The primary purpose of civil registration is to create a legal document that can be used to establish and protect the rights of individuals. A secondary purpose is to create a data source for the compilation of vital statistics.
Migration statistics provide a significant insight for Tuvalu’s population estimates and projections.
Tuvalu’s Migration patterns have slowly risen compared to the previous year which could be resulted from additional flights to Tuvalu.
The figures below are a comparison of total arrivals and total departures from the first biannual 2025 compared to the first biannual of the previous year.
Visitors 2025
Visitors arrivals in Tuvalu are mainly from the three Pacific regional countries including Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
Resident Departures 2025.
Two of the main reasons for Tuvalu resident departure include Family/Social and Government official trips.
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The total number of visitors for 2023 was 3,136. Visitors increased 10-fold (1,185 percent) in 2023 compared to 2022. This increase is due to the lifting of travel restrictions in 2023. Most of the visitors arrived in the country were males in 2023.
Resident Departures
The total number of residents departures for 2023 was 4,490. Resident departures increased two times (222 percent) in 2023 compared to the previous year (2022). This is due to the lifting of travel restrictions in 2023. There are lots of male residents travel out of the country compared to female residents in 2023.
Vitals
Births
The total number of births for 2023 was 232 which is a 14 percent decrease when compared to the total births in 2022. Overall, births of female children are slightly higher than that of male children. About 1.03 females for every birth of a male child in 2023 compared to 0.87 in 2022.
Deaths
The total number of deaths in 2023 was 127, a 55 percent increase from 2022. Most deaths occur at the main hospital in Funafuti. About 1 in every 3 deaths occurred at home.
Population Estimates
The population estimated for 2023 decreased by about 4.6 percent compared to the population estimated for 2022. It is worth noting from the section migration that there were very significant increases in travel which may cause such a decrease in the estimate. The base used for the estimates was the resident population count from the 2017 mini-census.
Tuvalu Central Statistics Division collects births and deaths recorded by the Public Health Department and run analyses that produce tables outlining indicators such as total deaths per year by month and more. A total of 257 births and 86 deaths were recorded for the year 2018, 251 births and 140 deaths recorded for 2019, and 156 births and 59 deaths were recorded for the first half of 2020. The graphs below illustrate trends in birth and deaths for the years 2018 to 2020 (January to June).
Figure 1: A line graph showing trend of births by month for years 2018 t0 2020Figure 2: A bar graph showing total births recorded by island in Tuvalu for years 2018 to 2020 Jan to JuneA line graph outlining trend of births by age group of mothers for years 2018 to 2020 Jan to JuneA column graph showing total deaths recorded for years 2018 to 2020 Jan to June
