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Tonga vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Tonga has a population of 104K (ranked 183/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Tonga's land area is 278 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 176th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Main facts and rankings

Tonga United Kingdom
Population
103744
69945462
Population rank 183/197 22/197
GDP
$509M
2023
$3.64T
2024
GDP rank 191/197 6/197
GDP per capita
$4,864
2023
$52,637
2024
GDP per capita rank 121/197 23/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,853
2023
$60,620
2024
Government debt
$224M
2023
$3.69T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.1%
2025
103.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,138
2023
$53,283
2024
Government debt per person rank 117/185 7/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$4,126
2025
$40,805
2025
Land area
278 sq mi
2025
93,410 sq mi
2025
Population density
375 ppl/mi²
2024
741 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.13
2023
1.56
2023
Median age
21.9 years
2024
41 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
81.6 years
2025

Tonga and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Tonga and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year GDP
Tonga United Kingdom
1960 - $73,233,967,692
1961 - $77,741,965,703
1962 - $81,247,564,157
1963 - $86,561,961,812
1964 - $94,407,558,351
1965 - $101,824,755,079
1966 - $108,572,752,102
1967 - $113,116,888,211
1968 - $107,759,910,068
1969 - $116,464,702,803
1970 - $130,671,946,244
1971 - $148,113,896,325
1972 - $169,965,034,965
1973 - $192,537,971,583
1974 - $206,131,369,799
1975 $32,506,742 $241,756,637,168
1976 $30,036,417 $232,614,555,256
1977 $34,139,388 $263,066,457,352
1978 $41,567,472 $335,883,029,722
1979 $44,667,002 $438,994,070,309
1980 $53,260,077 $564,947,710,899
1981 $62,242,013 $540,765,675,241
1982 $62,068,161 $515,048,916,841
1983 $60,863,964 $489,618,008,186
1984 $64,248,355 $461,487,097,632
1985 $60,058,663 $489,285,164,271
1986 $68,195,856 $601,452,653,181
1987 $81,667,133 $745,162,608,269
1988 $106,657,267 $910,122,732,124
1989 $106,344,855 $926,884,816,754
1990 $113,563,822 $1,093,169,389,205
1991 $132,201,141 $1,142,797,178,131
1992 $137,066,291 $1,179,659,529,660
1993 $138,489,884 $1,061,388,722,256
1994 $195,990,986 $1,140,489,745,944
1995 $208,871,666 $1,344,240,176,740
1996 $222,100,576 $1,419,645,865,835
1997 $214,991,452 $1,560,911,918,795
1998 $191,504,893 $1,653,694,932,097
1999 $199,208,718 $1,687,830,448,148
2000 $204,848,488 $1,665,534,876,683
2001 $181,117,230 $1,649,827,263,567
2002 $182,764,281 $1,785,729,916,067
2003 $202,246,591 $2,054,422,857,143
2004 $230,678,011 $2,421,525,082,387
2005 $261,823,805 $2,543,180,000,000
2006 $292,232,703 $2,708,441,582,337
2007 $298,519,623 $3,090,510,204,082
2008 $344,438,844 $2,929,411,764,706
2009 $312,415,028 $2,412,840,006,232
2010 $366,887,375 $2,485,482,596,185
2011 $414,143,828 $2,663,805,834,828
2012 $471,122,971 $2,707,089,726,615
2013 $451,788,498 $2,784,853,502,534
2014 $440,997,735 $3,064,708,247,921
2015 $437,525,539 $2,927,911,140,917
2016 $420,828,255 $2,689,106,566,900
2017 $459,976,847 $2,680,148,052,335
2018 $489,714,530 $2,871,340,347,582
2019 $494,197,854 $2,851,407,164,908
2020 $496,856,304 $2,696,778,386,608
2021 $518,228,029 $3,143,323,050,707
2022 $518,180,029 $3,114,042,471,144
2023 $508,735,107 $3,369,861,888,973
2024 - $3,643,834,188,783

Tonga and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year GDP per capita
Tonga United Kingdom
1960 - $1,398
1961 - $1,472
1962 - $1,526
1963 - $1,613
1964 - $1,748
1965 - $1,874
1966 - $1,987
1967 - $2,059
1968 - $1,952
1969 - $2,101
1970 - $2,348
1971 - $2,650
1972 - $3,030
1973 - $3,426
1974 - $3,666
1975 $349 $4,300
1976 $315 $4,138
1977 $353 $4,681
1978 $428 $5,977
1979 $458 $7,805
1980 $545 $10,032
1981 $636 $9,599
1982 $633 $9,146
1983 $621 $8,692
1984 $656 $8,179
1985 $613 $8,652
1986 $696 $10,611
1987 $830 $13,119
1988 $1,078 $15,987
1989 $1,070 $16,239
1990 $1,139 $19,095
1991 $1,323 $19,901
1992 $1,370 $20,487
1993 $1,383 $18,389
1994 $1,957 $19,709
1995 $2,084 $23,169
1996 $2,215 $24,406
1997 $2,136 $26,766
1998 $1,889 $28,275
1999 $1,952 $28,762
2000 $1,995 $28,281
2001 $1,754 $27,907
2002 $1,759 $30,078
2003 $1,936 $34,443
2004 $2,195 $40,367
2005 $2,478 $42,105
2006 $2,750 $44,512
2007 $2,797 $50,398
2008 $3,218 $47,396
2009 $2,914 $38,744
2010 $3,416 $39,599
2011 $3,850 $42,110
2012 $4,384 $42,490
2013 $4,219 $43,419
2014 $4,137 $47,427
2015 $4,124 $44,984
2016 $3,988 $40,988
2017 $4,366 $40,629
2018 $4,639 $43,315
2019 $4,677 $42,794
2020 $4,700 $40,405
2021 $4,913 $46,926
2022 $4,933 $46,063
2023 $4,864 $49,201
2024 - $52,637

Tonga vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year Life expectancy, years
Tonga United Kingdom
1950 48.4 68.6
1951 49.8 68.2
1952 51.2 69.5
1953 52.4 69.8
1954 53.6 70.2
1955 54.7 70.1
1956 55.7 70.4
1957 56.5 70.5
1958 57.2 70.7
1959 57.8 70.8
1960 58.3 71
1961 58.8 70.8
1962 59.3 70.9
1963 59.8 70.8
1964 60.3 71.5
1965 60.7 71.5
1966 61.2 71.4
1967 61.7 72.1
1968 62.2 71.7
1969 62.7 71.7
1970 63.2 71.9
1971 63.6 72.2
1972 64.1 72
1973 64.4 72.2
1974 64.8 72.4
1975 65.1 72.7
1976 65.4 72.6
1977 65.6 73.1
1978 65.9 73
1979 66 73.2
1980 66.2 73.6
1981 66.4 73.9
1982 66.3 74
1983 66.7 74.3
1984 66.8 74.7
1985 66.9 74.5
1986 67.1 74.8
1987 67.2 75.1
1988 67.3 75.3
1989 67.4 75.4
1990 67.5 75.7
1991 67.7 75.9
1992 67.9 76.3
1993 68.2 76.2
1994 68.4 76.7
1995 68.6 76.6
1996 68.8 76.9
1997 69 77.1
1998 69.2 77.3
1999 69.4 77.4
2000 69.6 77.8
2001 69.8 78.1
2002 70 78.2
2003 70.2 78.3
2004 70.4 78.9
2005 70.6 79.1
2006 70.7 79.3
2007 70.9 79.5
2008 71 79.7
2009 70.9 80.2
2010 71.3 80.4
2011 71.4 80.8
2012 71.5 80.9
2013 71.6 80.9
2014 71.7 81.2
2015 71.9 80.9
2016 72 81.1
2017 72.1 81.2
2018 72.2 81.1
2019 72.3 81.4
2020 72.4 80.4
2021 72.1 80.7
2022 72.6 81.1
2023 72.9 81.3
2024 73.1 81.4
2025 73.2 81.6

Tonga and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year Population
Tonga United Kingdom
1960 66,170 52,400,000
1961 68,037 52,800,000
1962 69,940 53,250,000
1963 71,885 53,650,000
1964 73,879 54,000,000
1965 75,924 54,348,050
1966 78,002 54,648,500
1967 79,814 54,943,600
1968 81,353 55,211,700
1969 82,885 55,441,750
1970 84,401 55,663,250
1971 85,896 55,896,223
1972 87,356 56,086,065
1973 88,805 56,194,527
1974 90,683 56,229,974
1975 93,017 56,225,800
1976 95,325 56,211,968
1977 96,725 56,193,492
1978 97,204 56,196,504
1979 97,544 56,246,951
1980 97,769 56,314,216
1981 97,909 56,333,829
1982 97,980 56,313,641
1983 97,998 56,332,848
1984 97,990 56,422,072
1985 97,984 56,550,268
1986 98,010 56,681,396
1987 98,376 56,802,050
1988 98,969 56,928,327
1989 99,403 57,076,711
1990 99,700 57,247,586
1991 99,895 57,424,897
1992 100,022 57,580,402
1993 100,103 57,718,614
1994 100,166 57,865,745
1995 100,225 58,019,030
1996 100,275 58,166,950
1997 100,674 58,316,954
1998 101,388 58,487,141
1999 102,046 58,682,466
2000 102,677 58,892,514
2001 103,288 59,119,673
2002 103,874 59,370,479
2003 104,464 59,647,577
2004 105,071 59,987,905
2005 105,671 60,401,206
2006 106,253 60,846,820
2007 106,726 61,322,463
2008 107,020 61,806,995
2009 107,203 62,276,270
2010 107,400 62,766,365
2011 107,570 63,258,810
2012 107,460 63,711,000
2013 107,078 64,139,000
2014 106,609 64,620,000
2015 106,095 65,088,000
2016 105,524 65,607,000
2017 105,356 65,966,000
2018 105,567 66,289,000
2019 105,669 66,631,000
2020 105,704 66,744,000
2021 105,490 66,984,000
2022 105,042 67,604,000
2023 104,597 68,492,000
2024 104,175 69,226,000

Fertility rates in Tonga and United Kingdom

Fertility rate
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year Fertility rate
Tonga United Kingdom
1960 6.65 2.69
1961 6.61 2.78
1962 6.57 2.86
1963 6.52 2.88
1964 6.46 2.93
1965 6.41 2.86
1966 6.35 2.78
1967 6.29 2.68
1968 6.23 2.6
1969 6.17 2.51
1970 6.07 2.44
1971 5.96 2.41
1972 5.86 2.2
1973 5.8 2.04
1974 5.77 1.92
1975 5.75 1.81
1976 5.73 1.74
1977 5.7 1.69
1978 5.68 1.75
1979 5.65 1.86
1980 5.6 1.9
1981 5.55 1.82
1982 5.5 1.78
1983 5.45 1.77
1984 5.41 1.77
1985 5.34 1.79
1986 5.27 1.78
1987 5.19 1.81
1988 5.1 1.82
1989 5.01 1.79
1990 4.93 1.83
1991 4.85 1.82
1992 4.79 1.79
1993 4.73 1.76
1994 4.66 1.74
1995 4.56 1.71
1996 4.46 1.73
1997 4.38 1.72
1998 4.31 1.71
1999 4.23 1.68
2000 4.16 1.64
2001 4.13 1.63
2002 4.14 1.63
2003 4.18 1.7
2004 4.19 1.75
2005 4.2 1.76
2006 4.14 1.82
2007 4.09 1.86
2008 4.01 1.91
2009 3.95 1.89
2010 3.88 1.92
2011 3.83 1.91
2012 3.77 1.92
2013 3.7 1.83
2014 3.62 1.81
2015 3.54 1.8
2016 3.46 1.79
2017 3.39 1.74
2018 3.33 1.68
2019 3.27 1.63
2020 3.23 1.57
2021 3.2 1.58
2022 3.17 1.56
2023 3.13 1.56

Tonga and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age
Tonga

United Kingdom
Year Median age, years
Tonga United Kingdom
1960 17.1 35.5
1961 17.1 35.4
1962 17.1 35.3
1963 17 35.3
1964 17 35.2
1965 17 35.1
1966 17 34.9
1967 17 34.8
1968 16.9 34.6
1969 16.8 34.4
1970 16.8 34.2
1971 16.7 34.1
1972 16.7 34
1973 16.8 34
1974 16.8 34
1975 16.7 34
1976 16.7 34
1977 16.8 34.1
1978 17.1 34.2
1979 17.3 34.3
1980 17.4 34.4
1981 17.6 34.5
1982 17.8 34.8
1983 17.9 35
1984 18 35.2
1985 18.1 35.3
1986 18.2 35.4
1987 18.3 35.4
1988 18.6 35.7
1989 18.9 35.9
1990 19.1 36
1991 19.3 36.1
1992 19.5 36.2
1993 19.6 36.3
1994 19.6 36.5
1995 19.6 36.6
1996 19.6 36.8
1997 19.7 37
1998 19.9 37.2
1999 20.1 37.4
2000 20.3 37.7
2001 20.5 37.9
2002 20.7 38.1
2003 20.8 38.2
2004 20.8 38.4
2005 20.8 38.5
2006 20.8 38.6
2007 20.9 38.8
2008 21 38.9
2009 21.1 39
2010 21.2 39.2
2011 21.2 39.3
2012 21.4 39.5
2013 21.6 39.6
2014 21.7 39.7
2015 21.8 39.8
2016 21.9 39.8
2017 21.9 39.9
2018 22 40
2019 22 40.1
2020 22.1 40.2
2021 22.1 40.3
2022 22 40.5
2023 21.9 40.8
2024 21.9 41

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Finance

Tonga United Kingdom
GNI, Atlas method
$578M
2023
$3.37T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.7%
2025
43.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.15%
2023
4.96%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
153,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.9%
2025
-4.42%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.65%
2023
4.36%
2024
Services, % of GDP
50.2%
2023
72.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
13.5%
2023
16.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.5
2025
69.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22%
2021
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
4%
2021
3%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
3,061,553
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.75%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
55
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
1,606
2022
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$3.1T
2022
Total reserves including gold
$377M
2024
$175B
2024
Personal remittances received
$257M
2024
$4.83B
2024
International tourist arrivals
94,000
2019
11,101,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
47.8%
2020
8.24%
1998
Banked people share n/a
99.3%
2024

Energy

Tonga United Kingdom
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
543 kg
2007
2,128 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.94
2007
$27.2
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.22 megatons
2023
302 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.1 tons
2023
4.41 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
75.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
2.3%
2022
12.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
13.4%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
44%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
4,208 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
14.2%
2021
40.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
2.51%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.8%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Tonga United Kingdom
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.85%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,149
2024
+417,114
2024
Urban population
23.2%
2024
84.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.74 ft
2025
5.85 ft
2025
Average female height
5.45 ft
2025
5.38 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.6
2025
90.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
50
2025
71
2024
Higher education index n/a
100
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.95
2019
1.15
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
33
2019
3.2
2019
Visa free countries
127
2025
170
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
30%
2023
98.3%
2023
People using the Internet
58.5%
2023
96.3%
2023

Health

Tonga United Kingdom
Government health expenditure per capita
$378
2022
$5,367
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$11.1
2022
$742
2023
Life expectancy
73.2 years
2025
81.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
45.7%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.01
2021
3.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
24.9 years
2025
29 years
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births
67
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.9
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
72.4%
2022
27.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19.6%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
83
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
31.3%
2022
14.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.36 liters
2020
10.7 liters
2020

Territory

Tonga United Kingdom
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.16%
2025
Land area per capita
2,669 sq mi
2024
1,349 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
135.1 sq mi
2025
65,674 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34.6 sq mi
2025
12,415 sq mi
2025
Roads length
423 mi
2011
263,542 mi
2020

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