Country · Oceania
Tuvalu
Tuvalu is a country in Polynesia. Its capital city is Funafuti. About 12 thousand people live there, in an area of 26 square kilometres.
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Where is Tuvalu?
Tuvalu lies in Polynesia, on the continent of Oceania.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 891 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 24 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Tuvalu?
Tuvalu covers 26 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 99 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 191st largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 442.6 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Tuvalu?
About 12 thousand people live in Tuvalu.
That is the 193rd biggest population in the world.
People here speak English and Tuvaluan.
They pay with the Australian dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 66 years.
The land of Tuvalu
Its coast runs for about 24 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 1 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Tuvalu different?
Websites from here often end in .tv.
Tuvalu and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Tuvalu.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Oceania it is the 13th largest of 14 countries, and the 14th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Tuvalu?
The capital of Tuvalu is Funafuti. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Tuvalu?
About 12 thousand people live in Tuvalu, which makes it the 193rd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Tuvalu?
Tuvalu covers 26 square kilometres, making it the 191st largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 99 times bigger.
Which continent is Tuvalu in?
Tuvalu is in Oceania, in the part called Polynesia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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