Tonga's population rose from 100,275 in 1996 to 103,742 in 2025.
Tonga · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Tonga's population growth fell from 0.0 % in 1996 to -0.4 % in 2025.
Tonga's population density rose from 139.1 in 1994 to 145.3 in 2023.
Tonga's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.4 % in 1996 to 52.8 % in 2025.
Tonga's urbanisation fell from 22.9 % in 1996 to 21.2 % in 2025.
Tonga's urban population fell from 22,949 in 1996 to 21,948 in 2025.
Tonga's rural population rose from 77,326 in 1996 to 81,794 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %54th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.3 %59th of 217
- Death rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %143rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility rateup +0.9 %102nd of 217
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- Median agedown −0.0 yrs170th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts52nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts183rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts127th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.0 pts35th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts117th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −0.0 %119th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts131st of 216
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs124th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs125th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs135th of 217
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- Refugees hostedNo data