List of islands of Kiribati

The Republic of Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one raised coral island. These islands are dispersed throughout the three island groups that form Kiribati:
*the Gilbert,
*Phoenix
*and Line islands. All but one island, sparsely populated Kanton, in the Phoenix group are uninhabited. The remaining Phoenix Islands make up the Phoenix Islands Marine Protected Area, which is the third largest marine protected area in the world. [cite web |url=http://www.cbd.int/island/glispa.shtml |title= Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)|accessdate=2007-11-26 |format=shtml]

The table includes area cite web |url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/127/v127.pdf |title= Atoll Research Bulletin #27|accessdate=2007-11-26 |format=pdf] and populationcite web |url=http://www.spc.int/prism/Country/KI/Stats/Census2005/Gen-pdf/GTAB-1.pdf |title= Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing: Provisional Tables |accessdate=2007-11-26 |format=pdf] data.

Gilbert Islands

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island=The names in parentheses are the original names prior to Kiribati's independence in 1979. The current names are derivatives from the Gilbertese language.]
land=Except for Tarawa and Tabiteuea atolls http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm] |

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land=317.5
lagoon=1866.5
population=83,683|

Line Islands

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"! Image! Island ("Previous name")! Land
area
(km²)! Lagoon
area
(km²)! Coordinates! Type ! Population
"(2005)"
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land=428.4
lagoon=461.5
population=8,809|

Phoenix Islands

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island=
land=|

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land=27.9
lagoon=84.5
population=41

West of the Gilberts

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island= [The names in parentheses are the original names prior to Kiribati's independence in 1979. The current names are derivatives from the Gilbertese language.]
land=|

Kiribati-islands/bottom
land=6.5
lagoon=0
population=301|

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