Tonga: People & Society#
| Population | 106,513 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Tongan(s) adjective: Tongan |
| Ethnic groups | Tongan 96.6%, part-Tongan 1.7%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.03% (2006 est.) |
| Languages | English and Tongan 87%, Tongan (official) 10.7%, English (official) 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.03% (2006 est.) |
| Religions | Protestant 64.9% (includes Free Wesleyan Church 37.3%, Free Church of Tonga 11.4%, Church of Tonga 7.2%, Tokaikolo Christian Church 2.6%, Assembly of God 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.2%, Constitutional Church of Tonga 0.9%, Anglican 0.8% and Full Gospel Church 0.2%), Mormon 16.8%, Roman Catholic 15.6%, other 1.1%, none 0.03%, unspecified 1.7% (2006 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 34.47% (male 18,656/female 18,061) 15-24 years: 19.57% (male 10,671/female 10,169) 25-54 years: 33.92% (male 18,045/female 18,080) 55-64 years: 5.7% (male 3,000/female 3,072) 65 years and over: 6.35% (male 3,064/female 3,695) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 74.3% youth dependency ratio: 64.1% elderly dependency ratio: 10.2% potential support ratio: 9.8% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 22.6 years male: 22.2 years female: 23.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.01% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.6 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -17.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 23.7% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.71% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | NUKU'ALOFA 25,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.9 note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 (2012 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 124 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.2 years male: 74.7 years female: 77.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.18 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.2% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.56 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.7% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 99.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.3% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 0.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.6% of population rural: 89% of population total: 91% of population unimproved: urban: 2.4% of population rural: 11% of population total: 9% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 41.1% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.9% (2012) |
| Literacy | definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 99.4% male: 99.3% female: 99.4% (2015 est.) |