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Language
English and Kiribati (Gilbertese)
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
The population is largely of Micronesian descent; Kiribati 97 percent, mixed descent (Kiribati and other) 1.5 percent. There are Tuvaluan, European other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic (53 percent) and Protestant (39 percent), including Adventists and Mormons.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	49.1 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	48.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	47.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	46.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	45.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	44.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	44.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	43.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1967
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
Ranges from GMT +12 to GMT +14

Climate description
Tropical wet; heavy rains and trade winds moderate the low-lying island's hot and humid temperatures

Currency
Australian dollar

Telephone dialling code
(+) 686

Driving (left/right)
Left

STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	No data available per 1,000 live births
2006	No data available per 1,000 live births
2005	48 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	49 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	51 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	No data available per 1,000 live births
2006	No data available per 1,000 live births
2005	65 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	65 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	69 per 1,000 live births	UNDP 2005
2001	69 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	85 percent	UNDP 2006
1995-2003	85 percent	UNDP 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	85 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	No data available per 100,000 live births
2000	56 per 100,000 live births	UNDP 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	No data available percent
2000-2006	No data available percent
1996-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	No data available percent
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	13 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004average	7 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	6 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	No data available percent
2004	65 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	No data available percent
2004	40 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Internet users

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	84 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

ECONOMY & AID

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	No data available current US$
2006	No data available current US$
2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	No data available current US$
2002	No data available current US$
2001	No data available current US$
2000	No data available current US$

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	No data available current US$ billions
2006	No data available current US$ billions
2005	No data available current US$ billions
2004	No data available current US$ billions
2003	No data available current US$ billions
2002	No data available current US$ billions
2001	No data available current US$ billions
2000	No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth

2006	No data available percent
2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Annual inflation

2007	No data available percent
2006	No data available percent
2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

HEALTH

Physicians

2000-2004	30 per 100,000 people	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1990-2004	30 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	No data available per 100,000 people
2006	No data available per 100,000 people
2005	No data available per 100,000 people
2004	No data available per 100,000 people
2003	No data available per 100,000 people
2002	No data available per 100,000 people
2001	No data available per 100,000 people
2000	No data available per 100,000 people

CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here

2008	No data available
2007	No data available
2006	41	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	33	UNHCR
2004	32	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2000)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	16.5 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2002-2004	16.0 percent	UNDP 2006

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	12.7 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2003-2004	12.1 percent	UNDP 2006
2002	7.9 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent