Tonga
Population growth in Tonga
Population growth in Tonga: 2.49% a year in 1950 and -0.42% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.42% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.91 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 200 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.01% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.01% a year in 2100, between -6.31% a year and 4.18% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.2% a year in 1956, the lowest -0.57% a year in 2016.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.42 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.43 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.42 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.01 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.15 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.26 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -0.57 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -0.51 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -0.46 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -0.42 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -0.3 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.09 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.22 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.14 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.2 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.35 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.54 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.56 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.58 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.58 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.55 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.58 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.61 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.63 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.67 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.74 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.05 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.06 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.06 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.06 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 0.1 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0.16 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.24 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.36 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.52 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.69 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.06 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | -0 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | -0.01 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | -0.01 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 0.04 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 0.1 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0.18 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.28 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.42 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.57 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.36 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.54 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.54 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.64 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.65 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.72 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.79 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 1.84 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.89 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.93 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.67 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 2.73 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.74 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.74 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 2.75 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.77 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.8 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.78 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 2.78 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.75 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.2 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.13 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 3.05 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.93 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.8 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.64 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.49 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.39-1.4–0.56 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.44-1.71–0.75 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.43-1.97–0.9 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.34-2.1–1.17 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.31-2.24–1.34 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.25-2.24–1.45 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.16-2.31–1.66 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.13-2.43–1.74 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.04-2.45–1.9 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.02-2.5–2.14 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.01-2.58–2.2 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.05-2.75–2.22 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.08-2.85–2.38 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.13-2.77–2.51 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.22-2.92–2.65 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.16-3.03–2.58 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.21-3.06–2.65 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.24-3.2–2.76 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.24-3.13–2.7 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.27-3.17–2.84 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.32-3.16–2.93 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.29-3.22–2.96 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.29-3.49–2.96 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.22-3.52–2.97 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.24-3.62–3.04 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.2-3.62–3.09 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.22-3.73–3.19 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.2-3.91–3.11 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.19-4.18–3.12 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.2-4.39–3.17 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.21-4.3–3.3 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.2-4.7–3.23 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.2-4.45–3.25 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.23-4.81–3.18 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.24-4.77–3.23 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.26-4.87–3.38 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.26-4.81–3.19 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.29-4.9–3.32 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.3-5.01–3.39 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.32-5.11–3.41 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.33-5.03–3.44 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.3-5.18–3.4 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.35-5.13–3.59 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.35-5.26–3.64 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.35-5.49–3.62 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.33-5.35–3.66 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.35-5.32–3.74 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.37-5.48–3.88 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.37-5.5–3.87 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.35-5.5–3.99 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.34-5.93–3.96 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.34-6.16–3.98 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.36-6.25–3.85 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.32-6.3–3.85 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.32-6.18–3.85 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.31-6.37–3.83 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.29-6.56–3.81 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.25-6.04–3.74 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.26-6.5–4.02 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.25-6.07–4.02 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.21-5.97–3.91 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.19-5.84–4 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.16-5.77–3.99 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.18-5.92–4.01 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.17-5.6–4.05 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.13-5.62–3.93 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.12-5.4–4.12 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.1-5.62–3.98 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.09-5.62–4.09 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.07-5.92–3.93 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.08-5.79–4.1 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.07-5.99–4.15 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.03-6.07–4 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.03-5.79–4.03 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.05-5.92–4.07 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.03-6.06–4.2 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.01-6.31–4.18 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Tonga in numbers
Every measure for Tonga on one page