Tonga
Population 2026
103,306
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.44%
- Density
- 143 per km²
- Land area
- 720 km²
- Capital
- Nuku'alofa
- Currency
- Pa'anga (TOP)
- Official languages
- TO, EN-TO
- Urban population
- 21.2%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 2,3392026
- Deaths
- 6792026
- Birth rate
- 23.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.4per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.10
- Life expectancy
- 73.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 21.0
- Net migration
- -2,150
Age distribution
- 0–1434.9%
- 15–6458.2%
- 65+6.9%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $679M
- GDP per capita
- $6.5K
- GDP growth
- +2.8%
- Inflation
- 5.6%
- Unemployment
- 2.0%
- Exports
- $109M
- Imports
- $393M
- Tourism receipts
- 47.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture18.6%
- Industry17.7%
- Manufacturing5.5%
- Services49.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture23.6%
- Industry23.3%
- Services53.0%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuku‘alofaTongatapu | 22,4002025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103,306 | 2.3K | 679 |
| 2020 | 105,721 | 2.5K | 683 |
| 2010 | 107,415 | 3.0K | 680 |
| 2000 | 102,695 | 3.0K | 667 |
| 1990 | 99,717 | 3.3K | 675 |
| 1980 | 97,785 | 3.5K | 642 |
| 1970 | 84,416 | 3.3K | 647 |
| 1960 | 66,187 | 2.9K | 696 |
| 1950 | 49,679 | 2.1K | 912 |