Tuvalu — Population
Population, Total for Tuvalu, 1960–2025.
Population for Tuvalu was 9,492 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11,001 in 2013. The lowest was 5,598 in 1960 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.82% per year.
Tuvalu ranks 217 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 1.42 million, so Tuvalu sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 37 of 37 economies; Naoero (12,025) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 5% in 1975. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 85 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 213th of 216 in 1960 → 216th of 216 in 1970 → 216th of 216 in 1980 → 217th of 217 in 1990 → 217th of 217 in 2000 → 216th of 217 in 2010 → 217th of 217 in 2020 → 217th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,492 | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 9,646 | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 9,816 | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 9,992 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 10,194 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 10,399 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,581 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,751 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 10,869 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10,930 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 10,963 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 10,984 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 11,001 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 10,934 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 10,780 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 10,614 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10,461 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 10,321 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 10,182 | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 10,056 | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 9,940 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 9,816 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 9,695 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 9,623 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 9,586 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 9,544 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 9,496 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 9,451 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 9,400 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 9,342 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 9,280 | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 9,207 | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 9,126 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 9,038 | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 8,928 | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 8,798 | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 8,662 | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 8,518 | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 8,371 | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 8,217 | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 8,046 | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 7,902 | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,789 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 7,664 | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 7,526 | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 7,366 | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 7,184 | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 6,957 | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 6,686 | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 6,404 | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 6,117 | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 5,822 | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 5,681 | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 5,692 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 5,685 | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 5,663 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 5,631 | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 5,624 | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 5,652 | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 5,686 | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 5,715 | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 5,752 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,751 | +0.9% |
| 1962 | 5,699 | +0.9% |
| 1961 | 5,648 | +0.9% |
| 1960 | 5,598 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tuvalu’s Population in 1961?
5,648 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Tuvalu’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Tuvalu’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +69.6% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 9,492; 2024: 9,646; 2023: 9,816; 2022: 9,992; 2021: 10,194. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.