Kiribati Geography

Kiribati Geography and Population

ETYMOLOGY: The name Kiribati is a transformation of English Gilbert Islands ‘Gilbert Islands’. OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Kiribati CAPITAL CITY: Bairiki POPULATION: 105,000 (2007) AREA: 811 km² OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): English, Kiribati (Gilbertese) RELIGION: Catholics 54%, Protestants 39%, Baha’is 2%, Adventists 2%, Mormons 2%, others 1% COIN: Australian dollar CURRENCY CODE: AUD ENGLISH NAME: Kiribati […]

Kiribati Economy

Kiribati Economy

Basic macroeconomic indicators for the last 5 years (nominal GDP/cap., development of GDP volume, inflation rate, unemployment rate). Expected development in the territory with an emphasis on the economic sphere. GDP growth (in %) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 p 5.8 3.8 3.5 1.8 2.5 2.3 Source: Asian Development Bank Inflation (in %) 2013 […]

Kiribati State Overview

Kiribati State Overview

Kiribati. An island state of Oceania, it is made up of several island groups (Gilbert, Banaba, Phoenix and Line Islands), distributed in an extensive strip of the Pacific Ocean around the Equator line. It is the only country in the world crossed by the international date line. Tarawa is the capital city of Kiribati according to simplyyellowpages. The Kiribati archipelago, crossed by Ecuador, is located in […]