Environment-international agreements: party to: Climate Change, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
@Tuvalu:People
Population: 10,444 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 35% (male 1,875; female 1,804) 15-64 years: 60% (male 2,980; female 3,290) 65 years and over: 5% (male 226; female 269) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.4% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 22.6 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 8.62 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 26.23 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)