| Population | 105,780 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Tongan(s) adjective: Tongan |
| Ethnic groups | Tongan 97%, part-Tongan 0.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified <0.1% (2016 est.) |
| Languages | Tongan and English 76.8%, Tongan, English, and other language 10.6%, Tongan only (official) 8.7%, English only (official) 0.7%, other 1.7%, none 2.2% (2016 est.) note: data represent persons aged 5 and older who can read and write a simple sentence in Tongan, English, or another language |
| Religions | Protestant 64.1% (includes Free Wesleyan Church 35%, Free Church of Tonga 11.9%, Church of Tonga 6.8%, Assembly of God 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.2%, Tokaikolo Christian Church 1.6%, other 4.3%), Mormon 18.6%, Roman Catholic 14.2%, other 2.4%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.1% (2016 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 32% (male 17,250/female 16,698) 15-24 years: 19.66% (male 10,679/female 10,175) 25-54 years: 35.35% (male 18,701/female 18,802) 55-64 years: 6.17% (male 3,345/female 3,202) 65 years and over: 6.83% (male 3,249/female 3,994) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 68.6 youth dependency ratio: 58.6 elderly dependency ratio: 10 potential support ratio: 10 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 24.1 years male: 23.6 years female: 24.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.23% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 20.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -17.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | over two-thirds of the population lives on the island of Tongatapu; only 45 of the nation's 171 islands are occupied |
| Urbanization | urban population: 23.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 23,000 NUKU'ALOFA (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.9 years (2012 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 52 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.29 years male: 75.63 years female: 78.99 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.81 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 29.3% (2019) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.1% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.54 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.6% of population rural: 93.6% of population total: 94.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3.4% of population rural: 6.4% of population total: 5.5% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: malaria |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 48.2% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 0.8% (2019) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 99.4% male: 99.4% female: 99.5% (2015) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
