| Population :
| 11,468 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 31,30%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 1 828.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 1 761.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 63,70%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 3 530.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 3 770.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 5%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 227.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 352.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 24.2 years .
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| Median age male :
| 23.1 years .
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| Median age female :
| 25.6 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 1.44% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 21.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 7.24 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.94 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.65 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 67.66 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 65.47 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 69.96 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 3.02 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| NA .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Tuvaluan(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Tuvaluan .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4% .
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| Religions :
| Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% .
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| Languages :
| Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) .
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| Literacy definition :
| NA .
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| Literacy total :
| NA .
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| Literacy male :
| NA .
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| Literacy female :
| NA .
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| Government type :
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy; began debating republic status in 1992 .
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| Independence :
| 1 October 1978 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 1 October (1978) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Tuvalu consists of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. The country has no known mineral resources and few exports. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary economic activities. Fewer than 1,000 tourists, on ave.
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors) .
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| Agriculture products :
| coconuts; fish .
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| Industries :
| fishing, tourism, copra .
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| Exports commodities :
| copra, fish .
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| Exports partners :
| Poland 31.5%, Azerbaijan 13.7%, Italy 11%, France 11%, Germany 6.8%, Austria 6.8%, Rwanda 5.5%, Hungary 5.5%, Fiji 4.1% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 1 October (1978) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 1 October (1978) .
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| Internet users :
| 1,300 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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