Population
10.6K
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$9,440
in 2031
Passport power
#79
83 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Funafuti
of 3 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Tuvalu
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Continent
- Oceania / Polynesia
- Area
- 26 km²
- Population
- 10.6K
- Density
- 409.4/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .tv
- Calling code
- +688
- Timezone
- UTC+12:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #79 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 83
- Total accessible
- 114
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Tuvaluan
- Religions
- Christianity 96.0%, Other religions or not stated 3.0%, Baháʼà faith 1.0%
- Currencies
- $ AUD — Australian dollar, $ TVD — Tuvaluan dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.689
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $9,440
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.3 yrs
- Internet users (2017)
- 35.2%
- Gini index (2010)
- 39.1
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.5%
- Urban population (2025)
- 65.5%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 4.5 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2012)
- 18.3/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.45