Official name
Kingdom of Tonga
Name in local language
Pule'anga Fakatu'i 'o Tonga (to) ; Kingdom of Tonga (en)
Continent
Oceania
Subcontinent
Oceania
Population (ranking: 211e )
98,659 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
-0.70 % / year
Area
749 km²
Density
131.72 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 243e )0.450 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
4,364 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
0.30 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
70.80 years (2018)
Birth rate
22.20 ‰ (2017)
Fertility rate
3.10 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking )
4.90 ‰ (2017)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
11.60 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
99.44 % (2011)
Official languages
Tongan, English
Currency
Pa'anga (TOP)
HDI (ranking: 142e )0.717 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )62.49 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
King Tupou VI
National Day
4 June (independence of 1970)
ISO Codes TO, TON
Demonym
Tongan
Tourists (ranking )
62,000 people (2017)
Tonga is a sparsely populated state of Polynesia, located in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Fiji , south of Wallis and Futuna (France ), Samoa and American Samoa , and west of Niue . The country is divided into three main archipelagos with more than 170 islands and islets.
Haʻapai, Tonga Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Nuku'alofa
74,679 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Divisions
Population
Area
Haʻapai
6,144 inhabitants
110 km²
Niuas
1,232 inhabitants
72 km²
Tongatapu
74,679 inhabitants
260 km²
Vavaʻu
13,740 inhabitants
138 km²
ʻEua
4,950 inhabitants
87 km²
See also
