Population aged 0 to 14 in Tonga

34.9% of the population of Tonga was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2025 34.9% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.5percentage points 2024: 35.4%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 52nd of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Tonga over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period TongaWorld
2025 34.9% 24.4%
2024 35.4% 24.7%
2023 35.6% 25.0%
2022 35.6% 25.3%
2021 35.7% 25.6%
2020 35.8% 25.8%
2019 36.0% 26.0%
2018 36.2% 26.2%
2017 36.4% 26.4%
2016 36.5% 26.5%
2015 36.7% 26.6%
2014 36.9% 26.8%
2013 37.1% 26.9%
2012 37.2% 27.0%
2011 37.4% 27.1%
2010 37.6% 27.3%
2009 37.8% 27.5%
2008 38.0% 27.6%
2007 38.3% 27.9%
2006 38.3% 28.1%
2005 38.3% 28.5%
2004 38.2% 28.8%
2003 38.1% 29.2%
2002 38.1% 29.6%
2001 38.2% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 35.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 36.7%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 52nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Tonga
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects