Kiribati (/ˈkɪrɪbæs/ ⓘ KIRR-i-bass,[10] Gilbertese: [kiɾibas]), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati),[11][12][3] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba. Its total land area is 811 km2 (313 sq mi)[13] dispersed over 3,441,810 km2 (1,328,890 sq mi) of ocean.