| Name: | Kiribati (Republic of Kiribati) |
| Local name (Gilbertic): | Kiribati (Ribaberikin Kiribati) |
| Former name: | Gilbert Islands - until 1979 |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 717 sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 99 ths. |
| Capital: | Bairiki |
| Official languages: | Gilbertic, English |
