Editing Teraina (section)

== Political geography ==
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|+ Teraina population by village<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22_TEERAINA-revised-2012.pdf |title=Teeraina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913212959/http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22_TEERAINA-revised-2012.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2013}}</ref>
! No. !! Village !! Population<br />({{small|2010 [[census]]<ref name="T2012"/>}})
|-
| 1 || [[Abaiang]] || 146
|-
| 2 || [[Kauamwemwe]] || 198
|-
| 3 || [[Uteute]] || 141
|-
| 4 || [[Kaaitara]] || 0
|-
| 5 || [[Tangkore]] || 410
|-
| 6 || [[Matanibike]] || 91
|-
| 7 || [[Arabata]] || 353
|-
| 8 || [[Mwakeitari]] || 177
|-
| 9 || [[Onauea]] || 174
|- class="sortbottom" style="background: #eaecf0;"
| colspan="2" | '''Teraina''' || '''1690'''
|}

The population of Teraina lives in nine villages. It is increasing; from 416 in 1978, it had risen to 936 in 1990 and had exceeded 1,000 by 2000. The population of Teraina in the 2010 census was 1,690. Compared to the 2005 population of 1,155 and the 2000 population of 1,087, the population is growing very rapidly. The population of Teraina grew by 535 people between 2005 and 2010, an annual population growth of 7.9%.<ref name="T2012"/>

All villages are listed in the following table, with the preliminary [[census]] results of 2005, counterclockwise around the perimeter of the atoll, starting in the northeast with Abaiang and ending in the southeast with Onauea. Tangkore is near the westernmost point of Teraina:

Teraina has an unusual age structure; nearly half the population (44%) is aged under 15 and one in five people (19%) are children under five years. There are more males than females in almost all age groups except the elderly.<ref name="T2012"/>