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Tonga – Urban Population

Name: Tonga Urban Population
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Share of total population living in areas classified as urban by national statistical offices. Urbanization tends to rise with economic development. · World Bank

21.15% +0.00% from 2023 G20 rank: 7th · all-time high: 23.46% (2011)

APA

Tonga Urban Population. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/tonga/urban-population

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_tonga_urban-population,
  title = {Tonga Urban Population},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/tonga/urban-population},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	20.53%	–	–
2026* trend	20.69%	–	–
2025* trend	20.85%	–	–
2024	21.15%	+0.00%	7th
2023	21.15%	+0.00%	8th
2022	21.15%	−0.11%	8th
2021	21.26%	−0.62%	9th
2020	21.88%	−0.45%	9th
2019	22.33%	−0.37%	9th
2018	22.70%	−0.27%	11th
2017	22.97%	−0.16%	12th
2016	23.13%	−0.12%	13th
2015	23.24%	−0.10%	13th
2014	23.34%	−0.07%	15th
2013	23.42%	−0.04%	16th
2012	23.46%	−0.00%	17th
2011	23.46%	+0.04%	18th
2010	23.42%	+0.06%	19th
2009	23.36%	+0.07%	19th
2008	23.29%	+0.06%	19th
2007	23.22%	+0.04%	20th
2006	23.18%	+0.03%	20th
2005	23.15%	+0.03%	21st
2004	23.12%	+0.02%	21st
2003	23.09%	+0.02%	21st
2002	23.07%	+0.02%	23rd
2001	23.05%	+0.02%	23rd
2000	23.03%	+0.03%	24th
1999	23.00%	+0.03%	25th
1998	22.97%	+0.04%	23rd
1997	22.93%	+0.05%	24th
1996	22.89%	+0.07%	25th
1995	22.82%	+0.09%	25th
1994	22.73%	+0.11%	26th
1993	22.62%	+0.13%	29th
1992	22.50%	+0.14%	30th
1991	22.36%	+0.15%	31st
1990	22.21%	+0.16%	31st
1989	22.04%	+0.17%	31st
1988	21.88%	+0.17%	32nd
1987	21.71%	+0.17%	32nd
1986	21.53%	+0.17%	32nd
1985	21.36%	+0.17%	33rd
1984	21.19%	+0.16%	33rd
1983	21.03%	+0.15%	36th
1982	20.88%	+0.14%	36th
1981	20.74%	+0.13%	36th
1980	20.62%	+0.11%	36th
1979	20.51%	+0.09%	35th
1978	20.42%	+0.07%	35th
1977	20.35%	+0.04%	38th
1976	20.31%	+0.03%	39th
1975	20.28%	+0.02%	41st
1974	20.26%	+0.02%	42nd
1973	20.24%	+0.02%	42nd
1972	20.22%	+0.02%	43rd
1971	20.20%	+0.02%	46th
1970	20.19%	+0.02%	48th
1969	20.17%	+0.03%	51st
1968	20.14%	+0.04%	53rd
1967	20.10%	+0.06%	53rd
1966	20.04%	+0.12%	53rd
1965	19.92%	+0.21%	54th
1964	19.72%	+0.28%	56th
1963	19.44%	+0.34%	58th
1962	19.10%	+0.40%	60th
1961	18.70%	+0.44%	59th
1960	18.26%	–	59th

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 11.0% Real rate -1.2%

This pattern occurred 329 times in G20 history, 239 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Tonga matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2022. Historically, 73% of countries showing this pattern (239 out of 329) saw urban population improve within 24 months. View full analysis →