Rural population, per square kilometre in Tonga
Tonga: Rural population, per square kilometre was 114.55 units per square kilometre in 2023. β² Rising
Rural population, per square kilometre in Tonga, 1961β2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 114.55 units per square kilometre for rural population, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population, per square kilometre in Tonga peaked at 115.37 units per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 76.82 units per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Tonga 29th out of 216 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.44 units per square kilometre | 76.82 units per square kilometre | 91.9 units per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 101.5 units per square kilometre | 93.56 units per square kilometre | 107.69 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 107.38 units per square kilometre | 106.81 units per square kilometre | 107.79 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 107.84 units per square kilometre | 107.4 units per square kilometre | 109.14 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 112.3 units per square kilometre | 109.77 units per square kilometre | 114.11 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.6 units per square kilometre | 112.67 units per square kilometre | 114.35 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 114.91 units per square kilometre | 114.55 units per square kilometre | 115.37 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 26 Trinidad and Tobago 122.75 units per square kilometre compare
- 27 Tuvalu 117.77 units per square kilometre compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 115.29 units per square kilometre compare
- 30 Palestine, State of 112.68 units per square kilometre compare
- 31 Jamaica 108.95 units per square kilometre compare
- 32 Korea 99.8 units per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1857 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,154 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4224 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7884 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 18.57 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 18.57 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population, per square kilometre in Tonga?
- Rural population, per square kilometre in Tonga was 114.55 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rural population, per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 115.37 units per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest rural population, per square kilometre recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.82 units per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Tonga rank for rural population, per square kilometre?
- Tonga ranks 29th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rural population, per square kilometre rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rural population, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rural population Γ· Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.