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Population in Tuvalu compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Tuvalu was 9,646 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Tuvalu's population is 9,493 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.

Population statistics:

  • The United States' population is 36,166 times bigger than Tuvalu's.
  • Tuvalu is ranked the 196th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
  • The countries together account for 4.15% of the world: 0.0001% for Tuvalu vs 4.15% for the United States.
  • For the last 10 years, Tuvalu has had an average growth rate of -1.19% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
  • Since 2005, the population of Tuvalu has decreased from 9.94K people to 9.49K (4.5% decline), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
  • Tuvalu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.3K people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.

Tuvalu vs United States: live population counter

Tuvalu United States
Current population
9493
343323530
Population rank 196/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.0001% 4.15%
One net population change
2.15 days
6.07 seconds
One birth every
1.62 days
8.8 seconds
One death every
4.1 days
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
1.3 days
24.5 seconds
Annual migration change -280 +1,286,132
Daily growth/decline +0 +14,236
Annual growth/decline -170 +5,196,093
Annual growth/decline rate -1.73% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 194/197 72/197

Tuvalu and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Tuvalu
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Tuvalu United States Tuvalu United States
1900 - 76,094,000 - -
1901 - 77,584,000 - 1.96%
1902 - 79,163,000 - 2.04%
1903 - 80,632,000 - 1.86%
1904 - 82,166,000 - 1.9%
1905 - 83,822,000 - 2.02%
1906 - 85,450,000 - 1.94%
1907 - 87,008,000 - 1.82%
1908 - 88,710,000 - 1.96%
1909 - 90,490,000 - 2.01%
1910 - 92,407,000 - 2.12%
1911 - 93,863,000 - 1.58%
1912 - 95,335,000 - 1.57%
1913 - 97,225,000 - 1.98%
1914 - 99,111,000 - 1.94%
1915 - 100,546,000 - 1.45%
1916 - 101,961,000 - 1.41%
1917 - 103,268,000 - 1.28%
1918 - 103,208,000 - -0.06%
1919 - 104,514,000 - 1.27%
1920 - 106,461,000 - 1.86%
1921 - 108,538,000 - 1.95%
1922 - 110,049,000 - 1.39%
1923 - 111,947,000 - 1.72%
1924 - 114,109,000 - 1.93%
1925 - 115,829,000 - 1.51%
1926 - 117,397,000 - 1.35%
1927 - 119,035,000 - 1.4%
1928 - 120,509,000 - 1.24%
1929 - 121,767,000 - 1.04%
1930 - 123,076,741 - 1.08%
1931 - 124,039,648 - 0.78%
1932 - 124,840,471 - 0.65%
1933 - 125,578,763 - 0.59%
1934 - 126,373,773 - 0.63%
1935 - 127,250,232 - 0.69%
1936 - 128,053,180 - 0.63%
1937 - 128,824,829 - 0.6%
1938 - 129,824,939 - 0.78%
1939 - 130,879,718 - 0.81%
1940 - 132,122,446 - 0.95%
1941 - 133,402,471 - 0.97%
1942 - 134,859,553 - 1.09%
1943 - 136,739,353 - 1.39%
1944 - 138,397,345 - 1.21%
1945 - 139,928,165 - 1.11%
1946 - 141,388,566 - 1.04%
1947 - 144,126,071 - 1.94%
1948 - 146,631,302 - 1.74%
1949 - 149,188,130 - 1.74%
1950 - 152,271,417 - 2.07%
1951 - 154,877,889 - 1.71%
1952 - 157,552,740 - 1.73%
1953 - 160,184,192 - 1.67%
1954 - 163,025,854 - 1.77%
1955 - 165,931,202 - 1.78%
1956 - 168,903,031 - 1.79%
1957 - 171,984,130 - 1.82%
1958 - 174,881,904 - 1.68%
1959 - 177,829,628 - 1.69%
1960 5,598 180,671,158 - 1.6%
1961 5,648 183,691,481 0.89% 1.67%
1962 5,699 186,537,737 0.9% 1.55%
1963 5,751 189,241,798 0.91% 1.45%
1964 5,752 191,888,791 0.02% 1.4%
1965 5,715 194,302,963 -0.64% 1.26%
1966 5,686 196,560,338 -0.51% 1.16%
1967 5,652 198,712,056 -0.6% 1.09%
1968 5,624 200,706,052 -0.5% 1%
1969 5,631 202,676,946 0.12% 0.98%
1970 5,663 205,052,174 0.57% 1.17%
1971 5,685 207,660,677 0.39% 1.27%
1972 5,692 209,896,021 0.12% 1.08%
1973 5,681 211,908,788 -0.19% 0.96%
1974 5,822 213,853,928 2.48% 0.92%
1975 6,117 215,973,199 5.07% 0.99%
1976 6,404 218,035,164 4.69% 0.95%
1977 6,686 220,239,425 4.4% 1.01%
1978 6,957 222,584,545 4.05% 1.06%
1979 7,184 225,055,487 3.26% 1.11%
1980 7,366 226,542,250 2.53% 0.66%
1981 7,526 229,465,744 2.17% 1.29%
1982 7,664 231,664,432 1.83% 0.96%
1983 7,789 233,792,014 1.63% 0.92%
1984 7,902 235,824,908 1.45% 0.87%
1985 8,046 237,923,734 1.82% 0.89%
1986 8,217 240,132,831 2.13% 0.93%
1987 8,371 242,288,936 1.87% 0.9%
1988 8,518 244,499,004 1.76% 0.91%
1989 8,662 246,819,222 1.69% 0.95%
1990 8,798 250,131,894 1.57% 1.34%
1991 8,928 253,492,503 1.48% 1.34%
1992 9,038 256,894,189 1.23% 1.34%
1993 9,126 260,255,352 0.97% 1.31%
1994 9,207 263,435,673 0.89% 1.22%
1995 9,280 266,557,091 0.79% 1.18%
1996 9,342 269,667,391 0.67% 1.17%
1997 9,400 272,911,760 0.62% 1.2%
1998 9,451 276,115,288 0.54% 1.17%
1999 9,496 279,294,713 0.48% 1.15%
2000 9,544 282,162,411 0.51% 1.03%
2001 9,586 284,968,955 0.44% 0.99%
2002 9,623 287,625,193 0.39% 0.93%
2003 9,695 290,107,933 0.75% 0.86%
2004 9,816 292,805,298 1.25% 0.93%
2005 9,940 295,516,599 1.26% 0.93%
2006 10,056 298,379,912 1.17% 0.97%
2007 10,182 301,231,207 1.25% 0.96%
2008 10,321 304,093,966 1.37% 0.95%
2009 10,461 306,771,529 1.36% 0.88%
2010 10,614 309,327,143 1.46% 0.83%
2011 10,780 311,583,481 1.56% 0.73%
2012 10,934 313,877,662 1.43% 0.74%
2013 11,001 316,059,947 0.61% 0.7%
2014 10,984 318,386,329 -0.15% 0.74%
2015 10,963 320,738,994 -0.19% 0.74%
2016 10,930 323,071,755 -0.3% 0.73%
2017 10,869 325,122,128 -0.56% 0.63%
2018 10,751 326,838,199 -1.09% 0.53%
2019 10,581 328,329,953 -1.58% 0.46%
2020 10,399 331,526,933 -1.72% 0.97%
2021 10,194 331,893,745 -1.97% 0.11%
2022 9,992 333,271,411 -1.98% 0.42%
2023 9,816 334,914,895 -1.76% 0.49%
2024 9,646 340,110,988 -1.73% 1.55%
2025 9,493 341,931,772 -1.58% 0.54%
2026 9,363 343,664,369 -1.37% 0.51%
2027 9,255 345,331,185 -1.15% 0.49%
2028 9,175 346,981,137 -0.87% 0.48%
2029 9,102 348,601,982 -0.79% 0.47%
2030 9,047 350,176,974 -0.6% 0.45%
2031 9,011 351,725,612 -0.4% 0.44%
2032 8,984 353,249,060 -0.3% 0.43%
2033 8,975 354,749,644 -0.1% 0.42%
2034 8,970 356,234,239 -0.06% 0.42%
2035 8,977 357,694,316 0.08% 0.41%
2036 8,995 359,119,002 0.2% 0.4%
2037 9,017 360,517,853 0.24% 0.39%
2038 9,051 361,895,407 0.38% 0.38%
2039 9,095 363,229,908 0.48% 0.37%
2040 9,143 364,512,364 0.53% 0.35%
2041 9,191 365,753,139 0.52% 0.34%
2042 9,245 366,969,419 0.6% 0.33%
2043 9,308 368,146,925 0.68% 0.32%
2044 9,375 369,258,123 0.72% 0.3%
2045 9,435 370,318,770 0.64% 0.29%
2046 9,502 371,328,255 0.71% 0.27%
2047 9,571 372,299,116 0.72% 0.26%
2048 9,644 373,230,539 0.76% 0.25%
2049 9,712 374,119,803 0.71% 0.24%
2050 9,778 374,986,259 0.68% 0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tuvalu increased by 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tuvalu lost -1,470 (a 13.4% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Tuvalu was ranked 196th most populous country in 2005 and is still 196th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Tuvalu's population will grow by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.

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