Recognised as Country

Tuvalu

TV
Oceania
AUD
.tv

Tuvalu (TV/TUV) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Funafuti. It covers about 26 km² with a population of roughly 11,000, uses the AUD, dials on +688, owns the .tv internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Funafuti. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameTuvalu

CapitalFunafuti

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TV

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TUV

Internet TLD.tv

Calling code+688

Currency codeAUD

Geography

Approximate centre-7.1095, 177.6493a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude7.1095° S

Longitude177.6493° E

HemisphereSouthern and Eastern

Area26 km²10 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London15,074 kmto the approximate centre of Tuvalu, not to Funafuti. N, bearing 3.2°

Antipode7.1095, -2.3507the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Funafutithe IANA zone for Funafuti; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+12:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+12:00

Offset in JulyUTC+12:00

Current offsetUTC+12:00

Local time now17 Sept 2026, 01:41

Hours ahead of UTC12

Population & scale

Population11,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density423.1 per km²≈

Share of world population0%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset193 of 196

Population rank in this dataset195 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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