Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2025. The last country to issue in the new year will the Baker Island and Howland Island.

See the map Since countries are free to choose which ... of 33 islands that stretch across about 2,400 miles of the Pacific. Twenty islands are inhabited, according to the The Commonwealth.

See the map Since countries are free to choose which ... of 33 islands that stretch across about 2,400 miles of the Pacific. Twenty islands are inhabited, according to the The Commonwealth.