Tuvalu
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Leasing the .tv internet domain earned Tuvalu about US$5 million a year. (source)
Elders in numbers
Each island of Tuvalu has a falekaupule, a traditional assembly of elders called te sina o fenua, “grey hairs of the land”. (source)
- of people are 65 or older
- 7%
- people aged 65 or older
- 668
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 8.7%
- of people 65+ live alone
- 4.4%
- women 4.9%, men 3.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; UN, 2020
Languages
2 languages, 1 of them endangered
- TuvaluanVulnerable
- Gilbertese
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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