Editing Demographics of Tonga (section)

==Population==
In the 1930s, Tonga had a population of about 32,000. Starting in the 1970s large scale migration began to Australia and New Zealand. By the 1970s the emigration rate from Tonga to Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, France and the United States was over 2% annually.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/tonga-migration-and-homeland| title = Migration Policy Institute article on Tonga| date = February 2004}}</ref> The country has over 100,000 residents.

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|footnote = Source: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tongastats.gov.to/statistics/population-statistics/|title = Population Statistics &#124; Tonga Statistics Department}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tonga's population drops to 100,209 |url=https://matangitonga.to/2021/12/24/tongas-population-drops-100209 |website=Matangi Tonga Online |date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224045529/https://matangitonga.to/2021/12/24/tongas-population-drops-100209 |access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=2021-12-24 }}</ref>
|1891 | 19196
|1956 | 56838
|1966 | 77429
|1976 | 90085
|1986 | 94649
|1996 | 97784
|2006 | 101991
|2011 | 103252
|2016 | 100651
|2021 | 100209
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===Structure of the population===

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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 50 255
| align="right" | 50 396 
| align="right" | 100 651
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 6 440
| align="right" | 6 059
| align="right" | 12 499
| align="right" | 12.42
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 6 417 
| align="right" | 5 736 
| align="right" | 12 153 
| align="right" | 12.07
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 6 139
| align="right" | 5 743
| align="right" | 11 882
| align="right" | 11.81
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 5 449
| align="right" | 5 053
| align="right" | 10 502
| align="right" | 10.43
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 4 106 
| align="right" | 4 128
| align="right" | 8 234
| align="right" | 8.18
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 3 162 
| align="right" | 3 467
| align="right" | 6 629
| align="right" | 6.59
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 2 994
| align="right" | 3 527
| align="right" | 6 521
| align="right" | 6.48
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 2 704
| align="right" | 2 941
| align="right" | 5 645
| align="right" | 5.61
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 2 473
| align="right" | 2 716
| align="right" | 5 189
| align="right" | 5.16
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 2 600
| align="right" | 2 581
| align="right" | 5 181
| align="right" | 5.15
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2 129
| align="right" | 2 021
| align="right" | 4 150
| align="right" | 4.12
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1 571
| align="right" | 1 683
| align="right" | 3 254
| align="right" | 3.23
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1 297
| align="right" | 1 399
| align="right" | 2 696
| align="right" | 2.68
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 968
| align="right" | 1 062
| align="right" | 2 030
| align="right" | 2.02
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 735
| align="right" | 866
| align="right" | 1 601
| align="right" | 1.59
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 575
| align="right" | 675
| align="right" | 1 250
| align="right" | 1.24
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 315
| align="right" | 410
| align="right" | 725
| align="right" | 0.72
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 127
| align="right" | 231
| align="right" | 358
| align="right" | 0.36
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 25
| align="right" | 74
| align="right" | 99
| align="right" | 0.10
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | 0.01
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 2
| align="right" | <0.01
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! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 18 996
| align="right" | 17 538
| align="right" | 36 534
| align="right" | 36.30
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 28 485
| align="right" | 29 516
| align="right" | 58 001
| align="right" | 57.63
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 2 751
| align="right" | 3 324
| align="right" | 6 075
| align="right" | 6.04
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 23
| align="right" | 18
| align="right" | 41
| align="right" | 0.04
|-
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