Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Region
- Oceania, Polynesia
- Population
- 9,492 (2025)
- Area
- 26 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD), Tuvaluan dollar (TVD)
- Languages
- Tuvalu, English, Samoan, Gilbertese
- Calling code
- +688
- Internet domain
- .tv
- ISO codes
- TV, TUV, 798
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Tuvalu covers about 26 square kilometres. By area it ranks 243rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Macau and a little larger than Nauru. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 8° south, 178° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 9,492 people live in Tuvalu (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 230th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 365 people to each square kilometre. About 65 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Tuvalu, English, Samoan, Gilbertese. A person from Tuvalu is called Tuvaluan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island. Also listed as used here: Tuvaluan dollar (TVD). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 57.3 million (2025), which is about US$ 6,041 for each person (2025).
Time
Tuvalu uses one time zone, UTC+12:00 (Pacific/Funafuti). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Funafuti | 6,320 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Polynesia
American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.