Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati ([Ribaberiki] Kiribati), is an island country in Oceania in the Central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), with more than half living on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km2 dispersed over 3441810 km2 of ocean.
The islands' spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian, although the International Date Line goes around Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching 150°W. This brings Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, into the same day as the Gilbert Islands and places them in the most advanced time zone on Earth: UTC+14.
