Tuvalu
Funafuti · Polynesia
Tuvalu is a country in Oceania. Its capital city is Funafuti, the official currency is the Australian Dollar, and the main language is Tuvaluan.
With a population of roughly 11,000 people spread over 26 km², Tuvalu is the 194th most populous country in the world and the 192nd largest by area. That works out at about 438 people per square kilometre.
Tuvalu has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Funafuti, Vaiaku and Asau. The highest point in the country is unnamed point on Niulakita, at 4.6 metres.
For scale, Nauru is the closest country in the world to Tuvalu in both area and population.
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Region
- Polynesia
- Population
- 11,400
- Area
- 26 km²
- Currency
- Australian Dollar
- Main language
- Tuvaluan
- Highest point
- unnamed point on Niulakita
4.6 m - Land borders
- 0
Tuvalu: things worth knowing
- Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world at 26 square kilometres.
- Its highest point is under five metres, leaving it among the most threatened by sea level rise.
- Licensing its .tv internet domain provides a significant share of government revenue.
Tuvalu in context
Oceania has 14 sovereign countries in total. Tuvalu ranks 14th among them by population.
See the full list of Oceania countries, or browse all 195 countries.