Population in Fiji compared to Tonga: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Fiji and Tonga: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Tonga	Fiji	Tonga
1960	404,887	66,170	-	-
1961	417,406	68,037	3.09%	2.82%
1962	430,536	69,940	3.15%	2.8%
1963	444,276	71,885	3.19%	2.78%
1964	458,324	73,879	3.16%	2.77%
1965	472,575	75,924	3.11%	2.77%
1966	486,487	78,002	2.94%	2.74%
1967	498,873	79,814	2.55%	2.32%
1968	510,002	81,353	2.23%	1.93%
1969	520,797	82,885	2.12%	1.88%
1970	531,188	84,401	2%	1.83%
1971	541,121	85,896	1.87%	1.77%
1972	550,499	87,356	1.73%	1.7%
1973	559,222	88,805	1.58%	1.66%
1974	567,489	90,683	1.48%	2.11%
1975	575,906	93,017	1.48%	2.57%
1976	585,534	95,325	1.67%	2.48%
1977	597,805	96,725	2.1%	1.47%
1978	612,091	97,204	2.39%	0.5%
1979	626,862	97,544	2.41%	0.35%
1980	641,975	97,769	2.41%	0.23%
1981	657,471	97,909	2.41%	0.14%
1982	673,414	97,980	2.42%	0.07%
1983	689,835	97,998	2.44%	0.02%
1984	706,716	97,990	2.45%	-0.008%
1985	723,761	97,984	2.41%	-0.006%
1986	739,306	98,010	2.15%	0.03%
1987	750,540	98,376	1.52%	0.37%
1988	758,697	98,969	1.09%	0.6%
1989	766,321	99,403	1%	0.44%
1990	773,316	99,700	0.91%	0.3%
1991	779,656	99,895	0.82%	0.2%
1992	785,346	100,022	0.73%	0.13%
1993	790,369	100,103	0.64%	0.08%
1994	794,771	100,166	0.56%	0.06%
1995	798,746	100,225	0.5%	0.06%
1996	803,789	100,275	0.63%	0.05%
1997	812,139	100,674	1.04%	0.4%
1998	822,258	101,388	1.25%	0.71%
1999	831,828	102,046	1.16%	0.65%
2000	840,909	102,677	1.09%	0.62%
2001	849,596	103,288	1.03%	0.6%
2002	858,049	103,874	0.99%	0.57%
2003	866,286	104,464	0.96%	0.57%
2004	874,366	105,071	0.93%	0.58%
2005	882,379	105,671	0.92%	0.57%
2006	890,365	106,253	0.91%	0.55%
2007	897,832	106,726	0.84%	0.45%
2008	903,399	107,020	0.62%	0.28%
2009	907,239	107,203	0.43%	0.17%
2010	910,419	107,400	0.35%	0.18%
2011	912,989	107,570	0.28%	0.16%
2012	914,918	107,460	0.21%	-0.1%
2013	916,352	107,078	0.16%	-0.36%
2014	917,585	106,609	0.13%	-0.44%
2015	918,578	106,095	0.11%	-0.48%
2016	919,166	105,524	0.06%	-0.54%
2017	918,759	105,356	-0.04%	-0.16%
2018	917,180	105,567	-0.17%	0.2%
2019	914,899	105,669	-0.25%	0.1%
2020	914,963	105,704	0.007%	0.03%
2021	916,711	105,490	0.19%	-0.2%
2022	919,422	105,042	0.3%	-0.42%
2023	924,145	104,597	0.51%	-0.42%
2024	928,784	104,175	0.5%	-0.4%
2025	933,141	103,744	0.47%	-0.41%
2026	937,268	103,290	0.44%	-0.44%
2027	941,304	102,899	0.43%	-0.38%
2028	945,347	102,568	0.43%	-0.32%
2029	949,269	102,280	0.41%	-0.28%
2030	953,095	102,069	0.4%	-0.21%
2031	956,685	101,927	0.38%	-0.14%
2032	960,056	101,837	0.35%	-0.09%
2033	963,339	101,807	0.34%	-0.03%
2034	966,516	101,806	0.33%	-0.001%
2035	969,613	101,833	0.32%	0.03%
2036	972,641	101,895	0.31%	0.06%
2037	975,643	101,993	0.31%	0.1%
2038	978,533	102,173	0.3%	0.18%
2039	981,270	102,367	0.28%	0.19%
2040	983,842	102,568	0.26%	0.2%
2041	986,409	102,805	0.26%	0.23%
2042	988,810	103,038	0.24%	0.23%
2043	990,851	103,306	0.21%	0.26%
2044	992,731	103,612	0.19%	0.3%
2045	994,437	103,928	0.17%	0.3%
2046	995,957	104,232	0.15%	0.29%
2047	997,319	104,502	0.14%	0.26%
2048	998,544	104,744	0.12%	0.23%
2049	999,530	104,975	0.1%	0.22%
2050	1,000,244	105,193	0.07%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.