Kiribati
Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati
Kiribati (KI, KIR) is a country in Micronesia, with South Tarawa as its capital. The currency is the Australian Dollar (AUD, A$). The international dialling code is +686 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 72001234. There are 3 time zones: Pacific/Tarawa, Pacific/Kanton, and Pacific/Kiritimati. Official languages: English and Gilbertese.
CurrencyAUDA$
Dial code+686e.g. 72001234
Time zone3 zonesUTC+12:00 … UTC+13:00
LanguageEnglish+1 more
CapitalSouth Tarawa
Population116.5K811 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati
- Native name
- Kiribati
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- KI
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- KIR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 296
- IOC code
- KIR
- Demonym
- I-Kiribati
- Capital
- South Tarawa
- Region
- Oceania › Micronesia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Micronesian Region
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ki
- Coordinates
- 1.41666666, 173
- Area
- 811 km²
- Population
- 116,545
- GDP
- $423.8M ($3.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 96.8%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Australian Dollar AUD
- Symbol
- A$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 100% (116.5K) | |
| Gilbertese gil | Official | 60% (69.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Tarawa | UTC+12:00 | none | Gilbert Islands Time | |
| Pacific/Kanton | UTC+13:00 | none | Phoenix Islands Time | |
| Pacific/Kiritimati | UTC+14:00 | none | Line Islands Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +686
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 5–8 digits
- Emergency number
- 192 pattern 19[2-5]|99[2-4]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 31234 | +686 31234 | XXXXX | 5, 8 |
| Mobile | 72001234 | +686 72001234 | XXXXXXXX | 8 |
| VoIP | 30010000 | +686 30010000 | XXXXXXXX | 8 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{State/province}
{City}
- Uppercase fields
- Street address, City, Name, Organization, State/province
- Region label
- island
Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hb, H, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Kiribati) locale (en-KI), amounts in AUD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (AUD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Australian dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C