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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
(1952)
Governor-General: Filoimea Telito
(2005)
Prime Minister: Maatia Toafa
(2004)
Current government officials
Total area: 10 sq mi (26 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 11,992 (growth
rate: 1.5%); birth rate: 22.4/1000; infant mortality rate:
18.9/1000; life expectancy: 68.6; density per sq mi: 1,195
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Funafuti, 5,300
Monetary unit: Australian dollar
Languages:
Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the
island of Nui)
Ethnicity/race:
Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
Religions:
Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, Baha'i 1%
Literacy rate: n.a
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002
est.): $14.94 million; per capita $1,600. Real growth rate:
3% (2006 est.). Inflation: 3.8%. Unemployment:
n.a. Arable land: 0%. Agriculture: coconuts; fish.
Labor force: 3,615 (2004 est.); people make a living mainly
through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages
sent home by those working abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate
industry and sailors). Industries: fishing, tourism, copra.
Natural resource: fish. Exports: $1 million f.o.b.
(2004 est.): copra, fish. Imports: $31 million c.i.f. (2004
est.): food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods.
Major trading partners: Germany, Fiji, Italy, UK, Poland,
Japan, Australia, China, New Zealand (2004).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 1,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 0 (1994). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1999). Radios: 4,000
(1997). Television broadcast stations: 0 (1997).
Televisions: 800. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1
(2000). Internet users: n.a.
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 8 km (1999 est.); paved: 0 km; unpaved: 8
km. Ports and harbors: Funafuti, Nukufetau. Airports:
1 (2002).
International disputes: none.
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