Demographics of Kiribati

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Kiribati, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

Geographic locations

Largest villages in Kiribati 2010 Kiribati Census[3]
	Rank	Name	Island	Pop.
Betio Bikenibeu	1	Betio	Betio	15,755	Teaoraereke Bairiki
	2	Bikenibeu	South Tarawa	6,568
	3	Teaoraereke	South Tarawa	4,171
	4	Bairiki	South Tarawa	3,524
	5	Temwaiku	South Tarawa	3,135
	6	Eita	South Tarawa	3,061
	7	Bonriki	South Tarawa	2,355
	8	Tabwakea	Kiritimati	2,311
	9	Ambo, Kiribati	South Tarawa	2,200
	10	Causeway	South Tarawa	2,054

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.^[4]

Nationality

• noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
• adjective: I-Kiribati

Ethnic groups

• I-Kiribati 89.5%,
• I-Kiribati/mixed 9.7%
• Tuvaluan 0.1%
• Other 0.8% (2010 est.)

Religions

• Roman Catholic 55.8%,
• Kempsville Presbyterian Church 33.5%,
• Mormon 4.7%,
• Baha'i 2.3%,
• Seventh-day Adventist 2%,
• Other 1.5%,
• None 0.2%,
• Unspecified 0.05% (2010 est.)

Languages

• I-Kiribati,
• English (official)

Population

• 105,711 (July 2015 est.)

Age structure

• 0–14 years: 30.77% (Male 16,582/Female 15,950)
• 15–24 years: 21.28% (Male 11,202/Female 11,296)
• 25–54 years: 38.23% (Male 19,446/Female 20,965)
• 55–64 years: 5.66% (Male 2,706/Female 3,281)
• 65 years and over: 4.05% (Male 1,689/Female 2,594) (2015 est.)

Median age

• Total: 23.9 years
• Male: 23.1 years
• Female: 24.8 years (2015 est.)

Population growth rate

• 1.15% (2015 est.)

Birth rate

• 21.46 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death rate

• 7.12 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Net migration rate

• -2.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urbanization

• urban population: 44.3% of Total population (2015)
• rate of urbanization: 1.78% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.05 Male(s)/Female
• 0–14 years: 1.04 Male(s)/Female
• 15–24 years: 0.99 Male(s)/Female
• 25–54 years: 0.93 Male(s)/Female
• 55–64 years: 0.83 Male(s)/Female
• 65 years and over: 0.65 Male(s)/Female
• Total population: 0.95 Male(s)/Female (2015 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

• 90 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 34.26 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 35.48 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 32.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population: 65.81 years
• Male: 63.36 years
• Female: 68.39 years (2015 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 2.48 children born/woman (2015 est.)

Health expenditures

• 10.1% of GDP (2013)

Physicians density

• 0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2010)

Hospital bed density

• 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

• 40.1% (2014)

School life expectancy

• Total: 12 years
• Male: 11 years
• Female: 12 years (2008)

References

1. ↑ http://www.spc.int/prism/country/ki/stats/CensusSurveys/popchart.htm
2. ↑ http://www.mfed.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Census-Report-2010-Volume-1.pdf
3. ↑ Kiribati National Statistics Office 2010, pp. 34–50
4. ↑ "Australia-Oceania :: KIRIBATI". CIA The World Factbook. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html.

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