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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tonga	Zimbabwe	Tonga	Zimbabwe
1960	66,170	3,809,389	-	-
1961	68,037	3,930,401	2.82%	3.18%
1962	69,940	4,055,959	2.8%	3.19%
1963	71,885	4,185,877	2.78%	3.2%
1964	73,879	4,320,006	2.77%	3.2%
1965	75,924	4,458,462	2.77%	3.2%
1966	78,002	4,601,217	2.74%	3.2%
1967	79,814	4,748,307	2.32%	3.2%
1968	81,353	4,900,440	1.93%	3.2%
1969	82,885	5,058,181	1.88%	3.22%
1970	84,401	5,215,918	1.83%	3.12%
1971	85,896	5,374,712	1.77%	3.04%
1972	87,356	5,542,445	1.7%	3.12%
1973	88,805	5,720,404	1.66%	3.21%
1974	90,683	5,908,328	2.11%	3.29%
1975	93,017	6,098,658	2.57%	3.22%
1976	95,325	6,287,105	2.48%	3.09%
1977	96,725	6,449,512	1.47%	2.58%
1978	97,204	6,543,575	0.5%	1.46%
1979	97,544	6,647,556	0.35%	1.59%
1980	97,769	7,041,303	0.23%	5.92%
1981	97,909	7,498,635	0.14%	6.49%
1982	97,980	7,796,496	0.07%	3.97%
1983	97,998	8,098,404	0.02%	3.87%
1984	97,990	8,391,488	-0.008%	3.62%
1985	97,984	8,686,813	-0.006%	3.52%
1986	98,010	8,982,578	0.03%	3.4%
1987	98,376	9,284,644	0.37%	3.36%
1988	98,969	9,583,094	0.6%	3.21%
1989	99,403	9,864,798	0.44%	2.94%
1990	99,700	10,137,281	0.3%	2.76%
1991	99,895	10,404,816	0.2%	2.64%
1992	100,022	10,702,700	0.13%	2.86%
1993	100,103	10,860,288	0.08%	1.47%
1994	100,166	10,873,148	0.06%	0.12%
1995	100,225	10,974,599	0.06%	0.93%
1996	100,275	11,158,360	0.05%	1.67%
1997	100,674	11,369,827	0.4%	1.9%
1998	101,388	11,594,297	0.71%	1.97%
1999	102,046	11,783,458	0.65%	1.63%
2000	102,677	11,892,055	0.62%	0.92%
2001	103,288	11,971,901	0.6%	0.67%
2002	103,874	12,087,653	0.57%	0.97%
2003	104,464	12,232,323	0.57%	1.2%
2004	105,071	12,365,896	0.58%	1.09%
2005	105,671	12,483,432	0.57%	0.95%
2006	106,253	12,636,445	0.55%	1.23%
2007	106,726	12,804,058	0.45%	1.33%
2008	107,020	12,959,149	0.28%	1.21%
2009	107,203	13,142,790	0.17%	1.42%
2010	107,400	13,356,548	0.18%	1.63%
2011	107,570	13,595,424	0.16%	1.79%
2012	107,460	13,817,887	-0.1%	1.64%
2013	107,078	14,013,808	-0.36%	1.42%
2014	106,609	14,207,359	-0.44%	1.38%
2015	106,095	14,399,013	-0.48%	1.35%
2016	105,524	14,600,294	-0.54%	1.4%
2017	105,356	14,812,482	-0.16%	1.45%
2018	105,567	15,034,452	0.2%	1.5%
2019	105,669	15,271,368	0.1%	1.58%
2020	105,704	15,526,888	0.03%	1.67%
2021	105,490	15,797,210	-0.2%	1.74%
2022	105,042	16,069,056	-0.42%	1.72%
2023	104,597	16,340,822	-0.42%	1.69%
2024	104,175	16,634,373	-0.4%	1.8%
2025	103,744	16,950,805	-0.41%	1.9%
2026	103,290	17,273,591	-0.44%	1.9%
2027	102,899	17,600,621	-0.38%	1.89%
2028	102,568	17,932,015	-0.32%	1.88%
2029	102,280	18,268,967	-0.28%	1.88%
2030	102,069	18,610,356	-0.21%	1.87%
2031	101,927	18,956,207	-0.14%	1.86%
2032	101,837	19,311,368	-0.09%	1.87%
2033	101,807	19,675,929	-0.03%	1.89%
2034	101,806	20,041,125	-0.001%	1.86%
2035	101,833	20,409,159	0.03%	1.84%
2036	101,895	20,778,662	0.06%	1.81%
2037	101,993	21,144,748	0.1%	1.76%
2038	102,173	21,512,919	0.18%	1.74%
2039	102,367	21,881,123	0.19%	1.71%
2040	102,568	22,250,123	0.2%	1.69%
2041	102,805	22,627,428	0.23%	1.7%
2042	103,038	23,000,906	0.23%	1.65%
2043	103,306	23,371,301	0.26%	1.61%
2044	103,612	23,740,630	0.3%	1.58%
2045	103,928	24,102,391	0.3%	1.52%
2046	104,232	24,462,491	0.29%	1.49%
2047	104,502	24,816,449	0.26%	1.45%
2048	104,744	25,168,419	0.23%	1.42%
2049	104,975	25,518,513	0.22%	1.39%
2050	105,193	25,866,397	0.21%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tonga increased by 424 people (a 0.4% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tonga lost -2,351 (a 2.22% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Tonga was ranked 182nd most populous country in 2005 and is 183rd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.