The current population of Tuvalu is 9,493 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 9,646 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Tuvalu accounts for 0.0001% of the world's population.
- Tuvalu is projected to reach 12.3K people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Tuvalu has had an average decline rate of -0.22% per year.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 9.94K people to 9.49K (-4.5% decline in 20 years).
- Tuvalu is ranked 196/197 by population and was ranked 196th in 2005.
Tuvalu population clock
Tuvalu
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
9493
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 196/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.0001% | N/A |
| One net population change |
2.15 days
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.62 days
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.1 days
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -170 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.73% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 194/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.3 days
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -280 | N/A |
Tuvalu population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5,598 | - |
| 1961 | 5,648 | 0.89% |
| 1962 | 5,699 | 0.9% |
| 1963 | 5,751 | 0.91% |
| 1964 | 5,752 | 0.02% |
| 1965 | 5,715 | -0.64% |
| 1966 | 5,686 | -0.51% |
| 1967 | 5,652 | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 5,624 | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 5,631 | 0.12% |
| 1970 | 5,663 | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 5,685 | 0.39% |
| 1972 | 5,692 | 0.12% |
| 1973 | 5,681 | -0.19% |
| 1974 | 5,822 | 2.48% |
| 1975 | 6,117 | 5.07% |
| 1976 | 6,404 | 4.69% |
| 1977 | 6,686 | 4.4% |
| 1978 | 6,957 | 4.05% |
| 1979 | 7,184 | 3.26% |
| 1980 | 7,366 | 2.53% |
| 1981 | 7,526 | 2.17% |
| 1982 | 7,664 | 1.83% |
| 1983 | 7,789 | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 7,902 | 1.45% |
| 1985 | 8,046 | 1.82% |
| 1986 | 8,217 | 2.13% |
| 1987 | 8,371 | 1.87% |
| 1988 | 8,518 | 1.76% |
| 1989 | 8,662 | 1.69% |
| 1990 | 8,798 | 1.57% |
| 1991 | 8,928 | 1.48% |
| 1992 | 9,038 | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 9,126 | 0.97% |
| 1994 | 9,207 | 0.89% |
| 1995 | 9,280 | 0.79% |
| 1996 | 9,342 | 0.67% |
| 1997 | 9,400 | 0.62% |
| 1998 | 9,451 | 0.54% |
| 1999 | 9,496 | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 9,544 | 0.51% |
| 2001 | 9,586 | 0.44% |
| 2002 | 9,623 | 0.39% |
| 2003 | 9,695 | 0.75% |
| 2004 | 9,816 | 1.25% |
| 2005 | 9,940 | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 10,056 | 1.17% |
| 2007 | 10,182 | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 10,321 | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 10,461 | 1.36% |
| 2010 | 10,614 | 1.46% |
| 2011 | 10,780 | 1.56% |
| 2012 | 10,934 | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 11,001 | 0.61% |
| 2014 | 10,984 | -0.15% |
| 2015 | 10,963 | -0.19% |
| 2016 | 10,930 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 10,869 | -0.56% |
| 2018 | 10,751 | -1.09% |
| 2019 | 10,581 | -1.58% |
| 2020 | 10,399 | -1.72% |
| 2021 | 10,194 | -1.97% |
| 2022 | 9,992 | -1.98% |
| 2023 | 9,816 | -1.76% |
| 2024 | 9,646 | -1.73% |
| 2025 | 9,493 | -1.58% |
| 2026 | 9,363 | -1.37% |
| 2027 | 9,255 | -1.15% |
| 2028 | 9,175 | -0.87% |
| 2029 | 9,102 | -0.79% |
| 2030 | 9,047 | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 9,011 | -0.4% |
| 2032 | 8,984 | -0.3% |
| 2033 | 8,975 | -0.1% |
| 2034 | 8,970 | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 8,977 | 0.08% |
| 2036 | 8,995 | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 9,017 | 0.24% |
| 2038 | 9,051 | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 9,095 | 0.48% |
| 2040 | 9,143 | 0.53% |
| 2041 | 9,191 | 0.52% |
| 2042 | 9,245 | 0.6% |
| 2043 | 9,308 | 0.68% |
| 2044 | 9,375 | 0.72% |
| 2045 | 9,435 | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 9,502 | 0.71% |
| 2047 | 9,571 | 0.72% |
| 2048 | 9,644 | 0.76% |
| 2049 | 9,712 | 0.71% |
| 2050 | 9,778 | 0.68% |
Tuvalu has a population of 9.49K as of 2025, compared to 11K in 2015, 9.94K in 2005, and 9.28K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 1.34% per year. Tuvalu is ranked 194th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Tuvalu will have 9,435 people (-0.61% decline) and still will be ranked 196th.
By the year 2100, Tuvalu's population is projected to grow by 29.1% to 12.3K people.
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Tuvalu population statistics
|
Tuvalu
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 29.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.21 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 833 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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