Kiribati vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Kiribati has a population of 135K (ranked 180/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Kiribati's land area is 313 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 173rd vs. 194th).

By GDP, Kiribati ranks 192/197 ($308M) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Kiribati ranks 151/197 ($2,289), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Kiribati and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Kiribati and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1970	$11,560,877	$2,585,956
1971	$12,356,134	$2,716,990
1972	$15,314,346	$2,968,458
1973	$25,645,040	$3,411,915
1974	$69,256,489	$4,122,329
1975	$44,547,454	$4,014,748
1976	$33,246,817	$3,919,072
1977	$31,335,459	$3,669,420
1978	$36,563,965	$3,798,782
1979	$34,466,197	$4,065,659
1980	$33,157,723	$4,206,128
1981	$35,267,489	$4,773,018
1982	$32,742,713	$4,118,945
1983	$31,000,546	$4,152,550
1984	$34,394,167	$4,481,978
1985	$26,126,615	$3,862,852
1986	$25,993,009	$4,574,706
1987	$29,554,413	$5,020,513
1988	$38,278,810	$7,011,059
1989	$37,645,319	$8,454,523
1990	$36,534,295	$9,542,901
1991	$41,247,792	$10,127,314
1992	$61,491,369	$10,535,028
1993	$58,953,596	$10,414,400
1994	$67,055,334	$11,772,611
1995	$68,596,395	$11,922,614
1996	$81,456,854	$13,338,597
1997	$80,205,807	$13,734,210
1998	$74,905,706	$13,795,146
1999	$77,323,978	$14,800,503
2000	$74,910,527	$15,073,976
2001	$64,935,850	$13,964,732
2002	$74,743,869	$16,842,673
2003	$96,105,619	$19,456,338
2004	$104,085,892	$22,798,275
2005	$113,895,437	$22,909,980
2006	$112,338,353	$24,096,875
2007	$138,054,946	$28,450,169
2008	$147,017,895	$31,874,435
2009	$140,177,384	$28,076,984
2010	$165,458,433	$32,105,408
2011	$195,970,140	$39,196,957
2012	$207,001,546	$39,345,579
2013	$201,730,861	$38,615,891
2014	$200,287,282	$38,760,983
2015	$191,559,399	$36,811,936
2016	$206,467,819	$41,629,064
2017	$222,875,736	$45,276,595
2018	$233,514,717	$48,015,260
2019	$216,985,388	$54,123,199
2020	$220,897,999	$51,746,594
2021	$285,259,894	$60,196,406
2022	$270,040,457	$59,065,982
2023	$288,610,732	$62,280,312
2024	$307,862,547	-

Kiribati and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1970	$201	$457
1971	$210.7	$478
1972	$256.2	$522
1973	$422	$601
1974	$1,131	$708
1975	$730	$656
1976	$548	$612
1977	$520	$549
1978	$611	$546
1979	$573	$566
1980	$542	$571
1981	$568	$634
1982	$519	$537
1983	$483	$533
1984	$527	$567
1985	$393	$480
1986	$382	$557
1987	$424	$600
1988	$536	$823
1989	$515	$976
1990	$488	$1,085
1991	$540	$1,134
1992	$792	$1,166
1993	$748	$1,141
1994	$838	$1,279
1995	$844	$1,285
1996	$986	$1,428
1997	$953	$1,461
1998	$874	$1,460
1999	$887	$1,559
2000	$845	$1,579
2001	$719	$1,457
2002	$810	$1,750
2003	$1,021	$2,007
2004	$1,083	$2,323
2005	$1,162	$2,305
2006	$1,123	$2,396
2007	$1,353	$2,794
2008	$1,411	$3,088
2009	$1,317	$2,684
2010	$1,522	$3,025
2011	$1,771	$3,636
2012	$1,844	$3,598
2013	$1,772	$3,510
2014	$1,737	$3,529
2015	$1,640	$3,358
2016	$1,743	$3,809
2017	$1,853	$4,166
2018	$1,913	$4,466
2019	$1,751	$5,115
2020	$1,752	$4,976
2021	$2,222	$5,905
2022	$2,070	$5,911
2023	$2,178	$6,345
2024	$2,289	-

Kiribati vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1950	45.7	40
1951	45.8	40.8
1952	45.9	41.7
1953	46	42.5
1954	46.1	43.4
1955	46.3	44.2
1956	46.5	45
1957	46.8	45.8
1958	47.1	46.7
1959	47.5	47.5
1960	48	48.3
1961	48.5	49
1962	49	49.8
1963	49.7	50.6
1964	50.4	51.3
1965	51	52.1
1966	51.7	52.8
1967	52.5	53.5
1968	53.1	54.1
1969	53.8	54.7
1970	54.4	55.3
1971	54.9	56
1972	55.3	54.7
1973	55.8	57.2
1974	56.1	57.7
1975	56.4	58.3
1976	56.6	58.8
1977	56.1	59.2
1978	56.9	59.6
1979	57.1	59.9
1980	57.3	60.2
1981	57.5	60.5
1982	57.8	60.7
1983	58.1	60.9
1984	58.4	61.1
1985	58.7	61.1
1986	59.1	61.2
1987	59.6	61.3
1988	60.1	61.4
1989	60.5	61.5
1990	61	61.6
1991	61.5	61.8
1992	62	60.3
1993	62.4	62.1
1994	62.8	62.3
1995	63.1	62.5
1996	63.5	62.7
1997	63.8	62.9
1998	64.1	63.2
1999	64.4	63.3
2000	64.7	63.5
2001	64.9	63.7
2002	65.1	63.8
2003	65.3	63.9
2004	65.4	64
2005	65.5	64.1
2006	65.6	64.2
2007	65.7	64.4
2008	65.7	64.5
2009	65.8	64.7
2010	65.9	64.8
2011	65.9	65
2012	65.9	65.1
2013	65.9	65.2
2014	65.9	65.3
2015	65.8	65.4
2016	65.8	65.5
2017	65.8	65.7
2018	65.8	65.9
2019	65.9	66.1
2020	65.2	66.4
2021	64.1	65.8
2022	66.3	66.9
2023	66.5	67.1
2024	66.6	67.3
2025	66.7	67.4

Kiribati and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Population
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1960	47,157	5,598
1961	48,323	5,648
1962	49,538	5,699
1963	50,791	5,751
1964	52,088	5,752
1965	53,439	5,715
1966	54,425	5,686
1967	54,996	5,652
1968	55,529	5,624
1969	56,360	5,631
1970	57,510	5,663
1971	58,652	5,685
1972	59,778	5,692
1973	60,824	5,681
1974	61,219	5,822
1975	60,987	6,117
1976	60,661	6,404
1977	60,267	6,686
1978	59,864	6,957
1979	60,172	7,184
1980	61,148	7,366
1981	62,121	7,526
1982	63,134	7,664
1983	64,169	7,789
1984	65,228	7,902
1985	66,496	8,046
1986	68,059	8,217
1987	69,733	8,371
1988	71,427	8,518
1989	73,147	8,662
1990	74,855	8,798
1991	76,367	8,928
1992	77,641	9,038
1993	78,841	9,126
1994	80,021	9,207
1995	81,234	9,280
1996	82,623	9,342
1997	84,147	9,400
1998	85,657	9,451
1999	87,126	9,496
2000	88,613	9,544
2001	90,335	9,586
2002	92,264	9,623
2003	94,175	9,695
2004	96,085	9,816
2005	98,035	9,940
2006	100,017	10,056
2007	102,068	10,182
2008	104,222	10,321
2009	106,467	10,461
2010	108,704	10,614
2011	110,647	10,780
2012	112,284	10,934
2013	113,838	11,001
2014	115,326	10,984
2015	116,815	10,963
2016	118,478	10,930
2017	120,275	10,869
2018	122,084	10,751
2019	123,921	10,581
2020	126,099	10,399
2021	128,377	10,194
2022	130,469	9,992
2023	132,530	9,816
2024	134,518	9,646

Fertility rates in Kiribati and Tuvalu

Fertility rate

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1960	6.44	5.15
1961	6.48	5.09
1962	6.42	5
1963	6.35	4.91
1964	6.29	4.83
1965	6.26	4.73
1966	6.23	4.64
1967	6.11	4.49
1968	5.98	4.36
1969	5.85	4.23
1970	5.71	4.08
1971	5.55	3.94
1972	5.37	3.81
1973	5.2	3.71
1974	5.09	3.63
1975	5.02	3.58
1976	4.96	3.55
1977	4.96	3.56
1978	4.97	3.59
1979	4.97	3.65
1980	4.96	3.73
1981	4.96	3.8
1982	4.95	3.88
1983	4.91	3.91
1984	4.91	3.95
1985	4.91	3.97
1986	4.87	3.97
1987	4.81	3.94
1988	4.73	3.88
1989	4.69	3.8
1990	4.67	3.75
1991	4.64	3.79
1992	4.57	3.86
1993	4.49	3.92
1994	4.44	3.92
1995	4.42	3.96
1996	4.43	3.95
1997	4.37	3.95
1998	4.29	3.95
1999	4.18	3.92
2000	4.07	3.84
2001	3.96	3.75
2002	3.81	3.64
2003	3.7	3.58
2004	3.73	3.55
2005	3.76	3.55
2006	3.82	3.53
2007	3.87	3.45
2008	3.9	3.42
2009	3.91	3.43
2010	3.9	3.44
2011	3.88	3.46
2012	3.77	3.47
2013	3.64	3.39
2014	3.52	3.33
2015	3.44	3.31
2016	3.38	3.3
2017	3.34	3.3
2018	3.32	3.33
2019	3.29	3.33
2020	3.25	3.31
2021	3.22	3.28
2022	3.18	3.24
2023	3.15	3.21

Kiribati and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kiribati	Tuvalu
1960	18.8	23.1
1961	18.5	23.1
1962	18.3	23
1963	18.2	22.6
1964	18.1	21
1965	18	19.3
1966	17.9	18.5
1967	17.7	18.1
1968	17.6	17.9
1969	17.5	18
1970	17.5	18.2
1971	17.6	18.6
1972	17.6	19
1973	17.7	19.4
1974	17.8	19.7
1975	18	19.8
1976	18.1	19.9
1977	18.2	20.2
1978	18.3	20.5
1979	18.4	20.9
1980	18.7	21
1981	18.9	21.4
1982	19	21.9
1983	19.2	22.5
1984	19.4	23.2
1985	19.6	23.6
1986	19.8	23.8
1987	19.9	24
1988	20.1	24.2
1989	20.2	24.5
1990	20.2	24.7
1991	20.2	24.9
1992	20.1	25
1993	20	25
1994	19.8	25.1
1995	19.7	25
1996	19.6	24.9
1997	19.6	24.6
1998	19.6	24.4
1999	19.6	24.1
2000	19.7	23.9
2001	19.8	23.7
2002	19.9	23.5
2003	20.1	23.5
2004	20.3	23.5
2005	20.5	23.6
2006	20.7	23.6
2007	20.9	23.7
2008	21	23.8
2009	21.2	23.9
2010	21.3	24
2011	21.5	24.1
2012	21.7	24.2
2013	21.9	24.3
2014	22.1	24.5
2015	22.3	24.7
2016	22.5	24.9
2017	22.7	25.2
2018	22.9	25.3
2019	23	25.3
2020	23.2	25.3
2021	23.3	25.3
2022	23.5	25.3
2023	23.6	25.3
2024	23.8	25.3

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