State · 1978 – present
Tuvalu
A state of 1978 – present — 48 years, still standing in the Americas and Oceania. It replaced Territory of Tuvalu and Ellice Islands and followed Ellice islands (colony). The atlas records 1 thing within it — famine and plague 1. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 48 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 2
- the monarch of Tuvalu
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 6
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Territory of Tuvalu · replaces
- Ellice Islands · replaces
- Ellice islands (colony) · follows
Rulers
The line of monarch of Tuvalu - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth II | 1978 – 2022 | 44 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Charles III | 2022 – in office | in office since 2022 | still in office | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1978 – 2022. Only 44 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Tuvalu, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Toaripi Lauti | 1978 – 1981 |
| Tomasi Puapua | 1981 – 1989 |
| Bikenibeu Paeniu | 1989 – 1993 |
| Kamuta Latasi | 1993 – 1996 |
| Bikenibeu Paeniu | 1996 – 1999 |
| Ionatana Ionatana | 1999 – 2000 |
| Lagitupu Tuilimu | 2000 – 2001 |
| Faimalaga Luka | 2001 – 2001 |
| Koloa Talake | 2001 – 2002 |
| Saufatu Sopoanga | 2002 – 2004 |
| Maatia Toafa | 2004 – 2006 |
| Apisai Ielemia | 2006 – 2010 |
| Maatia Toafa | 2010 – 2010 |
| Willy Telavi | 2010 – 2013 |
| Enele Sopoaga | 2013 – 2019 |
| Kausea Natano | 2019 – … |
| Ben Do | 2024 – … |
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_Tuvalu_(1976%E2%80%931978).svg.png)
flag, to 1978Flag of Tuvalu (1976–1978) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lokal_Profil .svg/120px-Flag_of_Tuvalu_(1995%E2%80%931997).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of Tuvalu (1995–1997) · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1978Coat of arms of Tuvalu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Denelson83 .svg/120px-Flag_of_Tuvalu_(1978%E2%80%931995).svg.png)
flag, 1978 – 1995Flag of Tuvalu (1978–1995) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Tuvalu_(1995).svg.png)
flag, 1995 – 1995Flag of Tuvalu (1995) · Public domain 
flag, from 1997Flag of Tuvalu · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tuvalu · plague · 2022
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood48 years
stood longer than 33% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1968 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 2002, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q672 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.