Kiribati: flag, capital & map
Get to know Kiribati, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- South Tarawa
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Micronesia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 136,488
- Area
- 811 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Gilbertese
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Kiribati is a country in Micronesia. Its capital is South Tarawa.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Kiribati
The flag of Kiribati is divided into two halves. While the upper half has a red field, at the center of which is a yellow frigate bird flying over the top half of a rising yellow sun with seventeen visible rays, the lower half is composed of six horizontal wavy bands of white alternating with blue to depict the ocean.
Where it is
Kiribati is grouped in Micronesia, within Roam’s Oceania region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Kiribati has a recorded area of 811 square kilometres. Among the 5 countries assigned to Micronesia in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Micronesia is immediately below it, at 702 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 136,488 people for Kiribati in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 168 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Gilbertese. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Australian Dollar (AUD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Kiribati?
Reveal answer
South Tarawa. Kiribati is a country in Micronesia. Its capital is South Tarawa.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Kiribati?
Reveal answer
The flag of Kiribati is divided into two halves. While the upper half has a red field, at the center of which is a yellow frigate bird flying over the top half of a rising yellow sun with seventeen visible rays, the lower half is composed of six horizontal wavy bands of white alternating with blue to depict the ocean.
Which land neighbours of Kiribati are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Kiribati. It is grouped in Micronesia, within Roam’s Oceania region.
Which languages does the source list for Kiribati?
Reveal answer
English and Gilbertese. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Kiribati.
Which currency codes are listed for Kiribati?
Reveal answer
Australian Dollar (AUD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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