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The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; [2] ... At the outbreak of World War II, about 78% of the native population were said to be Christians.
the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands. All but one island, sparsely populated Canton Island, 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. [1] The table includes area [2] and population [3] data.
Population: 1,057 (2010 Census) Pop. density: 79.9/km 2 (206.9/sq mi) ... Buariki is the largest island in the Aranuka atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the Republic of ...
The Gilbert Islands where 90% of the Kiribati population live, boast some of the highest population densities in the Pacific, rivalling cities like Hong Kong or Singapore without any skyscrapers or other forms of conventional high-density housing. This overcrowding produces a great amount of pollution, worsening the quality and length of life.
The Gilbert islands are sometimes regarded as the southern continuation of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands, which are NNW of it. The closest island of the Marshall Islands, Nadikdik Atoll, is 290 km NNW of Makin. Makin has a land area of 6.7 km 2 and a population of 1,798 (census of 2010 [1]).
A census in 1968 counted the population of the colony at 53,517 residents. 44,206 were in the Gilbert Islands, 5,782 in the Ellice Islands, 2,192 in Ocean Island and 1,180 in the Line Islands. From this total 7,465 were "Polynesians" (mostly from the Ellice Islands) and 1,155 "Others" (Europeans and Mongoloids).
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), Kiribati has the seventh highest rate in the world. The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook , unless otherwise indicated.
Abemama (Apamama) [1] is an atoll, one of the Gilberts group in Kiribati, and is located 152 kilometres (94 miles) southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator. Abemama has an area of 27.37 square kilometres (10.57 square miles) and a population of 3,299 as of 2015.