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🇹🇴 Tonga

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TON
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TO
UN M49 numeric776
IOC codeTGA
Official nameKingdom of Tonga
Native name(s)eng: official: Kingdom of Tonga; common: Tonga; ton: official: Kingdom of Tonga; common: Tonga
Alt spellingsTO
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionPolynesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalNuku'alofa
Area (km²)747
Lat / Lng-20.0000, -175.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.to
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 76

Demographics

Population (World Bank)103,742 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)73.07 (2024)
Languageseng: English; ton: Tongan
Demonymseng: f: Tongan; m: Tongan; fra: f: Tonguienne; m: Tonguien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)679,218,218.578 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,547.186 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.008 (2025)
CurrenciesTOP: name: Tongan paʻanga; symbol: T$

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195049,660
195150,951
195252,358
195353,881
195455,516
195557,257
195659,099
195760,880
195862,586
195964,350
196066,170
196168,037
196269,940
196371,885
196473,879
196575,924
196678,002
196779,814
196881,353
196982,885
197084,401
197185,896
197287,356
197388,805
197490,683
197593,017
197695,325
197796,725
197897,204
197997,544
198097,769
198197,909
198297,980
198397,998
198497,990
198597,984
198698,010
198798,376
198898,969
198999,403
199099,700
199199,895
1992100,022
1993100,103
1994100,166
1995100,225
1996100,275
1997100,674
1998101,388
1999102,046
2000102,677
2001103,288
2002103,874
2003104,464
2004105,071
2005105,671
2006106,253
2007106,726
2008107,020
2009107,203
2010107,400
2011107,570
2012107,460
2013107,078
2014106,609
2015106,095
2016105,524
2017105,356
2018105,567
2019105,669
2020105,704
2021105,490
2022105,042
2023104,597

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "official": "مملكة تونغا",
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      "official": "Rouantelezh Tonga",
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      "official": "Království Tonga",
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      "official": "Kraljevina Tonga",
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      "official": "Tongai Királyság",
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    },
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      "official": "Regno di Tonga",
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      "official": "トンガ王国",
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      "official": "Reino de Tonga",
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      "official": "Королевство Тонга",
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    },
    "urd": {
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      "common": "ٹونگا"
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    "zho": {
      "official": "汤加王国",
      "common": "汤加"
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      "year": 2025
    },
    "gdp_usd": {
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "تونگا"
      },
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      },
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        "common": "Tonga"
      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "official": "Tonga Krallığı",
        "common": "Tonga"
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        "official": "مملکتِ ٹونگا",
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        "m": "Tonguien"
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    }
  }
}