| AREA ................................................ | 26 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 11.468 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 441,1 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Funafuti | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6% | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Australian dollar (AUD) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | - | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | -- | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Pacific Ocean 0 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | 5 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 1 October 1978 (from UK) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth context | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .tv | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +688 |