Demographics of Tonga

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Tonga is projected at 106.76 thousand, up by 1% compared with 105.70 thousand in 2020. Tonga is ranked 198th in terms of population and 108th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 2.5 thousand births in Tonga in 2021. That is 7 per day, which is ranked 192nd. The crude birth rate is 23.54 per 1000 people. There are 743 deaths in Tonga in 2021. That is 2 per day, which is ranked 200th. The crude death rate is 6.99 per 1000 people.

25.88 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 23.1% of Tonga population. Tonga is ranked 217th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Tonga in 2021 is 100.25 males per 100 females. There are 53.45 thousand males and 53.31 thousand females in Tonga. The percentage of female population is 49.94% compare to 50.06% male population. Tonga has 133 more males than females. Tonga is at 135th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Tonga population

Year Population Growth (%)
195047,217-
195555,3232.16
196061,5742.89
196574,3483.63
197084,3441.79
197588,3210.84
198092,9660.75
198593,8960.11
199095,0690.23
199595,9720.24
200097,9620.50
2005100,9080.69
2010103,9810.08
2015100,780-0.24
2016101,1430.36
2017102,0020.85
2018103,1991.17
2019104,4971.26
2020105,6971.15
2021106,7591.00
  • Total
  • Crude

Tonga death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505022,27110.3046.57
19555682,60910.3947.78
19606272,9719.9547.19
19656403,2058.6843.44
19705923,0197.0936.23
19755622,9236.3232.83
19805863,1976.3534.62
19855903,1316.2733.28
19905912,9776.2231.34
19956362,8616.6229.76
20006732,7726.8628.25
20057062,8876.9828.55
20107362,8137.1827.42
20157422,5987.2425.35
20207422,5027.0423.75
20217432,5036.9923.54
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  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Tonga

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19506,08441,136-12.885
19558,56646,7575.9515.483
196010,81250,7895.1017.552
196514,50059,8625.8119.499
197017,03267,3371.9520.187
197517,96870,3800.9920.337
198019,67473,3331.8221.154
198520,92173,0321.1422.268
199021,60473,5490.3822.704
199521,96774,1090.3922.864
200022,57175,5110.6323.012
200523,39677,6450.7523.155
201024,35779,7800.7523.389
201524,75681,6080.3223.275
202025,64885,3890.8723.099
202125,87586,1180.8923.104
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  • Gender ratio

Tonga population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 6,235 5,875 12,110 11.34 106.128
05-09 6,395 6,045 12,440 11.65 105.790
10-14 6,391 5,742 12,133 11.36 111.303
15-19 5,979 5,508 11,487 10.76 108.551
20-24 5,192 4,768 9,960 9.33 108.893
25-29 3,895 3,838 7,733 7.24 101.485
30-34 2,943 3,223 6,166 5.78 91.312
35-39 2,758 3,290 6,048 5.67 83.830
40-44 2,552 2,867 5,419 5.08 89.013
45-49 2,332 2,617 4,949 4.64 89.110
50-54 2,403 2,486 4,889 4.58 96.661
55-59 2,008 1,996 4,004 3.75 100.601
60-64 1,447 1,603 3,050 2.86 90.268
65-69 1,107 1,279 2,386 2.23 86.552
70-74 778 908 1,686 1.58 85.683
75-79 512 630 1,142 1.07 81.270
80-84 325 395 720 0.67 82.278
85-89 146 178 324 0.30 82.022
90-94 43 59 102 0.10 72.881
95-99 5 6 11 0.01 83.333
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 53,446 53,313 106,759 100.249