Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.88 years male: 62.72 years female: 65.09 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.11 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Tuvaluan(s) adjective: Tuvaluan
Ethnic groups: Polynesian 96%
Religions: Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
Languages: Tuvaluan, English
Literacy: NA; note-education is free and compulsory from ages 6 through 13
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Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tuvalu former: Ellice Islands
Data code: TV