'''Kiribati''' (), officially the '''Republic of Kiribati''' (Gilbertese: ''Ribaberiki Kiribati''), is an independent island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The permanent population is over 119,000 (2020), more than half of whom live on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls  and one raised coral island, Banaba. They have a total land area of  and are dispersed over .