Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Funafuti. About 10,643 people live there (2022). It covers 25 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Funafuti
- People (2022)
- 10,643
- Area
- 25 km²
- Currency
- Tuvaluan dollar
Tuvalu at a glance
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- Oceania
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Population
- 10,643 (2022)
- Area
- 25 km² (10 mi²)
- People are called
- Tuvaluan
- Official languages
- Tuvaluan, English
- Currency
- Tuvaluan dollar, Australian dollar
- GDP (nominal)
- US$60 million (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 65 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.641 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 39.1 (2010)
- Head of state
- Charles III (since 2022)
- Head of government
- Ben Do (since 2024)
- Country codes
- TV, TUV
- Calling code
- +688
- Internet domain
- .tv
- Drives on the
- left
- Time zones
- UTC+12:00, Pacific/Funafuti
- Coordinates
- -7.475°, 178.005556°
Tuvalu on a map
Tuvalu is shown in green. It has no neighbours listed in the data.
- Tuvalu
Member of
- United Nations
- Commonwealth of Nations
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Asian Development Bank
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UNESCO
- Universal Postal Union
- International Telecommunication Union
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Health Organization
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
How far are you from Tuvalu?
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Questions
What is the capital of Tuvalu?
The capital of Tuvalu is Funafuti.
What is the population of Tuvalu?
Tuvalu has about 10,643 people, as recorded in 2022.
How big is Tuvalu?
Tuvalu covers 25 square kilometres (10 square miles).
What currency does Tuvalu use?
The Tuvaluan dollar.
What language is spoken in Tuvalu?
The official languages of Tuvalu are Tuvaluan and English.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.