Tuvalu Demographics Profile 2013

Population

10,619 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 30.2% (male 1,645/female 1,558)
15-24 years: 21.2% (male 1,209/female 1,038)
25-54 years: 35.5% (male 1,791/female 1,978)
55-64 years: 7.9% (male 346/female 491)
65 years and over: 5.3% (male 237/female 326) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 24.4 years
male: 23 years
female: 26.3 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

0.725% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

23.35 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

9.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-6.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 50% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 33.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 30.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 65.11 years
male: 63.03 years
female: 67.29 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.08 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 88% of population
rural: 81% of population
total: 84% of population
unimproved:
urban: 12% of population
rural: 19% of population
total: 16% of population

Nationality

noun: Tuvaluan(s)
adjective: Tuvaluan

Ethnic groups

Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%

Religions

Protestant 98.4% (Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%), Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%

Languages

Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)

Literacy

NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 11 years
male: 10 years
female: 11 years (2001)

Education expenditures

NA

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.6% (2007)

Health expenditures

9.9% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.636 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital bed density

5.56 beds/1,000 population (2001)