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Netherlands vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 134th vs. 176th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Netherlands Tonga
Population
18191638
103744
Population rank 72/197 183/197
GDP
$1.23T
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 19/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$68,219
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 13/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$84,218
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$531B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
43.3%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$29,494
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 25/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,699
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
13,000 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,384 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.43
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
42.4 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Netherlands and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Netherlands

Tonga
Year GDP
Netherlands Tonga
1960 $13,282,979,015 -
1961 $14,599,836,396 -
1962 $15,847,582,341 -
1963 $17,193,744,109 -
1964 $20,232,048,553 -
1965 $22,721,869,808 -
1966 $24,741,480,717 -
1967 $27,143,828,099 -
1968 $30,097,635,751 -
1969 $34,086,038,090 -
1970 $38,220,884,519 -
1971 $44,644,730,576 -
1972 $54,787,070,173 -
1973 $71,946,639,603 -
1974 $87,371,810,804 -
1975 $100,397,061,694 $32,506,742
1976 $109,329,386,564 $30,036,417
1977 $127,203,923,857 $34,139,388
1978 $156,089,077,205 $41,567,472
1979 $179,933,827,310 $44,667,002
1980 $195,439,301,707 $53,260,077
1981 $164,375,775,854 $62,242,013
1982 $158,712,765,536 $62,068,161
1983 $153,671,294,109 $60,863,964
1984 $144,124,462,912 $64,248,355
1985 $144,057,523,222 $60,058,663
1986 $201,157,708,221 $68,195,856
1987 $245,406,949,521 $81,667,133
1988 $262,295,966,105 $106,657,267
1989 $258,716,904,292 $106,344,855
1990 $318,799,003,994 $113,563,822
1991 $327,982,316,124 $132,201,141
1992 $363,497,050,125 $137,066,291
1993 $354,070,495,966 $138,489,884
1994 $379,688,232,232 $195,990,986
1995 $452,967,334,614 $208,871,666
1996 $451,372,549,020 $222,100,576
1997 $417,506,211,882 $214,991,452
1998 $438,612,530,549 $191,504,893
1999 $447,778,514,140 $199,208,718
2000 $417,649,282,154 $204,848,488
2001 $432,536,219,669 $181,117,230
2002 $475,529,972,123 $182,764,281
2003 $582,435,617,082 $202,246,591
2004 $661,224,886,143 $230,678,011
2005 $688,133,699,636 $261,823,805
2006 $737,593,995,289 $292,232,703
2007 $853,499,460,873 $298,519,623
2008 $957,901,566,041 $344,438,844
2009 $878,954,223,140 $312,415,028
2010 $852,464,982,433 $366,887,375
2011 $913,140,741,333 $414,143,828
2012 $845,689,017,066 $471,122,971
2013 $883,951,539,007 $451,788,498
2014 $901,556,501,756 $440,997,735
2015 $775,743,675,303 $437,525,539
2016 $797,163,949,290 $420,828,255
2017 $848,233,537,846 $459,976,847
2018 $929,733,599,797 $489,714,530
2019 $928,903,005,576 $494,197,854
2020 $932,560,861,701 $496,856,304
2021 $1,054,472,123,450 $518,228,029
2022 $1,046,540,797,549 $518,180,029
2023 $1,154,361,305,398 $508,735,107
2024 $1,227,543,925,316 -

Netherlands and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Netherlands

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Netherlands Tonga
1960 $1,156 -
1961 $1,254 -
1962 $1,342 -
1963 $1,437 -
1964 $1,668 -
1965 $1,848 -
1966 $1,986 -
1967 $2,155 -
1968 $2,364 -
1969 $2,647 -
1970 $2,931 -
1971 $3,384 -
1972 $4,110 -
1973 $5,353 -
1974 $6,450 -
1975 $7,346 $349
1976 $7,937 $315
1977 $9,180 $353
1978 $11,196 $428
1979 $12,817 $458
1980 $13,812 $545
1981 $11,537 $636
1982 $11,089 $633
1983 $10,696 $621
1984 $9,992 $656
1985 $9,941 $613
1986 $13,804 $696
1987 $16,734 $830
1988 $17,771 $1,078
1989 $17,423 $1,070
1990 $21,322 $1,139
1991 $21,764 $1,323
1992 $23,939 $1,370
1993 $23,156 $1,383
1994 $24,683 $1,957
1995 $29,301 $2,084
1996 $29,064 $2,215
1997 $26,745 $2,136
1998 $27,924 $1,889
1999 $28,319 $1,952
2000 $26,225 $1,995
2001 $26,956 $1,754
2002 $29,447 $1,759
2003 $35,897 $1,936
2004 $40,611 $2,195
2005 $42,165 $2,478
2006 $45,124 $2,750
2007 $52,101 $2,797
2008 $58,247 $3,218
2009 $53,172 $2,914
2010 $51,306 $3,416
2011 $54,702 $3,850
2012 $50,474 $4,384
2013 $52,602 $4,219
2014 $53,457 $4,137
2015 $45,794 $4,124
2016 $46,809 $3,988
2017 $49,514 $4,366
2018 $53,955 $4,639
2019 $53,555 $4,677
2020 $53,468 $4,700
2021 $60,142 $4,913
2022 $59,123 $4,933
2023 $64,572 $4,864
2024 $68,219 -

Netherlands vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Netherlands

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Netherlands Tonga
1950 71.4 48.4
1951 71.5 49.8
1952 72.1 51.2
1953 71.7 52.4
1954 72.4 53.6
1955 72.5 54.7
1956 72.5 55.7
1957 73 56.5
1958 73.1 57.2
1959 73.2 57.8
1960 73.4 58.3
1961 73.6 58.8
1962 73.2 59.3
1963 73.4 59.8
1964 73.7 60.3
1965 73.6 60.7
1966 73.6 61.2
1967 73.8 61.7
1968 73.6 62.2
1969 73.6 62.7
1970 73.6 63.2
1971 73.9 63.6
1972 73.8 64.1
1973 74.2 64.4
1974 74.6 64.8
1975 74.6 65.1
1976 74.7 65.4
1977 75.3 65.6
1978 75.2 65.9
1979 75.6 66
1980 75.8 66.2
1981 76 66.4
1982 76.1 66.3
1983 76.3 66.7
1984 76.3 66.8
1985 76.4 66.9
1986 76.4 67.1
1987 76.8 67.2
1988 77 67.3
1989 76.8 67.4
1990 77 67.5
1991 77.2 67.7
1992 77.4 67.9
1993 77 68.2
1994 77.5 68.4
1995 77.6 68.6
1996 77.6 68.8
1997 77.9 69
1998 78 69.2
1999 78 69.4
2000 78.1 69.6
2001 78.3 69.8
2002 78.4 70
2003 78.7 70.2
2004 79.2 70.4
2005 79.5 70.6
2006 79.8 70.7
2007 80.3 70.9
2008 80.4 71
2009 80.7 70.9
2010 80.8 71.3
2011 81.1 71.4
2012 81.1 71.5
2013 81.3 71.6
2014 81.7 71.7
2015 81.5 71.9
2016 81.6 72
2017 81.7 72.1
2018 81.8 72.2
2019 82.1 72.3
2020 81.4 72.4
2021 81.4 72.1
2022 81.9 72.6
2023 82.2 72.9
2024 82.3 73.1
2025 82.4 73.2

Netherlands and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Netherlands

Tonga
Year Population
Netherlands Tonga
1960 11,486,631 66,170
1961 11,638,712 68,037
1962 11,805,689 69,940
1963 11,965,966 71,885
1964 12,127,120 73,879
1965 12,294,732 75,924
1966 12,456,251 78,002
1967 12,598,201 79,814
1968 12,729,721 81,353
1969 12,877,984 82,885
1970 13,038,526 84,401
1971 13,194,497 85,896
1972 13,328,593 87,356
1973 13,439,322 88,805
1974 13,545,056 90,683
1975 13,666,335 93,017
1976 13,774,037 95,325
1977 13,856,185 96,725
1978 13,941,700 97,204
1979 14,038,270 97,544
1980 14,149,800 97,769
1981 14,247,208 97,909
1982 14,312,690 97,980
1983 14,367,070 97,998
1984 14,424,211 97,990
1985 14,491,632 97,984
1986 14,572,278 98,010
1987 14,665,037 98,376
1988 14,760,094 98,969
1989 14,848,907 99,403
1990 14,951,510 99,700
1991 15,069,798 99,895
1992 15,184,166 100,022
1993 15,290,368 100,103
1994 15,382,838 100,166
1995 15,459,006 100,225
1996 15,530,498 100,275
1997 15,610,650 100,674
1998 15,707,209 101,388
1999 15,812,088 102,046
2000 15,925,513 102,677
2001 16,046,180 103,288
2002 16,148,929 103,874
2003 16,225,302 104,464
2004 16,281,779 105,071
2005 16,319,868 105,671
2006 16,346,101 106,253
2007 16,381,696 106,726
2008 16,445,593 107,020
2009 16,530,388 107,203
2010 16,615,394 107,400
2011 16,693,074 107,570
2012 16,754,962 107,460
2013 16,804,432 107,078
2014 16,865,008 106,609
2015 16,939,923 106,095
2016 17,030,314 105,524
2017 17,131,296 105,356
2018 17,231,624 105,567
2019 17,344,874 105,669
2020 17,441,500 105,704
2021 17,533,044 105,490
2022 17,700,982 105,042
2023 17,877,117 104,597
2024 17,994,237 104,175

Fertility rates in Netherlands and Tonga

Fertility rate
Netherlands

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Netherlands Tonga
1960 3.12 6.65
1961 3.22 6.61
1962 3.18 6.57
1963 3.19 6.52
1964 3.17 6.46
1965 3.04 6.41
1966 2.9 6.35
1967 2.81 6.29
1968 2.72 6.23
1969 2.75 6.17
1970 2.57 6.07
1971 2.36 5.96
1972 2.15 5.86
1973 1.9 5.8
1974 1.77 5.77
1975 1.66 5.75
1976 1.63 5.73
1977 1.58 5.7
1978 1.58 5.68
1979 1.56 5.65
1980 1.6 5.6
1981 1.56 5.55
1982 1.5 5.5
1983 1.47 5.45
1984 1.49 5.41
1985 1.51 5.34
1986 1.55 5.27
1987 1.56 5.19
1988 1.55 5.1
1989 1.55 5.01
1990 1.62 4.93
1991 1.61 4.85
1992 1.59 4.79
1993 1.57 4.73
1994 1.57 4.66
1995 1.53 4.56
1996 1.53 4.46
1997 1.56 4.38
1998 1.63 4.31
1999 1.65 4.23
2000 1.72 4.16
2001 1.71 4.13
2002 1.73 4.14
2003 1.75 4.18
2004 1.72 4.19
2005 1.71 4.2
2006 1.72 4.14
2007 1.72 4.09
2008 1.77 4.01
2009 1.79 3.95
2010 1.79 3.88
2011 1.76 3.83
2012 1.72 3.77
2013 1.68 3.7
2014 1.71 3.62
2015 1.66 3.54
2016 1.66 3.46
2017 1.62 3.39
2018 1.59 3.33
2019 1.57 3.27
2020 1.54 3.23
2021 1.62 3.2
2022 1.49 3.17
2023 1.43 3.13

Netherlands and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Netherlands

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Netherlands Tonga
1960 28.8 17.1
1961 28.8 17.1
1962 28.7 17.1
1963 28.7 17
1964 28.6 17
1965 28.6 17
1966 28.6 17
1967 28.5 17
1968 28.6 16.9
1969 28.6 16.8
1970 28.6 16.8
1971 28.7 16.7
1972 28.9 16.7
1973 29 16.8
1974 29.3 16.8
1975 29.4 16.7
1976 29.8 16.7
1977 30.3 16.8
1978 30.7 17.1
1979 31 17.3
1980 31.3 17.4
1981 31.6 17.6
1982 31.9 17.8
1983 32.3 17.9
1984 32.6 18
1985 32.9 18.1
1986 33.2 18.2
1987 33.5 18.3
1988 33.8 18.6
1989 34.1 18.9
1990 34.3 19.1
1991 34.6 19.3
1992 34.8 19.5
1993 35.1 19.6
1994 35.4 19.6
1995 35.7 19.6
1996 36.1 19.6
1997 36.4 19.7
1998 36.7 19.9
1999 37 20.1
2000 37.3 20.3
2001 37.5 20.5
2002 37.8 20.7
2003 38.1 20.8
2004 38.5 20.8
2005 38.9 20.8
2006 39.3 20.8
2007 39.7 20.9
2008 40 21
2009 40.3 21.1
2010 40.7 21.2
2011 41 21.2
2012 41.3 21.4
2013 41.6 21.6
2014 41.8 21.7
2015 42 21.8
2016 42.2 21.9
2017 42.3 21.9
2018 42.4 22
2019 42.5 22
2020 42.5 22.1
2021 42.6 22.1
2022 42.5 22
2023 42.4 21.9
2024 42.4 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Netherlands Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$1.13T
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.7%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.18%
2022
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.53%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
41,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.9%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.64%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
70.3%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
17.9%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
78.2
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.4%
2021
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2021
4%
2021
Number of millionaires
1,231,625
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
8.62%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
13
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00009%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
103
2018
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.1T
2017
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$79.1B
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$4.72B
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
7,265,000
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
1.44%
2020
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

Netherlands Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,418 kg
2023
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22.9
2023
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
122.9 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.87 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
83.5%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
12.2%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.01%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
87%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
6,189 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
33.1%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.06%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
3.28%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Netherlands Tonga
% of world population
0.22%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+121,628
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
93.5%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
6.03 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.59 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.1
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
78
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
95
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.69
2023
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.4%
2021
English speaking
90.9%
2023
30%
2023
People using the Internet
97%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Netherlands Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$5,796
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$581
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.91
2021
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth
30.4 years
2023
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
15%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
77
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.3%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.71 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Netherlands Tonga
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
722 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
6,961 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,437 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
88,123 mi
2022
423 mi
2011

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