Tuvalu
Nine low islands standing together in the Pacific
Passport card
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Continent
- Oceania
- Currency
- Tuvaluan and Australian dollars
- Languages
- Tuvaluan and English
- People
- About 11,000
- Size
- About 26 km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Feleti Teo
- Free since
- 1 October 1978
- Time
- 6½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 pm in Funafuti
⭐ The 9 stars on Tuvalu's flag are placed just like the 9 islands on a map!
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Tuvalu
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Tuvalu
Turn the globe with your finger. Tuvalu has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Tuvalu and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 1,30,000 times the size of Tuvalu.
- PeopleIndia has about 1,40,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 11,000 in Tuvalu.
- DistanceFunafuti is about 11,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeTuvalu is 6½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 pm in Funafuti.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Tuvalu, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Tuvalu
- A fresh mix from the country's 112 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Tuvalu's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Tuvalu back on the map
Tuvalu and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Tuvalu worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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