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Tonga vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Tonga has a population of 104K (ranked 183/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Tonga's land area is 278 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 176th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Main facts and rankings

Tonga UAE
Population
103744
11372700
Population rank 183/197 86/197
GDP
$509M
2023
$537B
2024
GDP rank 191/197 29/197
GDP per capita
$4,864
2023
$49,378
2024
GDP per capita rank 121/197 24/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,853
2023
$77,959
2024
Government debt
$224M
2023
$172B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.1%
2025
32.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,138
2023
$15,857
2024
Government debt per person rank 117/185 39/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,126
2025
$40,921
2025
Land area
278 sq mi
2025
27,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
375 ppl/mi²
2024
397 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.13
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
21.9 years
2024
32.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Tonga and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Tonga and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP
Tonga UAE
1970 - $685,986,701
1971 - $939,893,600
1972 - $1,415,086,929
1973 - $4,231,243,616
1974 - $11,651,505,689
1975 $32,506,742 $14,720,728,249
1976 $30,036,417 $19,213,158,779
1977 $34,139,388 $24,871,775,165
1978 $41,567,472 $23,775,764,225
1979 $44,667,002 $31,225,659,621
1980 $53,260,077 $43,599,160,050
1981 $62,242,013 $49,333,424,135
1982 $62,068,161 $46,622,718,605
1983 $60,863,964 $42,803,323,345
1984 $64,248,355 $41,807,954,236
1985 $60,058,663 $40,603,650,232
1986 $68,195,856 $33,943,612,095
1987 $81,667,133 $36,384,908,744
1988 $106,657,267 $36,275,674,203
1989 $106,344,855 $41,464,995,914
1990 $113,563,822 $50,701,443,748
1991 $132,201,141 $51,552,165,622
1992 $137,066,291 $54,239,171,888
1993 $138,489,884 $55,625,170,253
1994 $195,990,986 $59,305,093,980
1995 $208,871,666 $65,743,666,576
1996 $222,100,576 $73,571,233,996
1997 $214,991,452 $78,839,008,445
1998 $191,504,893 $75,674,336,283
1999 $199,208,718 $84,445,473,111
2000 $204,848,488 $104,337,372,362
2001 $181,117,230 $103,311,640,572
2002 $182,764,281 $109,816,201,498
2003 $202,246,591 $124,346,358,067
2004 $230,678,011 $147,824,370,320
2005 $261,823,805 $180,617,467,965
2006 $292,232,703 $222,116,541,865
2007 $298,519,623 $257,916,133,424
2008 $344,438,844 $315,474,615,739
2009 $312,415,028 $253,547,358,747
2010 $366,887,375 $300,189,052,689
2011 $414,143,828 $360,832,739,551
2012 $471,122,971 $384,610,125,391
2013 $451,788,498 $400,218,529,748
2014 $440,997,735 $414,105,366,753
2015 $437,525,539 $370,275,469,571
2016 $420,828,255 $369,255,326,236
2017 $459,976,847 $390,516,804,030
2018 $489,714,530 $427,049,432,158
2019 $494,197,854 $417,989,721,743
2020 $496,856,304 $349,473,015,330
2021 $518,228,029 $415,178,792,757
2022 $518,180,029 $502,731,935,194
2023 $508,735,107 $514,130,432,648
2024 - $537,078,829,135

Tonga and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP per capita
Tonga UAE
1970 - $2,394
1971 - $2,805
1972 - $3,675
1973 - $9,696
1974 - $23,823
1975 $349 $27,117
1976 $315 $31,197
1977 $353 $35,020
1978 $428 $29,379
1979 $458 $34,238
1980 $545 $42,925
1981 $636 $44,854
1982 $633 $39,972
1983 $621 $34,650
1984 $656 $32,012
1985 $613 $29,468
1986 $696 $23,132
1987 $830 $23,113
1988 $1,078 $21,570
1989 $1,070 $23,167
1990 $1,139 $26,710
1991 $1,323 $25,691
1992 $1,370 $25,648
1993 $1,383 $25,033
1994 $1,957 $25,473
1995 $2,084 $27,003
1996 $2,215 $28,323
1997 $2,136 $27,983
1998 $1,889 $24,889
1999 $1,952 $25,856
2000 $1,995 $29,866
2001 $1,754 $27,745
2002 $1,759 $27,754
2003 $1,936 $29,660
2004 $2,195 $33,377
2005 $2,478 $38,719
2006 $2,750 $44,343
2007 $2,797 $45,855
2008 $3,218 $50,054
2009 $2,914 $37,803
2010 $3,416 $43,697
2011 $3,850 $50,789
2012 $4,384 $52,034
2013 $4,219 $52,024
2014 $4,137 $51,381
2015 $4,124 $43,535
2016 $3,988 $41,326
2017 $4,366 $42,341
2018 $4,639 $45,690
2019 $4,677 $44,251
2020 $4,700 $37,174
2021 $4,913 $43,360
2022 $4,933 $49,899
2023 $4,864 $49,041
2024 - $49,378

Tonga vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
Year Life expectancy, years
Tonga UAE
1950 48.4 42.1
1951 49.8 42.9
1952 51.2 43.6
1953 52.4 44.4
1954 53.6 45.2
1955 54.7 46
1956 55.7 46.9
1957 56.5 47.8
1958 57.2 48.8
1959 57.8 49.7
1960 58.3 50.7
1961 58.8 51.6
1962 59.3 52.5
1963 59.8 53.5
1964 60.3 54.5
1965 60.7 55.5
1966 61.2 56.6
1967 61.7 57.6
1968 62.2 58.7
1969 62.7 59.8
1970 63.2 60.8
1971 63.6 61.8
1972 64.1 62.7
1973 64.4 63.5
1974 64.8 64.4
1975 65.1 65.1
1976 65.4 65.8
1977 65.6 66.5
1978 65.9 67.1
1979 66 67.6
1980 66.2 68.2
1981 66.4 68.6
1982 66.3 69.1
1983 66.7 69.4
1984 66.8 69.8
1985 66.9 70.1
1986 67.1 70.4
1987 67.2 70.6
1988 67.3 70.8
1989 67.4 71
1990 67.5 71.1
1991 67.7 71.1
1992 67.9 71.2
1993 68.2 71.2
1994 68.4 71.2
1995 68.6 71.4
1996 68.8 71.8
1997 69 72.6
1998 69.2 73.7
1999 69.4 75
2000 69.6 76.3
2001 69.8 77.6
2002 70 78.7
2003 70.2 79.6
2004 70.4 80.3
2005 70.6 80.8
2006 70.7 81.2
2007 70.9 81.4
2008 71 81.6
2009 70.9 81.7
2010 71.3 81.9
2011 71.4 81.9
2012 71.5 81.9
2013 71.6 82
2014 71.7 82
2015 71.9 82.1
2016 72 82.2
2017 72.1 82.4
2018 72.2 82.4
2019 72.3 82.6
2020 72.4 81.9
2021 72.1 79.1
2022 72.6 80.5
2023 72.9 82.9
2024 73.1 83.1
2025 73.2 83.2

Tonga and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
Year Population
Tonga UAE
1960 66,170 131,334
1961 68,037 137,989
1962 69,940 144,946
1963 71,885 152,211
1964 73,879 159,692
1965 75,924 167,103
1966 78,002 173,976
1967 79,814 179,700
1968 81,353 199,416
1969 82,885 239,660
1970 84,401 286,536
1971 85,896 335,027
1972 87,356 385,014
1973 88,805 436,399
1974 90,683 489,087
1975 93,017 542,856
1976 95,325 615,866
1977 96,725 710,209
1978 97,204 809,274
1979 97,544 912,010
1980 97,769 1,015,700
1981 97,909 1,099,855
1982 97,980 1,166,370
1983 97,998 1,235,305
1984 97,990 1,305,996
1985 97,984 1,377,911
1986 98,010 1,467,383
1987 98,376 1,574,244
1988 98,969 1,681,788
1989 99,403 1,789,851
1990 99,700 1,898,220
1991 99,895 2,006,626
1992 100,022 2,114,730
1993 100,103 2,222,093
1994 100,166 2,328,188
1995 100,225 2,434,662
1996 100,275 2,597,564
1997 100,674 2,817,410
1998 101,388 3,040,421
1999 102,046 3,266,009
2000 102,677 3,493,575
2001 103,288 3,723,590
2002 103,874 3,956,826
2003 104,464 4,192,457
2004 105,071 4,428,967
2005 105,671 4,664,790
2006 106,253 5,009,100
2007 106,726 5,624,635
2008 107,020 6,302,664
2009 107,203 6,707,058
2010 107,400 6,869,838
2011 107,570 7,104,538
2012 107,460 7,391,448
2013 107,078 7,693,031
2014 106,609 8,059,440
2015 106,095 8,505,237
2016 105,524 8,935,095
2017 105,356 9,223,225
2018 105,567 9,346,701
2019 105,669 9,445,785
2020 105,704 9,401,038
2021 105,490 9,575,152
2022 105,042 10,074,977
2023 104,597 10,483,751
2024 104,175 10,876,981

Fertility rates in Tonga and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
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

Tonga and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age
Tonga

United Arab Emirates
Year Median age, years
Tonga UAE
1960 17.1 19.6
1961 17.1 20.1
1962 17.1 20.6
1963 17 21
1964 17 21.5
1965 17 22
1966 17 22.6
1967 17 23.3
1968 16.9 23.5
1969 16.8 23.1
1970 16.8 23
1971 16.7 23.2
1972 16.7 23.6
1973 16.8 24.1
1974 16.8 24.7
1975 16.7 25.4
1976 16.7 25.6
1977 16.8 25.4
1978 17.1 25.5
1979 17.3 25.8
1980 17.4 26.2
1981 17.6 26.4
1982 17.8 26.4
1983 17.9 26.4
1984 18 26.4
1985 18.1 26.6
1986 18.2 26.5
1987 18.3 26.1
1988 18.6 25.9
1989 18.9 25.8
1990 19.1 25.8
1991 19.3 26
1992 19.5 26.4
1993 19.6 26.8
1994 19.6 27.4
1995 19.6 28
1996 19.6 28.1
1997 19.7 27.9
1998 19.9 27.9
1999 20.1 28
2000 20.3 28.2
2001 20.5 28.6
2002 20.7 29.1
2003 20.8 29.6
2004 20.8 30.3
2005 20.8 30.9
2006 20.8 31.4
2007 20.9 31.6
2008 21 31.6
2009 21.1 31.6
2010 21.2 31.7
2011 21.2 31.7
2012 21.4 31.7
2013 21.6 31.7
2014 21.7 31.8
2015 21.8 31.8
2016 21.9 31.8
2017 21.9 31.8
2018 22 31.8
2019 22 31.8
2020 22.1 31.8
2021 22.1 31.9
2022 22 31.9
2023 21.9 32.2
2024 21.9 32.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Tonga UAE
GNI, Atlas method
$578M
2023
$538B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.7%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.15%
2023
3.89%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
5.64%
2014
Armed forces personnel n/a
63,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.9%
2025
+2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.65%
2023
1.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
50.2%
2023
51.6%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
13.5%
2023
47.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
58.5
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22%
2021
20.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
4%
2021
2.8%
2018
Number of millionaires n/a
202,201
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
154
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.05T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$377M
2024
$238B
2024
Personal remittances received
$257M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
94,000
2019
8,084,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
47.8%
2020
n/a
Banked people share n/a
85.7%
2021

Energy

Tonga UAE
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
543 kg
2007
8,336 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.94
2007
$8.85
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.22 megatons
2023
206 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.1 tons
2023
19.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
92.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
2.3%
2022
1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.24%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-171.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
14,688 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
14.2%
2021
4.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.3%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Tonga UAE
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,149
2024
+278,439
2024
Urban population
23.2%
2024
88%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.74 ft
2025
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height
5.45 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.6
2025
83.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
50
2025
68
2024
Higher education index n/a
65
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.95
2019
0.75
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33
2019
8.9
2019
Visa free countries
127
2025
179
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
98.8%
2024
English speaking
30%
2023
65%
2025
People using the Internet
58.5%
2023
100%
2024

Health

Tonga UAE
Government health expenditure per capita
$378
2022
$2,315
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$11.1
2022
$284.4
2022
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
45.7%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.01
2021
2.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
24.9 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
67
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.9
2023
5
2023
Obesity rate
72.4%
2022
32.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19.6%
2024
20.7%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
11
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
31.3%
2022
9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.36 liters
2020
2.08 liters
2020

Territory

Tonga UAE
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
2,669 sq mi
2024
2,521 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
135.1 sq mi
2025
1,512 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34.6 sq mi
2025
1,225 sq mi
2025
Roads length
423 mi
2011
2,535 mi
2008

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