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Tuvalu

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Tuvalu is an archipelagic country in the Polynesian sub-region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands, northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of Fiji.

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People are called
Tuvaluan
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+688
Capital
Funafuti
Population
10,643
Area
25 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Currency
Tuvaluan dollar
Languages
Tuvaluan, English 800, Samoan
Sells
fish
Sells to
Thailand 88%, Japan 6%, Philippines 3%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+688
Founded
1978
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Tuvaluan

These are English demonyms for people from Tuvalu. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Tuvaluanofficial
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Englishofficial
800 speakers
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What it sells, and to whom

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Exports

Natural resources

Industries

Farms and fisheries

  • coconuts
  • vegetables
  • tropical fruits
  • bananas
  • root vegetables
  • pork

Largest cities

Funafuti  capital 6,320

Climate and geography

tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Toaripi Lauti
Toaripi Lauti First prime minister Sir Toaripi Lauti was a Tuvaluan politician who served as chief minister of the Colony of Tuvalu (1975–78), as the first prime minister following Tuvalu's independence (1978–1981) and governor-general of Tuvalu (1990–1993).

Leaders before them

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: landmarks, past leaders.