Population in Tonga compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tonga and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tonga	United Kingdom	Tonga	United Kingdom
1960	66,170	52,400,000	-	-
1961	68,037	52,800,000	2.82%	0.76%
1962	69,940	53,250,000	2.8%	0.85%
1963	71,885	53,650,000	2.78%	0.75%
1964	73,879	54,000,000	2.77%	0.65%
1965	75,924	54,348,050	2.77%	0.64%
1966	78,002	54,648,500	2.74%	0.55%
1967	79,814	54,943,600	2.32%	0.54%
1968	81,353	55,211,700	1.93%	0.49%
1969	82,885	55,441,750	1.88%	0.42%
1970	84,401	55,663,250	1.83%	0.4%
1971	85,896	55,896,223	1.77%	0.42%
1972	87,356	56,086,065	1.7%	0.34%
1973	88,805	56,194,527	1.66%	0.19%
1974	90,683	56,229,974	2.11%	0.06%
1975	93,017	56,225,800	2.57%	-0.007%
1976	95,325	56,211,968	2.48%	-0.02%
1977	96,725	56,193,492	1.47%	-0.03%
1978	97,204	56,196,504	0.5%	0.005%
1979	97,544	56,246,951	0.35%	0.09%
1980	97,769	56,314,216	0.23%	0.12%
1981	97,909	56,333,829	0.14%	0.03%
1982	97,980	56,313,641	0.07%	-0.04%
1983	97,998	56,332,848	0.02%	0.03%
1984	97,990	56,422,072	-0.008%	0.16%
1985	97,984	56,550,268	-0.006%	0.23%
1986	98,010	56,681,396	0.03%	0.23%
1987	98,376	56,802,050	0.37%	0.21%
1988	98,969	56,928,327	0.6%	0.22%
1989	99,403	57,076,711	0.44%	0.26%
1990	99,700	57,247,586	0.3%	0.3%
1991	99,895	57,424,897	0.2%	0.31%
1992	100,022	57,580,402	0.13%	0.27%
1993	100,103	57,718,614	0.08%	0.24%
1994	100,166	57,865,745	0.06%	0.25%
1995	100,225	58,019,030	0.06%	0.26%
1996	100,275	58,166,950	0.05%	0.25%
1997	100,674	58,316,954	0.4%	0.26%
1998	101,388	58,487,141	0.71%	0.29%
1999	102,046	58,682,466	0.65%	0.33%
2000	102,677	58,892,514	0.62%	0.36%
2001	103,288	59,119,673	0.6%	0.39%
2002	103,874	59,370,479	0.57%	0.42%
2003	104,464	59,647,577	0.57%	0.47%
2004	105,071	59,987,905	0.58%	0.57%
2005	105,671	60,401,206	0.57%	0.69%
2006	106,253	60,846,820	0.55%	0.74%
2007	106,726	61,322,463	0.45%	0.78%
2008	107,020	61,806,995	0.28%	0.79%
2009	107,203	62,276,270	0.17%	0.76%
2010	107,400	62,766,365	0.18%	0.79%
2011	107,570	63,258,810	0.16%	0.78%
2012	107,460	63,711,000	-0.1%	0.71%
2013	107,078	64,139,000	-0.36%	0.67%
2014	106,609	64,620,000	-0.44%	0.75%
2015	106,095	65,088,000	-0.48%	0.72%
2016	105,524	65,607,000	-0.54%	0.8%
2017	105,356	65,966,000	-0.16%	0.55%
2018	105,567	66,289,000	0.2%	0.49%
2019	105,669	66,631,000	0.1%	0.52%
2020	105,704	66,744,000	0.03%	0.17%
2021	105,490	66,984,000	-0.2%	0.36%
2022	105,042	67,604,000	-0.42%	0.93%
2023	104,597	68,492,000	-0.42%	1.31%
2024	104,175	69,226,000	-0.4%	1.07%
2025	103,744	69,639,673	-0.41%	0.6%
2026	103,290	70,020,350	-0.44%	0.55%
2027	102,899	70,382,853	-0.38%	0.52%
2028	102,568	70,732,699	-0.32%	0.5%
2029	102,280	71,061,482	-0.28%	0.46%
2030	102,069	71,377,535	-0.21%	0.44%
2031	101,927	71,678,351	-0.14%	0.42%
2032	101,837	71,959,934	-0.09%	0.39%
2033	101,807	72,234,509	-0.03%	0.38%
2034	101,806	72,497,650	-0.001%	0.36%
2035	101,833	72,749,096	0.03%	0.35%
2036	101,895	72,990,847	0.06%	0.33%
2037	101,993	73,218,850	0.1%	0.31%
2038	102,173	73,441,349	0.18%	0.3%
2039	102,367	73,658,392	0.19%	0.3%
2040	102,568	73,868,334	0.2%	0.29%
2041	102,805	74,074,316	0.23%	0.28%
2042	103,038	74,275,779	0.23%	0.27%
2043	103,306	74,475,035	0.26%	0.27%
2044	103,612	74,667,284	0.3%	0.26%
2045	103,928	74,848,605	0.3%	0.24%
2046	104,232	75,020,949	0.29%	0.23%
2047	104,502	75,184,478	0.26%	0.22%
2048	104,744	75,337,543	0.23%	0.2%
2049	104,975	75,476,141	0.22%	0.18%
2050	105,193	75,600,588	0.21%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tonga increased by 424 people (a 0.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tonga lost -2,351 (a 2.22% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Tonga was ranked 182nd most populous country in 2005 and is 183rd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Tonga's population will grow by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.