Capital city · Kiribati · Oceania
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands · Kiribati
City population
40,311
#1
in Kiribati
#13,878
worldwide
1.328, 172.977
About Tarawa
Tarawa is the capital of Kiribati, with a city population of 40,311. It is the 1st largest of the 1 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kiribati, and the 13,878th largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Gilbert Islands
Capital
National capital
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Tarawa
Coordinates
1.328, 172.977
Record updated
2025-05-08
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 1 in KiribatiClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.