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Tuvalu

Tuvalu Geography Stats

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Geographic location: Geographic location of island countries.
  • Land area > Sq. km: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes."
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Area > Comparative 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC 2013
Area > Comparative to US places 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC 2008
Area > Land 26 sq km 2008 225th out of 235
Area > Land > Per capita 2.13 sq km per 1,000 people 2008 200th out of 224
Area > Total 26 sq km 2013 235th out of 251
Area > Water 0.0 2013 214th out of 246
Climate tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March) 2013
Coastline 24 km 2014 191st out of 242
Geographic coordinates 8 00 S, 178 00 E 2013
Geographic location Pacific Ocean , Polynesia 2014
Land area > Sq. km 30 sq km 2008 197th out of 199
Land area > Square miles 10 square miles 2013 94th out of 98
Location Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia 2013
Natural resources fish 2013
Terrain low-lying and narrow coral atolls 2013

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: List of island countries (Sovereign states); Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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Tuvalu Geography Profiles (Subcategories)

Area 11 Land use 3
Environment 3 Maritime claims 4
Land area 3
  • Tuvalu ranked first for land use > permanent crops amongst Hot countries in 2013.
  • Tuvalu ranked second last for land use > arable land amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2013.
  • Tuvalu ranked last for area > total amongst Former British colonies in 2013.

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