Tonga vs Vanuatu statistics compared

Tonga has a population of 104K (ranked 183/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). Tonga's land area is 278 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 176th vs. 157th).

By GDP, Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

Tonga and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

Tonga and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1975	$32,506,742	-
1976	$30,036,417	-
1977	$34,139,388	-
1978	$41,567,472	-
1979	$44,667,002	$119,258,835
1980	$53,260,077	$121,185,498
1981	$62,242,013	$113,781,796
1982	$62,068,161	$114,501,913
1983	$60,863,964	$117,389,554
1984	$64,248,355	$144,482,515
1985	$60,058,663	$131,856,421
1986	$68,195,856	$126,498,935
1987	$81,667,133	$139,464,174
1988	$106,657,267	$158,351,368
1989	$106,344,855	$154,013,202
1990	$113,563,822	$168,879,207
1991	$132,201,141	$201,334,169
1992	$137,066,291	$209,088,825
1993	$138,489,884	$200,491,853
1994	$195,990,986	$233,701,301
1995	$208,871,666	$249,333,250
1996	$222,100,576	$261,370,044
1997	$214,991,452	$272,771,209
1998	$191,504,893	$262,293,411
1999	$199,208,718	$268,006,973
2000	$204,848,488	$272,014,628
2001	$181,117,230	$257,926,882
2002	$182,764,281	$262,596,536
2003	$202,246,591	$314,471,413
2004	$230,678,011	$364,996,869
2005	$261,823,805	$394,962,433
2006	$292,232,703	$439,358,587
2007	$298,519,623	$516,392,923
2008	$344,438,844	$590,748,429
2009	$312,415,028	$592,622,319
2010	$366,887,375	$670,712,980
2011	$414,143,828	$770,153,588
2012	$471,122,971	$747,839,698
2013	$451,788,498	$758,304,466
2014	$440,997,735	$773,717,011
2015	$437,525,539	$759,690,181
2016	$420,828,255	$804,323,577
2017	$459,976,847	$880,043,284
2018	$489,714,530	$914,727,908
2019	$494,197,854	$936,526,268
2020	$496,856,304	$909,421,044
2021	$518,228,029	$982,362,212
2022	$518,180,029	$1,030,654,208
2023	$508,735,107	$1,126,313,359
2024	-	$1,161,251,868

Tonga and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1975	$349	-
1976	$315	-
1977	$353	-
1978	$428	-
1979	$458	$1,055
1980	$545	$1,048
1981	$636	$962
1982	$633	$946
1983	$621	$947
1984	$656	$1,137
1985	$613	$1,012
1986	$696	$946
1987	$830	$1,017
1988	$1,078	$1,125
1989	$1,070	$1,067
1990	$1,139	$1,141
1991	$1,323	$1,326
1992	$1,370	$1,344
1993	$1,383	$1,257
1994	$1,957	$1,431
1995	$2,084	$1,492
1996	$2,215	$1,529
1997	$2,136	$1,562
1998	$1,889	$1,471
1999	$1,952	$1,472
2000	$1,995	$1,460
2001	$1,754	$1,350
2002	$1,759	$1,341
2003	$1,936	$1,567
2004	$2,195	$1,774
2005	$2,478	$1,874
2006	$2,750	$2,035
2007	$2,797	$2,334
2008	$3,218	$2,604
2009	$2,914	$2,546
2010	$3,416	$2,815
2011	$3,850	$3,163
2012	$4,384	$3,005
2013	$4,219	$2,980
2014	$4,137	$2,973
2015	$4,124	$2,855
2016	$3,988	$2,956
2017	$4,366	$3,160
2018	$4,639	$3,207
2019	$4,677	$3,207
2020	$4,700	$3,043
2021	$4,913	$3,212
2022	$4,933	$3,292
2023	$4,864	$3,515
2024	-	$3,543

Tonga vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1950	48.4	43.9
1951	49.8	42.2
1952	51.2	45.3
1953	52.4	45.8
1954	53.6	46.5
1955	54.7	47.1
1956	55.7	47.7
1957	56.5	48.2
1958	57.2	48.7
1959	57.8	49.3
1960	58.3	49.8
1961	58.8	50.4
1962	59.3	50.9
1963	59.8	51.5
1964	60.3	52
1965	60.7	52.5
1966	61.2	53.1
1967	61.7	53.7
1968	62.2	54.2
1969	62.7	54.8
1970	63.2	55.3
1971	63.6	55.9
1972	64.1	56.4
1973	64.4	57
1974	64.8	57.6
1975	65.1	58.1
1976	65.4	58.7
1977	65.6	59.2
1978	65.9	59.9
1979	66	60.9
1980	66.2	61.3
1981	66.4	61.9
1982	66.3	62.5
1983	66.7	63.1
1984	66.8	63.5
1985	66.9	63.9
1986	67.1	64.6
1987	67.2	64.4
1988	67.3	65.7
1989	67.4	66
1990	67.5	66.7
1991	67.7	67.1
1992	67.9	67.4
1993	68.2	67.7
1994	68.4	68
1995	68.6	68.1
1996	68.8	68.2
1997	69	68.3
1998	69.2	68.4
1999	69.4	67.9
2000	69.6	68.6
2001	69.8	68.7
2002	70	68.8
2003	70.2	68.9
2004	70.4	69
2005	70.6	69.2
2006	70.7	69.1
2007	70.9	69.1
2008	71	69.3
2009	70.9	69.4
2010	71.3	69.6
2011	71.4	69.7
2012	71.5	69.9
2013	71.6	70
2014	71.7	70
2015	71.9	70.2
2016	72	70.4
2017	72.1	70.5
2018	72.2	70.6
2019	72.3	70.8
2020	72.4	70.4
2021	72.1	70
2022	72.6	71.3
2023	72.9	71.5
2024	73.1	71.7
2025	73.2	71.8

Tonga and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1960	66,170	64,431
1961	68,037	66,264
1962	69,940	68,174
1963	71,885	70,159
1964	73,879	72,219
1965	75,924	74,358
1966	78,002	76,590
1967	79,814	78,921
1968	81,353	81,314
1969	82,885	83,755
1970	84,401	86,266
1971	85,896	88,862
1972	87,356	91,562
1973	88,805	94,362
1974	90,683	97,260
1975	93,017	100,269
1976	95,325	103,388
1977	96,725	106,618
1978	97,204	109,963
1979	97,544	113,040
1980	97,769	115,660
1981	97,909	118,249
1982	97,980	121,035
1983	97,998	123,998
1984	97,990	127,109
1985	97,984	130,356
1986	98,010	133,720
1987	98,376	137,187
1988	98,969	140,756
1989	99,403	144,393
1990	99,700	148,063
1991	99,895	151,793
1992	100,022	155,608
1993	100,103	159,463
1994	100,166	163,314
1995	100,225	167,137
1996	100,275	170,911
1997	100,674	174,626
1998	101,388	178,313
1999	102,046	182,048
2000	102,677	186,281
2001	103,288	191,031
2002	103,874	195,863
2003	104,464	200,746
2004	105,071	205,711
2005	105,671	210,760
2006	106,253	215,923
2007	106,726	221,276
2008	107,020	226,896
2009	107,203	232,731
2010	107,400	238,248
2011	107,570	243,474
2012	107,460	248,883
2013	107,078	254,482
2014	106,609	260,240
2015	106,095	266,101
2016	105,524	272,087
2017	105,356	278,507
2018	105,567	285,259
2019	105,669	291,985
2020	105,704	298,858
2021	105,490	305,868
2022	105,042	313,046
2023	104,597	320,409
2024	104,175	327,777

Fertility rates in Tonga and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1960	6.65	6.78
1961	6.61	6.73
1962	6.57	6.67
1963	6.52	6.62
1964	6.46	6.57
1965	6.41	6.52
1966	6.35	6.51
1967	6.29	6.51
1968	6.23	6.46
1969	6.17	6.41
1970	6.07	6.35
1971	5.96	6.29
1972	5.86	6.23
1973	5.8	6.15
1974	5.77	6.06
1975	5.75	5.98
1976	5.73	5.89
1977	5.7	5.81
1978	5.68	5.77
1979	5.65	5.73
1980	5.6	5.69
1981	5.55	5.65
1982	5.5	5.6
1983	5.45	5.55
1984	5.41	5.49
1985	5.34	5.43
1986	5.27	5.38
1987	5.19	5.33
1988	5.1	5.27
1989	5.01	5.21
1990	4.93	5.17
1991	4.85	5.13
1992	4.79	5.09
1993	4.73	5.02
1994	4.66	4.94
1995	4.56	4.85
1996	4.46	4.75
1997	4.38	4.66
1998	4.31	4.6
1999	4.23	4.56
2000	4.16	4.54
2001	4.13	4.5
2002	4.14	4.38
2003	4.18	4.29
2004	4.19	4.21
2005	4.2	4.13
2006	4.14	4.1
2007	4.09	4.12
2008	4.01	4.16
2009	3.95	4.16
2010	3.88	4.13
2011	3.83	4.09
2012	3.77	4.06
2013	3.7	4.04
2014	3.62	4
2015	3.54	3.95
2016	3.46	3.92
2017	3.39	3.88
2018	3.33	3.83
2019	3.27	3.79
2020	3.23	3.74
2021	3.2	3.7
2022	3.17	3.65
2023	3.13	3.6

Tonga and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

Tonga

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Tonga	Vanuatu
1960	17.1	17.7
1961	17.1	17.6
1962	17.1	17.5
1963	17	17.4
1964	17	17.3
1965	17	17.2
1966	17	17.1
1967	17	17.1
1968	16.9	17
1969	16.8	17
1970	16.8	17
1971	16.7	17
1972	16.7	17
1973	16.8	17
1974	16.8	17.1
1975	16.7	17.1
1976	16.7	17.1
1977	16.8	17.2
1978	17.1	17.3
1979	17.3	17.5
1980	17.4	17.6
1981	17.6	17.7
1982	17.8	17.7
1983	17.9	17.7
1984	18	17.7
1985	18.1	17.7
1986	18.2	17.8
1987	18.3	17.8
1988	18.6	17.8
1989	18.9	17.8
1990	19.1	17.8
1991	19.3	17.9
1992	19.5	17.8
1993	19.6	17.7
1994	19.6	17.7
1995	19.6	17.8
1996	19.6	18
1997	19.7	18
1998	19.9	18
1999	20.1	18
2000	20.3	18.2
2001	20.5	18.5
2002	20.7	18.7
2003	20.8	18.9
2004	20.8	19.2
2005	20.8	19.4
2006	20.8	19.6
2007	20.9	19.9
2008	21	20.1
2009	21.1	20.3
2010	21.2	20.5
2011	21.2	20.6
2012	21.4	20.8
2013	21.6	20.9
2014	21.7	21
2015	21.8	21.1
2016	21.9	21.1
2017	21.9	21.2
2018	22	21.2
2019	22	21.2
2020	22.1	21.2
2021	22.1	21.2
2022	22	21.2
2023	21.9	21.2
2024	21.9	21.3

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