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Tuvalu — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Tuvalu, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-1.61%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -281.0% since 1961
Population growth for Tuvalu was -1.61% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.94% in 1975. The lowest was -2.00% in 2022 (about 1.2× the latest value).
Tuvalu ranks 213 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Tuvalu sits below it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 133% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 741%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-1.61%
First (1961)
0.89%
Change
-281.0%
Highest
4.94%
in 1975
Lowest
-2.00%
in 2022
Average
0.81%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.61% |
| 2024 | -1.75% |
| 2023 | -1.78% |
| 2022 | -2% |
| 2021 | -1.99% |
| 2020 | -1.74% |
| 2019 | -1.59% |
| 2018 | -1.09% |
| 2017 | -0.56% |
| 2016 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | -0.19% |
| 2014 | -0.15% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.