The first country to enter the new year was Kiribati.

The countdown to enter the year 2025 is rapidly continuing worldwide. The first country to enter the new year was Kiribati due to its geographical location.

Following the Pacific Island Nation, the Chatham Islands in New Zealand will celebrate, and then most of New Zealand, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga, the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, and some regions of Antarctica will join in the celebrations.

FIREWORKS LIT UP THE SKY

The celebrations in Kiribati, the first country to enter the new year, were remarkable. As the calendar showed 2025, fireworks lit up the sky during a massive concert.

Here is the ranking of how countries will enter 2025:

• Kiribati
• New Zealand
• Fiji, small regions of Russia
• Australia's Mush
• Japan, South Korea
• China, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines
• India, Sri Lanka
• UAE, Oman, Azerbaijan
• Greece, South Africa, Cyprus, Egypt, Namibia
• Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Nebraska, Morocco, Congo, Malta
• UK, Ireland, Portugal
• Brazil, Argentina, Chile
• Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Venezuela, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands
• US East Coast (New York, Washington DC, etc.), Peru, Cuba, Bahamas
• Mexico, some regions of Canada, and the US
• US West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc.)
• Hawaii, French Polynesia
• Samoa