How many people live in Tonga right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
103,166
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Deaths | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 199 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0012%
- Median age
- 21.0 years
- Children per woman
- 3.04
- Life expectancy
- 73.4 years
- People per km²
- 159
According to UN estimates, about 103,166 people live in Tonga right now. It ranks 199th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Jersey and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and it is home to one in every 80,700 people on the planet.
Every day, about 6 people are born there and about 2 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 2,100 people a year. More people are born than die, but emigration makes the population shrink. Overall, it loses about 450 people a year.
In 1950, about 49,660 people lived there. Today there are 2.1 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 105,195 people (2% more than today), and by 2100 about 117,871.
Half of its people are younger than 21 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 3.04 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 73 years (worldwide, 74). There are 159 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Tonga in 2026?
- Tonga has about 103,166 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 103,291.
- How many people are born each day in Tonga?
- About 6 a day (2,300 a year). About 2 people die each day (670 a year).
- Is the population of Tonga growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.43% a year, or about 450 people.
- What will the population of Tonga be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 105,195.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Micronesia 114,346
- Aruba 108,157
- Jersey 104,140
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,037
- Antigua and Barbuda 94,747
- Isle of Man 84,025
More countries in Oceania
- Australia 27,305,121
- Papua New Guinea 11,005,599
- New Zealand 5,298,029
- Fiji 938,561
- Solomon Islands 864,513
- Vanuatu 344,891
- New Caledonia 298,674
- French Polynesia 283,264
- Samoa 220,922
- Guam 170,550
- Kiribati 139,061
- Micronesia 114,346
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.