Fertility & birth rates in Tonga and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Tonga vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tonga was 3.13 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tonga vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tonga	UAE
1960	6.65	6.5
1961	6.61	6.49
1962	6.57	6.49
1963	6.52	6.5
1964	6.46	6.49
1965	6.41	6.5
1966	6.35	6.5
1967	6.29	6.51
1968	6.23	6.53
1969	6.17	6.52
1970	6.07	6.52
1971	5.96	6.52
1972	5.86	6.5
1973	5.8	6.46
1974	5.77	6.41
1975	5.75	6.35
1976	5.73	6.29
1977	5.7	6.22
1978	5.68	6.15
1979	5.65	6.06
1980	5.6	5.95
1981	5.55	5.81
1982	5.5	5.66
1983	5.45	5.48
1984	5.41	5.3
1985	5.34	5.13
1986	5.27	5
1987	5.19	4.88
1988	5.1	4.77
1989	5.01	4.65
1990	4.93	4.51
1991	4.85	4.25
1992	4.79	4.09
1993	4.73	3.82
1994	4.66	3.76
1995	4.56	3.28
1996	4.46	3.06
1997	4.38	2.83
1998	4.31	2.77
1999	4.23	2.79
2000	4.16	2.73
2001	4.13	2.62
2002	4.14	2.54
2003	4.18	2.49
2004	4.19	2.38
2005	4.2	2.23
2006	4.14	1.96
2007	4.09	1.79
2008	4.01	1.52
2009	3.95	1.58
2010	3.88	1.57
2011	3.83	1.54
2012	3.77	1.53
2013	3.7	1.53
2014	3.62	1.48
2015	3.54	1.42
2016	3.46	1.37
2017	3.39	1.35
2018	3.33	1.29
2019	3.27	1.25
2020	3.23	1.29
2021	3.2	1.16
2022	3.17	1.15
2023	3.13	1.2
2024	3.1	1.21
2025	3.07	1.21
2026	3.04	1.21
2027	3	1.21
2028	2.97	1.22
2029	2.95	1.22
2030	2.91	1.23
2031	2.89	1.23
2032	2.85	1.24
2033	2.82	1.25
2034	2.8	1.25
2035	2.77	1.26
2036	2.75	1.26
2037	2.72	1.27
2038	2.7	1.28
2039	2.68	1.28
2040	2.65	1.28
2041	2.63	1.29
2042	2.61	1.29
2043	2.59	1.3
2044	2.56	1.3
2045	2.54	1.31
2046	2.52	1.31
2047	2.5	1.31
2048	2.49	1.32
2049	2.47	1.32
2050	2.45	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tonga	UAE
1960	45.7%	37.8%
1961	45.7%	36.7%
1962	45.8%	35.8%
1963	45.9%	35.1%
1964	45.9%	34.5%
1965	45.9%	33.9%
1966	45.9%	33.2%
1967	46%	32.1%
1968	46.2%	31.2%
1969	46.3%	30.6%
1970	46.4%	29.8%
1971	46.4%	29%
1972	46.3%	28.3%
1973	46.2%	27.8%
1974	46.2%	27.4%
1975	46.2%	27.2%
1976	46.1%	26.9%
1977	45.8%	26.8%
1978	45.3%	26.9%
1979	44.8%	27.1%
1980	44.3%	27.4%
1981	43.9%	28%
1982	43.4%	28.8%
1983	42.9%	29.5%
1984	42.4%	30.2%
1985	42%	30.7%
1986	41.7%	31.2%
1987	41.5%	31.2%
1988	41.2%	30.9%
1989	40.9%	30.3%
1990	40.8%	29.6%
1991	40.6%	28.8%
1992	40.5%	28.1%
1993	40.3%	27.4%
1994	40.1%	26.7%
1995	39.9%	25.9%
1996	39.7%	25.2%
1997	39.3%	24.3%
1998	38.9%	23.1%
1999	38.6%	22%
2000	38.3%	20.8%
2001	38.2%	19.8%
2002	38.1%	18.9%
2003	38.1%	18.3%
2004	38.2%	17.8%
2005	38.3%	17.5%
2006	38.3%	17.2%
2007	38.3%	17%
2008	38%	16.9%
2009	37.8%	16.9%
2010	37.6%	16.9%
2011	37.4%	16.8%
2012	37.2%	16.8%
2013	37.1%	16.8%
2014	36.9%	16.8%
2015	36.7%	16.8%
2016	36.5%	16.8%
2017	36.4%	16.8%
2018	36.2%	16.7%
2019	36%	16.6%
2020	35.8%	16.6%
2021	35.7%	16.5%
2022	35.6%	16.5%
2023	35.6%	16.3%
2024	35.4%	16.1%
2025	34.9%	16%
2026	34.4%	15.9%
2027	33.8%	15.9%
2028	33.3%	15.9%
2029	32.6%	15.9%
2030	32%	16%
2031	31.6%	16.1%
2032	31.2%	16.3%
2033	31%	16.5%
2034	30.8%	16.7%
2035	30.7%	16.9%
2036	30.5%	17.1%
2037	30.4%	17.3%
2038	30.3%	17.5%
2039	30.2%	17.7%
2040	30.1%	17.9%
2041	30.1%	18%
2042	30%	18.1%
2043	30%	18.2%
2044	29.9%	18.3%
2045	29.8%	18.3%
2046	29.6%	18.3%
2047	29.5%	18.3%
2048	29.2%	18.3%
2049	29%	18.2%
2050	28.7%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 35.4% of the population in Tonga and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 40.8% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tonga and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Tonga vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.79% in Tonga and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Tonga	UAE
1960	2,230	3,418
1961	2,284	3,657
1962	2,343	3,901
1963	2,394	4,157
1964	2,445	4,410
1965	2,498	4,675
1966	2,550	4,955
1967	2,603	5,264
1968	2,614	5,588
1969	2,632	6,138
1970	2,628	6,922
1971	2,611	7,839
1972	2,605	8,818
1973	2,617	9,822
1974	2,650	10,835
1975	2,709	11,859
1976	2,769	12,876
1977	2,822	15,787
1978	2,862	18,879
1979	2,884	21,987
1980	2,885	25,005
1981	2,882	27,560
1982	2,853	29,585
1983	2,840	31,480
1984	2,814	33,250
1985	2,762	34,855
1986	2,704	36,829
1987	2,646	37,741
1988	2,649	38,861
1989	2,644	40,148
1990	2,641	41,339
1991	2,637	41,409
1992	2,622	42,119
1993	2,594	41,324
1994	2,547	42,976
1995	2,476	38,685
1996	2,393	37,886
1997	2,332	38,207
1998	2,344	41,176
1999	2,352	46,198
2000	2,346	49,993
2001	2,358	52,789
2002	2,396	55,922
2003	2,448	59,118
2004	2,478	60,344
2005	2,495	60,046
2006	2,459	54,338
2007	2,423	55,048
2008	2,397	55,426
2009	2,358	66,521
2010	2,332	69,907
2011	2,298	73,496
2012	2,255	78,682
2013	2,199	82,977
2014	2,135	84,277
2015	2,064	85,044
2016	1,989	87,028
2017	1,912	89,382
2018	1,873	86,840
2019	1,841	86,296
2020	1,816	87,871
2021	1,773	76,802
2022	1,772	81,758
2023	1,744	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Tonga vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tonga, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tonga	UAE
1985	148	19
1986	149	19
1987	147	19
1988	145	19
1989	139	19
1990	138	19
1991	134	19
1992	129	19
1993	127	19
1994	123	19
1995	117	18
1996	113	16
1997	111	14
1998	104	12
1999	99	10
2000	100	8
2001	98	7
2002	98	5
2003	95	5
2004	92	4
2005	92	4
2006	89	3
2007	88	3
2008	88	3
2009	91	3
2010	85	3
2011	84	4
2012	83	4
2013	80	4
2014	80	3
2015	79	3
2016	78	3
2017	77	3
2018	74	3
2019	73	3
2020	74	6
2021	76	6
2022	72	2
2023	67	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.99% in Tonga and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Tonga	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	7.83%	16.9%
1964	7.35%	15.8%
1965	6.89%	14.8%
1966	6.45%	13.7%
1967	6.03%	12.6%
1968	5.63%	11.6%
1969	5.25%	10.6%
1970	4.91%	9.62%
1971	4.61%	8.72%
1972	4.35%	7.89%
1973	4.11%	7.12%
1974	3.9%	6.43%
1975	3.71%	5.8%
1976	3.53%	5.23%
1977	3.37%	4.7%
1978	3.22%	4.22%
1979	3.09%	3.78%
1980	2.97%	3.4%
1981	2.87%	3.06%
1982	2.78%	2.77%
1983	2.7%	2.52%
1984	2.63%	2.31%
1985	2.57%	2.12%
1986	2.51%	1.97%
1987	2.44%	1.83%
1988	2.37%	1.71%
1989	2.29%	1.61%
1990	2.21%	1.51%
1991	2.14%	1.43%
1992	2.06%	1.37%
1993	2%	1.31%
1994	1.94%	1.26%
1995	1.89%	1.21%
1996	1.85%	1.18%
1997	1.81%	1.15%
1998	1.78%	1.12%
1999	1.74%	1.09%
2000	1.7%	1.07%
2001	1.65%	1.05%
2002	1.61%	1.03%
2003	1.56%	1.01%
2004	1.52%	1%
2005	1.48%	0.98%
2006	1.44%	0.96%
2007	1.41%	0.94%
2008	1.37%	0.92%
2009	1.34%	0.9%
2010	1.31%	0.88%
2011	1.29%	0.86%
2012	1.26%	0.84%
2013	1.24%	0.82%
2014	1.22%	0.79%
2015	1.19%	0.77%
2016	1.17%	0.73%
2017	1.15%	0.7%
2018	1.12%	0.67%
2019	1.1%	0.63%
2020	1.08%	0.6%
2021	1.05%	0.56%
2022	1.02%	0.53%
2023	0.99%	0.5%