Kiribati

Population Statistics

105,711

Total Population

15,857

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

27 September 2013

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Kiribati (1979, amended 1995)

Updated: June 2015

Section 64 states:

Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 118(3) of this Constitution, every person who-

  • (a) is a citizen of Kiribati;
  • (b) has attained the age of 18 years; and
  • (c) is a person resident within an electoral district established by or under this Constitution, shall be entitled to be registered as an elector in the electoral district in which he is resident, and when so registered to vote at an election of a member of the Maneaba ni Mangatabu for that electoral district.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of Kiribati (1979, last amended 1995)