Tuvalu 
Facts
Population:
10,991 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
33.28% (male 1,862; female 1,796)
15-64 years:
61.6% (male 3,241; female 3,529)
65 years and over:
5.12% (male 236; female 327) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.4% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
21.56 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
22.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.65 years
male:
64.52 years
female:
68.88 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.09 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Tuvaluan(s)
adjective:
Tuvaluan
Ethnic groups:
Polynesian 96%
Religions:
Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
Languages:
Tuvaluan, English
Literacy:
definition:
NA
total population:
NA%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $11.6 million (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those working abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$6.2 million
expenditures:
$6.1 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:
fishing, tourism, copra
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
NA%
hydro:
NA%
nuclear:
NA%
other:
NA%
Agriculture - products:
coconuts; fish
Exports:
$165,000 (f.o.b., 1989)
Exports - commodities:
copra
Exports - partners:
Fiji, Australia, NZ
Imports:
$4.4 million (c.i.f., 1989)
Imports - commodities:
food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
Imports - partners:
Fiji, Australia, NZ
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - recipient:
$13 million (1999 est.); note - major donors are Japan and Australia
Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
Currency code:
AUD
Exchange rates:
Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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