11,639 (2023 est.)
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noun: Tuvaluan(s)
adjective: Tuvaluan
Tuvaluan 97%, Tuvaluan/I-Kiribati 1.6%, Tuvaluan/other 0.8%, other 0.6% (2017 est.)
Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Protestant 92.7% (Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu 85.9%, Brethren 2.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.5%, Assemblies of God 1.5%), Baha'i 1.5%, Jehovah's Witness 1.5%, other 3.9%, none or refused 0.4% (2017 est.)
0-14 years: 29.27% (male 1,745/female 1,662)
15-64 years: 63.3% (male 3,703/female 3,664)
65 years and over: 7.43% (2023 est.) (male 318/female 547)
total dependency ratio: 60.9
youth dependency ratio: 50.9
elderly dependency ratio: 10
potential support ratio: 10 (2021)
total: 26.6 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 27.6 years (2020 est.)
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0.81% (2023 est.)
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22.34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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-6.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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over half of the population resides on the atoll of Funafuti
urban population: 66.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.08% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
7,000 FUNAFUTI (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.58 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
total: 28.32 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.92 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
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total population: 68.69 years
male: 66.25 years
female: 71.25 years (2023 est.)
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2.81 children born/woman (2023 est.)
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1.37 (2023 est.)
23.7% (2019/20)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
21.5% of GDP (2020)
1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
improved: urban: 91.8% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 91.5% of population
unimproved: urban: 9.2% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 8.5% of population (2017 est.)
51.6% (2016)
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total: 0.93 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.69 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.22 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
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total: 35.6% (2020 est.)
male: 49.8% (2020 est.)
female: 21.3% (2020 est.)
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NA
66.1% (2023 est.)
NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
total: 20.6%
male: 9.8%
female: 45.9% (2016)
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NOTE: The information regarding Tuvalu on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tuvalu 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tuvalu 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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