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.