Kiribati
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.4%
- people aged 65 or older
- 6K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7.4%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 13.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 1.3%
- women 1.7%, men 0.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2018
Languages
2 languages, 1 of them endangered
- TuvaluanVulnerable
- Gilbertese
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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