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Tonga vs Tuvalu statistics compared

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Tonga has a population of 104K (ranked 183/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Tonga's land area is 278 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 176th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Main facts and rankings

Tonga Tuvalu
Population
103744
9493
Population rank 183/197 196/197
GDP
$509M
2023
$62.3M
2023
GDP rank 191/197 196/197
GDP per capita
$4,864
2023
$6,345
2023
GDP per capita rank 121/197 109/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,853
2023
$6,151
2023
Government debt
$224M
2023
$2.84M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.1%
2025
3.26%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,138
2023
$289.4
2023
Government debt per person rank 117/185 179/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,126
2025
$4,174
2025
Land area
278 sq mi
2025
11.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
375 ppl/mi²
2024
833 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.13
2023
3.21
2023
Median age
21.9 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
67.4 years
2025

Tonga and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Tonga and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year GDP
Tonga Tuvalu
1970 - $2,585,956
1971 - $2,716,990
1972 - $2,968,458
1973 - $3,411,915
1974 - $4,122,329
1975 $32,506,742 $4,014,748
1976 $30,036,417 $3,919,072
1977 $34,139,388 $3,669,420
1978 $41,567,472 $3,798,782
1979 $44,667,002 $4,065,659
1980 $53,260,077 $4,206,128
1981 $62,242,013 $4,773,018
1982 $62,068,161 $4,118,945
1983 $60,863,964 $4,152,550
1984 $64,248,355 $4,481,978
1985 $60,058,663 $3,862,852
1986 $68,195,856 $4,574,706
1987 $81,667,133 $5,020,513
1988 $106,657,267 $7,011,059
1989 $106,344,855 $8,454,523
1990 $113,563,822 $9,542,901
1991 $132,201,141 $10,127,314
1992 $137,066,291 $10,535,028
1993 $138,489,884 $10,414,400
1994 $195,990,986 $11,772,611
1995 $208,871,666 $11,922,614
1996 $222,100,576 $13,338,597
1997 $214,991,452 $13,734,210
1998 $191,504,893 $13,795,146
1999 $199,208,718 $14,800,503
2000 $204,848,488 $15,073,976
2001 $181,117,230 $13,964,732
2002 $182,764,281 $16,842,673
2003 $202,246,591 $19,456,338
2004 $230,678,011 $22,798,275
2005 $261,823,805 $22,909,980
2006 $292,232,703 $24,096,875
2007 $298,519,623 $28,450,169
2008 $344,438,844 $31,874,435
2009 $312,415,028 $28,076,984
2010 $366,887,375 $32,105,408
2011 $414,143,828 $39,196,957
2012 $471,122,971 $39,345,579
2013 $451,788,498 $38,615,891
2014 $440,997,735 $38,760,983
2015 $437,525,539 $36,811,936
2016 $420,828,255 $41,629,064
2017 $459,976,847 $45,276,595
2018 $489,714,530 $48,015,260
2019 $494,197,854 $54,123,199
2020 $496,856,304 $51,746,594
2021 $518,228,029 $60,196,406
2022 $518,180,029 $59,065,982
2023 $508,735,107 $62,280,312

Tonga and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year GDP per capita
Tonga Tuvalu
1970 - $457
1971 - $478
1972 - $522
1973 - $601
1974 - $708
1975 $349 $656
1976 $315 $612
1977 $353 $549
1978 $428 $546
1979 $458 $566
1980 $545 $571
1981 $636 $634
1982 $633 $537
1983 $621 $533
1984 $656 $567
1985 $613 $480
1986 $696 $557
1987 $830 $600
1988 $1,078 $823
1989 $1,070 $976
1990 $1,139 $1,085
1991 $1,323 $1,134
1992 $1,370 $1,166
1993 $1,383 $1,141
1994 $1,957 $1,279
1995 $2,084 $1,285
1996 $2,215 $1,428
1997 $2,136 $1,461
1998 $1,889 $1,460
1999 $1,952 $1,559
2000 $1,995 $1,579
2001 $1,754 $1,457
2002 $1,759 $1,750
2003 $1,936 $2,007
2004 $2,195 $2,323
2005 $2,478 $2,305
2006 $2,750 $2,396
2007 $2,797 $2,794
2008 $3,218 $3,088
2009 $2,914 $2,684
2010 $3,416 $3,025
2011 $3,850 $3,636
2012 $4,384 $3,598
2013 $4,219 $3,510
2014 $4,137 $3,529
2015 $4,124 $3,358
2016 $3,988 $3,809
2017 $4,366 $4,166
2018 $4,639 $4,466
2019 $4,677 $5,115
2020 $4,700 $4,976
2021 $4,913 $5,905
2022 $4,933 $5,911
2023 $4,864 $6,345

Tonga vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year Life expectancy, years
Tonga Tuvalu
1950 48.4 40
1951 49.8 40.8
1952 51.2 41.7
1953 52.4 42.5
1954 53.6 43.4
1955 54.7 44.2
1956 55.7 45
1957 56.5 45.8
1958 57.2 46.7
1959 57.8 47.5
1960 58.3 48.3
1961 58.8 49
1962 59.3 49.8
1963 59.8 50.6
1964 60.3 51.3
1965 60.7 52.1
1966 61.2 52.8
1967 61.7 53.5
1968 62.2 54.1
1969 62.7 54.7
1970 63.2 55.3
1971 63.6 56
1972 64.1 54.7
1973 64.4 57.2
1974 64.8 57.7
1975 65.1 58.3
1976 65.4 58.8
1977 65.6 59.2
1978 65.9 59.6
1979 66 59.9
1980 66.2 60.2
1981 66.4 60.5
1982 66.3 60.7
1983 66.7 60.9
1984 66.8 61.1
1985 66.9 61.1
1986 67.1 61.2
1987 67.2 61.3
1988 67.3 61.4
1989 67.4 61.5
1990 67.5 61.6
1991 67.7 61.8
1992 67.9 60.3
1993 68.2 62.1
1994 68.4 62.3
1995 68.6 62.5
1996 68.8 62.7
1997 69 62.9
1998 69.2 63.2
1999 69.4 63.3
2000 69.6 63.5
2001 69.8 63.7
2002 70 63.8
2003 70.2 63.9
2004 70.4 64
2005 70.6 64.1
2006 70.7 64.2
2007 70.9 64.4
2008 71 64.5
2009 70.9 64.7
2010 71.3 64.8
2011 71.4 65
2012 71.5 65.1
2013 71.6 65.2
2014 71.7 65.3
2015 71.9 65.4
2016 72 65.5
2017 72.1 65.7
2018 72.2 65.9
2019 72.3 66.1
2020 72.4 66.4
2021 72.1 65.8
2022 72.6 66.9
2023 72.9 67.1
2024 73.1 67.3
2025 73.2 67.4

Tonga and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year Population
Tonga Tuvalu
1960 66,170 5,598
1961 68,037 5,648
1962 69,940 5,699
1963 71,885 5,751
1964 73,879 5,752
1965 75,924 5,715
1966 78,002 5,686
1967 79,814 5,652
1968 81,353 5,624
1969 82,885 5,631
1970 84,401 5,663
1971 85,896 5,685
1972 87,356 5,692
1973 88,805 5,681
1974 90,683 5,822
1975 93,017 6,117
1976 95,325 6,404
1977 96,725 6,686
1978 97,204 6,957
1979 97,544 7,184
1980 97,769 7,366
1981 97,909 7,526
1982 97,980 7,664
1983 97,998 7,789
1984 97,990 7,902
1985 97,984 8,046
1986 98,010 8,217
1987 98,376 8,371
1988 98,969 8,518
1989 99,403 8,662
1990 99,700 8,798
1991 99,895 8,928
1992 100,022 9,038
1993 100,103 9,126
1994 100,166 9,207
1995 100,225 9,280
1996 100,275 9,342
1997 100,674 9,400
1998 101,388 9,451
1999 102,046 9,496
2000 102,677 9,544
2001 103,288 9,586
2002 103,874 9,623
2003 104,464 9,695
2004 105,071 9,816
2005 105,671 9,940
2006 106,253 10,056
2007 106,726 10,182
2008 107,020 10,321
2009 107,203 10,461
2010 107,400 10,614
2011 107,570 10,780
2012 107,460 10,934
2013 107,078 11,001
2014 106,609 10,984
2015 106,095 10,963
2016 105,524 10,930
2017 105,356 10,869
2018 105,567 10,751
2019 105,669 10,581
2020 105,704 10,399
2021 105,490 10,194
2022 105,042 9,992
2023 104,597 9,816
2024 104,175 9,646

Fertility rates in Tonga and Tuvalu

Fertility rate
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year Fertility rate
Tonga Tuvalu
1960 6.65 5.15
1961 6.61 5.09
1962 6.57 5
1963 6.52 4.91
1964 6.46 4.83
1965 6.41 4.73
1966 6.35 4.64
1967 6.29 4.49
1968 6.23 4.36
1969 6.17 4.23
1970 6.07 4.08
1971 5.96 3.94
1972 5.86 3.81
1973 5.8 3.71
1974 5.77 3.63
1975 5.75 3.58
1976 5.73 3.55
1977 5.7 3.56
1978 5.68 3.59
1979 5.65 3.65
1980 5.6 3.73
1981 5.55 3.8
1982 5.5 3.88
1983 5.45 3.91
1984 5.41 3.95
1985 5.34 3.97
1986 5.27 3.97
1987 5.19 3.94
1988 5.1 3.88
1989 5.01 3.8
1990 4.93 3.75
1991 4.85 3.79
1992 4.79 3.86
1993 4.73 3.92
1994 4.66 3.92
1995 4.56 3.96
1996 4.46 3.95
1997 4.38 3.95
1998 4.31 3.95
1999 4.23 3.92
2000 4.16 3.84
2001 4.13 3.75
2002 4.14 3.64
2003 4.18 3.58
2004 4.19 3.55
2005 4.2 3.55
2006 4.14 3.53
2007 4.09 3.45
2008 4.01 3.42
2009 3.95 3.43
2010 3.88 3.44
2011 3.83 3.46
2012 3.77 3.47
2013 3.7 3.39
2014 3.62 3.33
2015 3.54 3.31
2016 3.46 3.3
2017 3.39 3.3
2018 3.33 3.33
2019 3.27 3.33
2020 3.23 3.31
2021 3.2 3.28
2022 3.17 3.24
2023 3.13 3.21

Tonga and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age
Tonga

Tuvalu
Year Median age, years
Tonga Tuvalu
1960 17.1 23.1
1961 17.1 23.1
1962 17.1 23
1963 17 22.6
1964 17 21
1965 17 19.3
1966 17 18.5
1967 17 18.1
1968 16.9 17.9
1969 16.8 18
1970 16.8 18.2
1971 16.7 18.6
1972 16.7 19
1973 16.8 19.4
1974 16.8 19.7
1975 16.7 19.8
1976 16.7 19.9
1977 16.8 20.2
1978 17.1 20.5
1979 17.3 20.9
1980 17.4 21
1981 17.6 21.4
1982 17.8 21.9
1983 17.9 22.5
1984 18 23.2
1985 18.1 23.6
1986 18.2 23.8
1987 18.3 24
1988 18.6 24.2
1989 18.9 24.5
1990 19.1 24.7
1991 19.3 24.9
1992 19.5 25
1993 19.6 25
1994 19.6 25.1
1995 19.6 25
1996 19.6 24.9
1997 19.7 24.6
1998 19.9 24.4
1999 20.1 24.1
2000 20.3 23.9
2001 20.5 23.7
2002 20.7 23.5
2003 20.8 23.5
2004 20.8 23.5
2005 20.8 23.6
2006 20.8 23.6
2007 20.9 23.7
2008 21 23.8
2009 21.1 23.9
2010 21.2 24
2011 21.2 24.1
2012 21.4 24.2
2013 21.6 24.3
2014 21.7 24.5
2015 21.8 24.7
2016 21.9 24.9
2017 21.9 25.2
2018 22 25.3
2019 22 25.3
2020 22.1 25.3
2021 22.1 25.3
2022 22 25.3
2023 21.9 25.3
2024 21.9 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Tonga Tuvalu
GNI, Atlas method
$578M
2023
$86M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.7%
2025
101.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.15%
2023
12.8%
2023
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.9%
2025
-1.87%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.65%
2023
7.32%
2022
Services, % of GDP
50.2%
2023
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
13.5%
2023
7.02%
2015
Economic freedom index
58.5
2025
60
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22%
2021
30.8%
2010
Income share by poorest 10%
4%
2021
2.7%
2010
Total reserves including gold
$377M
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$257M
2024
$2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
94,000
2019
3,599
2019
International tourism as share of exports
47.8%
2020
43.4%
2013

Energy

Tonga Tuvalu
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
543 kg
2007
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.94
2007
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.22 megatons
2023
0 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.1 tons
2023
0 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
n/a
Renewable energy use share
2.3%
2022
5.2%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
14.2%
2021
15.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Tonga Tuvalu
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.0001%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,149
2024
-280
2024
Urban population
23.2%
2024
66.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.74 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.45 ft
2025
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.6
2025
44.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
50
2025
48
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.95
2019
0
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33
2019
0.2
2025
Visa free countries
127
2025
130
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
100%
2022
English speaking
30%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
58.5%
2023
74.3%
2023

Health

Tonga Tuvalu
Government health expenditure per capita
$378
2022
$1,085
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$11.1
2022
$4
2022
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
67.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
45.7%
2022
27.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.01
2021
1.26
2020
Age at first childbirth
24.9 years
2025
23.5 years
2017
Maternal mortality per 100K births
67
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.9
2023
19.9
2023
Obesity rate
72.4%
2022
65.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19.6%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
97
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
31.3%
2022
33.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.36 liters
2020
1.26 liters
2020

Territory

Tonga Tuvalu
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Land area per capita
2,669 sq mi
2024
1,201 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
135.1 sq mi
2025
6.95 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34.6 sq mi
2025
3.86 sq mi
2025
Roads length
423 mi
2011
4.97 mi
2011

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