| Location: | Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator, as well as the International Date Line; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia |
| Population: | 100,743 (July 2011 est.) |
| Capital: | name: Tarawa geographic coordinates: 1 19 N, 172 58 E time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) 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 |
| GDP per capita: | $6,200 (2010 est.) $6,200 (2009 est.) $6,300 (2008 est.) note: data are in 2010 US dollars |