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🇹🇻 Tuvalu

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TUV
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TV
UN M49 numeric798
IOC codeTUV
Official nameTuvalu
Native name(s)eng: official: Tuvalu; common: Tuvalu; tvl: official: Tuvalu; common: Tuvalu
Alt spellingsTV
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionPolynesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalFunafuti
Area (km²)26
Lat / Lng-8.0000, 178.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.tv
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 88

Demographics

Population (World Bank)9,492 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.259 (2024)
Languageseng: English; tvl: Tuvaluan
Demonymseng: f: Tuvaluan; m: Tuvaluan; fra: f: Tuvaluane; m: Tuvaluan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)57,345,434.723 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,041.449 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesAUD: name: Australian dollar; symbol: $; TVD: name: Tuvaluan dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,765
19514,926
19525,050
19535,175
19545,269
19555,335
19565,389
19575,439
19585,497
19595,553
19605,598
19615,648
19625,699
19635,751
19645,752
19655,715
19665,686
19675,652
19685,624
19695,631
19705,663
19715,685
19725,692
19735,681
19745,822
19756,117
19766,404
19776,686
19786,957
19797,184
19807,366
19817,526
19827,664
19837,789
19847,902
19858,046
19868,217
19878,371
19888,518
19898,662
19908,798
19918,928
19929,038
19939,126
19949,207
19959,280
19969,342
19979,400
19989,451
19999,496
20009,544
20019,586
20029,623
20039,695
20049,816
20059,940
200610,056
200710,182
200810,321
200910,461
201010,614
201110,780
201210,934
201311,001
201410,984
201510,963
201610,930
201710,869
201810,751
201910,581
202010,399
202110,194
20229,992
20239,816

Full raw record (JSON)

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