Demographics of Kiribati

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Kiribati is projected at 121.4 thousand, up by 1.63% compared with 119.4 thousand in 2020. Kiribati is ranked 193rd in terms of population and 63rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 3.23 thousand births in Kiribati in 2021. That is 9 per day, which is ranked 188th. The crude birth rate is 26.53 per 1000 people. There are 0.76 thousand deaths in Kiribati in 2021. That is 2 per day, which is ranked 199th. The crude death rate is 6.24 per 1000 people.

70.1 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 56.34% of Kiribati population. Kiribati is ranked 142nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Kiribati in 2021 is 96.81 males per 100 females. There are 59.71 thousand males and 61.68 thousand females in Kiribati. The percentage of female population is 50.81% compare to 49.19% male population. Kiribati has 1.97 thousand more females than males. Kiribati is at 60th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Kiribati population

Year Population Growth (%)
195033,050-
195536,5662.28
196041,1962.46
196546,4292.28
197051,1421.74
197555,1141.44
198059,2961.41
198563,9891.98
199072,3942.18
199577,7161.37
200084,4051.73
200592,3192.01
2010102,9301.98
2015110,9271.41
2016112,5291.44
2017114,1531.44
2018115,8421.48
2019117,6081.52
2020119,4461.56
2021121,3881.63
  • Total
  • Crude

Kiribati death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19507631,47322.8744.34
19557821,75721.2747.76
19607941,96119.2247.47
19657701,95216.6242.16
19707201,76514.0934.62
19757051,84012.7633.29
19807242,14712.2236.24
19857312,41711.2937.32
19907232,63110.0936.72
19957002,6288.9633.70
20006692,5847.9230.58
20056792,7427.3129.52
20107203,0327.0329.61
20157303,2196.5828.98
20207493,2336.2527.00
20217593,2276.2426.53
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Kiribati

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,63529,413-11.000
19554,91331,6836.3913.426
19606,71734,5166.4516.290
19659,11737,3366.0919.625
197012,32838,8507.1724.088
197516,33438,8353.7229.606
198019,15740,1822.2132.284
198521,46742,5362.7633.541
199025,33547,0773.0534.987
199528,30149,4292.1836.409
200036,25948,1475.2142.958
200540,20952,1162.0143.551
201048,64754,0053.9247.390
201558,02454,3833.4651.619
202068,06954,3703.0855.594
202170,10054,3332.9856.335
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  • Gender ratio

Kiribati population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 7,808 7,569 15,377 12.67 103.158
05-09 7,526 6,836 14,362 11.83 110.094
10-14 7,030 6,730 13,760 11.34 104.458
15-19 5,339 5,140 10,479 8.63 103.872
20-24 5,377 5,323 10,700 8.81 101.014
25-29 4,931 4,841 9,772 8.05 101.859
30-34 4,439 4,706 9,145 7.53 94.326
35-39 3,709 4,079 7,788 6.42 90.929
40-44 3,074 3,384 6,458 5.32 90.839
45-49 2,370 2,623 4,993 4.11 90.355
50-54 2,463 2,850 5,313 4.38 86.421
55-59 2,234 2,502 4,736 3.90 89.289
60-64 1,473 1,759 3,232 2.66 83.741
65-69 913 1,280 2,193 1.81 71.328
70-74 577 938 1,515 1.25 61.514
75-79 286 636 922 0.76 44.969
80-84 110 300 410 0.34 36.667
85-89 40 118 158 0.13 33.898
90-94 10 50 60 0.05 20.000
95-99 0 13 13 0.01 0.000
100+ 0 2 2 0.00 0.000
Total 59,709 61,679 121,388 96.806