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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Tuvaluan(s)
Adjective Tuvaluan Ethnic groups
Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
Languages
Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) Religions
Protestant 98.4% (Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%), Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% Population World Ranking: 224
10,619 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
30.6% (male 1,656/female 1,569) 15-64 years 64% (male 3,294/female 3,459)65 years and over 5.4% (male 238/female 328) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 24.4 years
Male 23 years Female 26.3 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 138
0.725% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 71
23.35 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 64
9.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 201
-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 World Ranking: 68
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 World Ranking: 168
Total population 65.11 years
Male 63.03 years Female 67.29 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 57
3.08 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 29
9.9% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
0.636 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density
5.56 beds/1,000 population (2001) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate
NA
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids
NA
Hiv/aids - deaths
NA
Children under the age of 5 years underweight World Ranking: 115
1.6% (2007)
Education expenditures
NA
Literacy
NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 11 years
Male 10 years Female 11 years (2001)
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