Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Tuvalu sits in Polynesia and uses AUD - Australian dollar ($), TVD - Tuvaluan dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Funafuti
Funafuti
Coordinates
-8, 178
Borders
None
Timezone
UTC+12:00
Driving
left
Population
10.6K
10,643 people
Area
26 km2
26 square kilometers
Density
409/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Funafuti
-8.52, 179.22
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Tuvalu, officially listed here as Tuvalu, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Tuvalu, TV, TUV, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Tuvalu is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Polynesia, with Oceania shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 10,643 people and a land area of 26 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 409 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -8, 178, while the capital coordinate reference is -8.52, 179.22. Tuvalu has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Funafuti (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Funafuti. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Tuvalu, capital of Tuvalu, and major urban areas in Tuvalu. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Tuvalu uses calling code +688, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC+12:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists AUD - Australian dollar ($) and TVD - Tuvaluan dollar ($), while language records include English and Tuvaluan. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as TUV. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 39.1 for 2010.
How to use this profile
This Tuvalu profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
TV / TUV
Top-level domains
.tv
Continents
Oceania
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
TUV
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Tuvalu is represented by the TV country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Funafuti
Funafuti
6,025
primary
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+688
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC+12:00
Languages
English, Tuvaluan
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
39.1
2010