est.) |
Geography & Environment
Location | Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line |
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Total Area | 811 sq. km |
Land Area | 811 sq. km |
Water Area | 0 sq. km |
Coastline | 1,143 km |
Climate | tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
Terrain | mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs |
Lowest Point | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Highest Point | unnamed location on Banaba 81 m |
Sources
- The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/6/2018
- U.S. Energy Information Administration
- CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017