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Aliases: Ellice Islands

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Geography
Area 26 km²
Continent Australia
Land area 26 km²
Water area 0 km²
Land boundaries 0 km
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Coastline 24 km
Mean elevation 2 m
Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 5 m
People
Population 11,342
Official languages
  • English
  • Tuvaluan
Religion Protestant
Government
Long country name Add
Short country name Tuvalu
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Short local name Tuvalu
Former name
  • Ellice Islands
Government type Parliamentary democracy
Capital Funafuti
Economy
GDP (PPP) 42,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 40,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 3.2 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 3,800 USD
Gross national saving Add
Labor force 3,615
Unemployment rate Add
Population below poverty line 26.3 %
Budget revenues 42,680,000 USD
Budget expenditures 32,460,000 USD
Military expenditures Add
Taxes and other revenues 106.7 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit 25.6 % of GDP
Public debt 37 % of GDP
Inflation rate 4.1 %
Central bank discount rate Add
Commercial bank prime lending rate 10.6 %
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Market value of publicly traded shares 0 USD
Current account balance 2,000,000 USD
Exports 600 USD
Imports 20,690,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Add
External debt Add
National currency Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars
National currency (code) AUD
National currency (symbol) $
National currency rate to USD 1.311

In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period. The agreement was subsequently renegotiated but details were not disclosed. Tuvalu will host the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in August 2019.

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