Tuvalu became officially member of the BIE the 12.09.2007.

Today, the BIE counts 104 Member States.

Tuvalu are a Polynesian State, in the center of the Pacific Ocean, in the south of the equator and close to Kiribati.

It is an archipelago made up of nine coral atolls of which eights are inhabited. Vaiaku, the principal village, on the atoll of Funafuti is on the ?l?t of Fongafale which makes 12 kilometers length. The broadest place of the island, sheltering the track of airport, borders the 400 meters. It is there that half of the population of the kingdom lives on 2,6 km2.

Official language: Tuvaluan

Capital: Atoll of Funafuti (larger city)

Form of the State: Constitutional monarchy

Surface: 26 km 2

Population: 11,468 hab.

Density: 441 hab/km 2

Currency: Australian Dollar