GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $200 million (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $612 million (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $6,200 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Tarawa
Population (Estimated July 2012): 101,998
Area: 811km2 or 313mi2
Currency: Australian Dollar ($A)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Parliamentary Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 55% of the population is Roman Catholic, 36% are Protestant. 7.2% have other Christian beliefs and 1.8% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Point: unnamed area on Banaba at 81m or 266ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): Between +12:00 to +14:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 3 units; Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - in addition, there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
Leaders: President Anote Tong with Vice President Teima Onorio.
Additional: Gained Independence from the UK on the 12th of July 1979.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Commonwealth Member since the 12 th of July 1979.
