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Republic of Kiribati
President: Teburoro Tito (1994)
Area: 280 sq. mi. (717 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 85,501 (average annual growth rate: 1.86%); birth rate: 26.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 48.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 305
Capital (1990): Tarawa, 25,154
Monetary unit: Australian dollar
Languages: English (official), I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
Ethnicity/race: Micronesian
Religions: Roman Catholic, 52.6%; Protestant, 40.9%
Literacy rate: 90%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1996 est.): $62 million; $800 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.9% Inflation: –0.6% Unemployment: 2%, underemployment, 70% (1992 est.). Arable land: n.a. Agriculture: copra, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, vegetables, fish. Labor force: 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (1985 est.). Industry: fishing, handicrafts. Exports: $6.7 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.): copra, seaweed, fish. Imports: $37.4 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.): foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel. Major trading partners: U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
