Urban population growth in Tonga

The urban population of Tonga changed by -0.39% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tonga, 2025 -0.39% Annual % change
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: -0.39%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 203rd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban 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.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TongaWorld
2025 -0.39% 1.36%
2024 -0.39% 1.40%
2023 -0.42% 1.35%
2022 -0.95% 1.33%
2021 -3.07% 1.48%
2020 -2.02% 1.52%
2019 -1.56% 1.74%
2018 -0.98% 1.85%
2017 -0.84% 1.90%
2016 -1.04% 2.02%
2015 -0.91% 2.14%
2014 -0.76% 2.09%
2013 -0.53% 2.20%
2012 -0.11% 2.13%
2011 0.31% 2.56%
2010 0.45% 1.97%
2009 0.48% 2.22%
2008 0.56% 2.19%
2007 0.63% 2.34%
2006 0.69% 2.31%
2005 0.69% 2.27%
2004 0.69% 2.32%
2003 0.67% 2.41%
2002 0.66% 2.41%
2001 0.70% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from -0.39% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.91%, the figure has changed by +0.52 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Tonga has the 203rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.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 Urbanization Prospects