Population growth in Tuvalu

The population of Tuvalu changed by -1.61% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2019.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tuvalu, 2025 -1.61% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.14percentage points 2024: -1.75%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 213th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Tuvalu over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TuvaluWorld
2025 -1.61% 0.91%
2024 -1.75% 0.96%
2023 -1.78% 0.93%
2022 -2.00% 0.87%
2021 -1.99% 0.83%
2020 -1.74% 0.98%
2019 -1.59% 1.05%
2018 -1.09% 1.08%
2017 -0.56% 1.13%
2016 -0.30% 1.16%
2015 -0.19% 1.18%
2014 -0.15% 1.21%
2013 0.61% 1.23%
2012 1.42% 1.26%
2011 1.55% 1.22%
2010 1.45% 1.22%
2009 1.35% 1.25%
2008 1.36% 1.27%
2007 1.25% 1.26%
2006 1.16% 1.27%
2005 1.26% 1.27%
2004 1.24% 1.29%
2003 0.75% 1.29%
2002 0.39% 1.31%
2001 0.44% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.14 percentage points from -1.75% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.19%, the figure has changed by −1.42 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Tuvalu has the 213th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Tuvalu
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects