Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Tonga

Population growth in Tonga in 2025 — -0.42%. Ranked 195 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2025 -0.42% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 195of 217
Period maximum 2.78%1961
Period minimum -0.54%2016

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Tonga, 1961–2025-1012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.78%1963: 2.74%1965: 2.73%1967: 2.3%1969: 1.87%1971: 1.76%1973: 1.65%1975: 2.54%1977: 1.46%1979: 0.35%1981: 0.14%1983: 0.02%1985: -0.01%1987: 0.37%1989: 0.44%1991: 0.2%1993: 0.08%1995: 0.06%1997: 0.4%1999: 0.65%2001: 0.59%2003: 0.57%2005: 0.57%2007: 0.44%2009: 0.17%2011: 0.16%2013: -0.36%2015: -0.48%2017: -0.16%2019: 0.1%2021: -0.2%2023: -0.42%2025: -0.42%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga

Tonga -0.42%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.42 −0.01 pp
2024 -0.4 +0.02 pp
2023 -0.42 +0 pp
2022 -0.43 −0.22 pp
2021 -0.2 −0.24 pp
2020 0.03 −0.06 pp
2019 0.1 −0.1 pp
2018 0.2 +0.36 pp
2017 -0.16 +0.38 pp
2016 -0.54 −0.06 pp
2015 -0.48 −0.04 pp
2014 -0.44 −0.08 pp
2013 -0.36 −0.25 pp
2012 -0.1 −0.26 pp
2011 0.16 −0.03 pp
2010 0.18 +0.01 pp
2009 0.17 −0.1 pp
2008 0.28 −0.17 pp
2007 0.44 −0.11 pp
2006 0.55 −0.02 pp
2005 0.57 −0.01 pp
2004 0.58 +0.01 pp
2003 0.57 +0 pp
2002 0.57 −0.03 pp
2001 0.59 −0.02 pp
2000 0.62 −0.03 pp
1999 0.65 −0.06 pp
1998 0.71 +0.31 pp
1997 0.4 +0.35 pp
1996 0.05 −0.01 pp
1995 0.06 −0 pp
1994 0.06 −0.02 pp
1993 0.08 −0.05 pp
1992 0.13 −0.07 pp
1991 0.2 −0.1 pp
1990 0.3 −0.14 pp
1989 0.44 −0.16 pp
1988 0.6 +0.23 pp
1987 0.37 +0.35 pp
1986 0.03 +0.03 pp
1985 -0.01 +0 pp
1984 -0.01 −0.03 pp
1983 0.02 −0.05 pp
1982 0.07 −0.07 pp
1981 0.14 −0.09 pp
1980 0.23 −0.12 pp
1979 0.35 −0.14 pp
1978 0.49 −0.96 pp
1977 1.46 −0.99 pp
1976 2.45 −0.09 pp
1975 2.54 +0.45 pp
1974 2.09 +0.45 pp
1973 1.65 −0.04 pp
1972 1.69 −0.07 pp
1971 1.76 −0.06 pp
1970 1.81 −0.05 pp
1969 1.87 −0.04 pp
1968 1.91 −0.39 pp
1967 2.3 −0.4 pp
1966 2.7 −0.03 pp
1965 2.73 −0.01 pp
1964 2.74 −0.01 pp
1963 2.74 −0.02 pp
1962 2.76 −0.02 pp
1961 2.78

Polynesia, 2025

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About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.