Recognised as Country

Kiribati

KI
Oceania
AUD
.ki

Kiribati (KI/KIR) is a country in Oceania with its capital at South Tarawa. It covers about 811 km² with a population of roughly 130,000, uses the AUD, dials on +686, owns the .ki internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Tarawa. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameKiribati

CapitalSouth Tarawa

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KI

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KIR

Internet TLD.ki

Calling code+686

Currency codeAUD

Geography

Approximate centre-3.3704, -168.734a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude3.3704° S

Longitude168.734° W

HemisphereSouthern and Western

Area811 km²313 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London14,559 kmto the approximate centre of Kiribati, not to South Tarawa. NNW, bearing 344.9°

Antipode3.3704, 11.266the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Tarawathe IANA zone for South Tarawa; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+12:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+12:00

Offset in JulyUTC+12:00

Current offsetUTC+12:00

Local time now23 Sept 2026, 03:19

Hours ahead of UTC12

Population & scale

Population130,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density160.3 per km²≈

Share of world population0.002%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset173 of 196

Population rank in this dataset179 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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