Funafuti's 2026 population is now estimated at 8,165. In 2012, the population of Funafuti was 6,025. Funafuti has grown by 175 in the last year, which represents a 2.19% annual change. These population values and projections come from Tuvalu 2012 census island population (Table 1 enumerated), Tuvalu 2017 mini-census island population (Table 1 enumerated) and World Population Review Internal Projections .