Population
108.0K
Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,006
in 2031
Passport power
#84
81 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Vavau
of 5 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Tonga
- Capital
- Nuku'alofa
- Continent
- Oceania / Polynesia
- Area
- 747 km²
- Population
- 108.0K
- Density
- 144.6/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .to
- Calling code
- +676
- Timezone
- UTC+13:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #84 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 81
- Total accessible
- 112
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Tongan (faka Tonga)
- Religions
- Christianity 96.9%, No religion 0.5%, Unspecified 0.1%, Others 2.4%
- Currencies
- T$ TOP — Tongan paʻanga
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.739
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $11,006
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.1 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 67.4%
- Gini index (2015)
- 37.6
- Inflation (2031)
- 3.6%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 2.0%
- Urban population (2025)
- 21.2%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 3.8 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 90th pct
- Homicide rate (2019)
- 1.0/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.53