Tonga
Urban population in Tonga
Urban population in Tonga: 13.4% in 1950 and 21.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 21.2%
- Since 1950
- +7.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 221 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 25.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 25.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 23.5% in 2011, the lowest 13.4% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Tonga |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.2 |
| 2024 | 21.2 |
| 2023 | 21.2 |
| 2022 | 21.2 |
| 2021 | 21.3 |
| 2020 | 21.9 |
| 2019 | 22.3 |
| 2018 | 22.7 |
| 2017 | 23 |
| 2016 | 23.1 |
| 2015 | 23.2 |
| 2014 | 23.3 |
| 2013 | 23.4 |
| 2012 | 23.5 |
| 2011 | 23.5 |
| 2010 | 23.4 |
| 2009 | 23.4 |
| 2008 | 23.3 |
| 2007 | 23.2 |
| 2006 | 23.2 |
| 2005 | 23.2 |
| 2004 | 23.1 |
| 2003 | 23.1 |
| 2002 | 23.1 |
| 2001 | 23.1 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1997 | 22.9 |
| 1996 | 22.9 |
| 1995 | 22.8 |
| 1994 | 22.7 |
| 1993 | 22.6 |
| 1992 | 22.5 |
| 1991 | 22.4 |
| 1990 | 22.2 |
| 1989 | 22 |
| 1988 | 21.9 |
| 1987 | 21.7 |
| 1986 | 21.5 |
| 1985 | 21.4 |
| 1984 | 21.2 |
| 1983 | 21 |
| 1982 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 20.7 |
| 1980 | 20.6 |
| 1979 | 20.5 |
| 1978 | 20.4 |
| 1977 | 20.4 |
| 1976 | 20.3 |
| 1975 | 20.3 |
| 1974 | 20.3 |
| 1973 | 20.2 |
| 1972 | 20.2 |
| 1971 | 20.2 |
| 1970 | 20.2 |
| 1969 | 20.2 |
| 1968 | 20.1 |
| 1967 | 20.1 |
| 1966 | 20 |
| 1965 | 19.9 |
| 1964 | 19.7 |
| 1963 | 19.4 |
| 1962 | 19.1 |
| 1961 | 18.7 |
| 1960 | 18.3 |
| 1959 | 17.8 |
| 1958 | 17.3 |
| 1957 | 16.7 |
| 1956 | 16.2 |
| 1955 | 15.8 |
| 1954 | 15.3 |
| 1953 | 14.9 |
| 1952 | 14.4 |
| 1951 | 13.9 |
| 1950 | 13.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Tonga |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 21.2 |
| 2027 | 21.2 |
| 2028 | 21.2 |
| 2029 | 21.2 |
| 2030 | 21.3 |
| 2031 | 21.3 |
| 2032 | 21.4 |
| 2033 | 21.5 |
| 2034 | 21.5 |
| 2035 | 21.6 |
| 2036 | 21.8 |
| 2037 | 21.9 |
| 2038 | 22 |
| 2039 | 22.2 |
| 2040 | 22.4 |
| 2041 | 22.6 |
| 2042 | 22.9 |
| 2043 | 23.1 |
| 2044 | 23.4 |
| 2045 | 23.7 |
| 2046 | 24.1 |
| 2047 | 24.4 |
| 2048 | 24.8 |
| 2049 | 25.2 |
| 2050 | 25.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Tonga in numbers
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