Demographics of Tuvalu
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96% of the Tuvaluans are ethnic Polynesians, closely related to the people of Samoa and Tonga. The vast majority belong to the Church of Tuvalu, a Protestant denomination. Their ancestors were converted by Christian missionaries decades ago.
Population: 11,636 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 30.8% (male 1,823/female 1,756)
15-64 years: 64.2% (male 3,620/female 3,847)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 229/female 361) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 24.45 years
male: 23.36 years
female: 25.85 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.47% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 21.91 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate: 7.22 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.63 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 20.03 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.01 years
male: 65.79 years
female: 70.33 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Tuvaluan(s)
adjective: Tuvaluan
Ethnic groups: Polynesian 96% Micronesia 4%
Religions: Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-day Adventist 1.4%, Bahá'í 1%, other 0.6%
Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
