Country · Oceania
Tonga
Kingdom of Tonga
Tonga is a country in Polynesia. Its capital city is Nuku'alofa. About 103 thousand people live there, in an area of 747 square kilometres.
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Where is Tonga?
Tonga lies in Polynesia, on the continent of Oceania.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 2 226 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 419 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Tonga?
Tonga covers 747 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 3.5 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 174th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 138.1 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Tonga?
About 103 thousand people live in Tonga.
That is the 181st biggest population in the world.
People here speak English and Tongan.
They pay with the Tongan paʻanga (T$).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 68 years.
The land of Tonga
Its coast runs for about 419 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 21 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Tonga different?
Websites from here often end in .to.
Tonga and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Tonga.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Oceania it is the 9th largest of 14 countries, and the 10th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 1 live wild in Tonga: Humpback whale.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Tonga?
The capital of Tonga is Nuku'alofa. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Tonga?
About 103 thousand people live in Tonga, which makes it the 181st most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Tonga?
Tonga covers 747 square kilometres, making it the 174th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 3.5 times bigger.
Which continent is Tonga in?
Tonga is in Oceania, in the part called Polynesia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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