Kiribati

Facts

Population:  94,149 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  40.53% (male 19,322; female 18,833) 15-64 years:  56.27% (male 26,136; female 26,841) 65 years and over:  3.2% (male 1,291; female 1,726) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.31% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  31.98 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.75 male(s)/female total population:  0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  54 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  60.16 years male:  57.25 years female:  63.22 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  I-Kiribati (singular and plural) adjective:  I-Kiribati
Ethnic groups:  predominantly Micronesian with some Polynesian
Religions:  Roman Catholic 54%, Protestant (Congregational) 30%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1996)
Languages:  English (official), I-Kiribati
Literacy:  definition:  NA total population:  NA% male:  NA% female:  NA%
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $76 million (2000 est.), supplemented by a nearly equal amount from external sources
GDP - real growth rate:  1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $850 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  14% industry:  7% services:  79% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.)
Unemployment rate:  2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $33.3 million expenditures:  $47.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (1996 est.)
Industries:  fishing, handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate:  0.7% (1992 est.)
Electricity - production:  7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  6.5 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables; fish
Exports:  $6 million (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports - commodities:  copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
Exports - partners:  Bangladesh, Australia, US, Hong Kong (1999)
Imports:  $44 million (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
Imports - partners:  Australia, Fiji, Japan, NZ, China (1999)
Debt - external:  $10 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $15.5 million (1995), largely from UK and Japan
Currency:  Australian dollar (AUD)
Currency code:  AUD
Exchange rates:  Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996)
Fiscal year:  NA

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.