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Tuvalu

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Capital:	Funafuti
Area size (Land only):	30 sq. km Approximately one-third the size of Manhattan
Time zone:	GMT +12
Currency:	Australian dollar
Area code:	(+) 688
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Warm and rainy all year, with little seasonal variation. November to February are the rainy months.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Tuvaluan and English, which is spoken mainly on Funafuti.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Tuvaluans are mainly Polynesian (96 percent), with a Micronesian minority.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christianity, with 85 percent belonging to the Congregational Church of Tuvalu. There are also Seventh Day Adventist, Baha'i and Catholic communities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	49.0 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	48.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	48.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	47.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	47.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	46.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	46.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	46.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1967
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	30 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	31 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	31 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	36 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	No data available per 1,000 live births
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	37 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	38 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	38 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	51 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP 2006
1995-2003	99 percent	UNDP 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water

2006	93 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	93 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	89 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	90 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	132 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	132 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	112 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	91 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	77 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	72 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	69 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	68 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	69 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	183 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	183 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	163 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	133 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	51 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users
No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method
No data available current US$

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth
No data available percent

Annual inflation
No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	55 per 100,000 people	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1990-2004	55 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	166 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	172 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	178 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	184 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	191 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	197 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	204 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	211 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	2	UNHCR
2007	2	UNHCR
2006	3	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	No data available
2004	3	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	No data available percent
2003-2004	No data available percent
2002	2.1 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

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