Population growth in Tonga

The population of Tonga changed by -0.42% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2025 -0.42% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.01percentage points 2024: -0.40%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 195th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Tonga over time

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

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TongaWorld
2025 -0.42% 0.91%
2024 -0.40% 0.96%
2023 -0.42% 0.93%
2022 -0.43% 0.87%
2021 -0.20% 0.83%
2020 0.03% 0.98%
2019 0.10% 1.05%
2018 0.20% 1.08%
2017 -0.16% 1.13%
2016 -0.54% 1.16%
2015 -0.48% 1.18%
2014 -0.44% 1.21%
2013 -0.36% 1.23%
2012 -0.10% 1.26%
2011 0.16% 1.22%
2010 0.18% 1.22%
2009 0.17% 1.25%
2008 0.28% 1.27%
2007 0.44% 1.26%
2006 0.55% 1.27%
2005 0.57% 1.27%
2004 0.58% 1.29%
2003 0.57% 1.29%
2002 0.57% 1.31%
2001 0.59% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from -0.40% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.48%, the figure has changed by +0.07 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 195th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

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.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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