Tuvalu

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PROFILE
  • Area: 26 sq. km (10 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 10,959 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.85% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 66.5 years (2016)
  • Languages: Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati
  • Religions: Protestant 98.4% (Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%), Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
  • Alternate names: Ellice Islands
  • Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
  • Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Enele SOPOAGA
  • Capital: Funafuti; note: administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet
  • Administrative divisions: 7 island councils and 1 town council
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $3,400 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: copra, fish
  • Imports: food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
  • Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
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