Live births in Tonga

Live births in Tonga was 2,418 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.4% from 2022. That is the 192nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count2,418 Estimated
Change on 2022-1.4%
Rank192nd of 236Countries ranked
Series high3,5261980
Series low2,1481950
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Live births in Tonga, 1950 to 2023

2,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019501961197219831994200520231950: 2,148 count1951: 2,224 count1952: 2,305 count1953: 2,392 count1954: 2,474 count1955: 2,555 count1956: 2,634 count1957: 2,717 count1958: 2,787 count1959: 2,857 count1960: 2,931 count1961: 2,984 count1962: 3,037 count1963: 3,084 count1964: 3,131 count1965: 3,179 count1966: 3,227 count1967: 3,276 count1968: 3,279 count1969: 3,285 count1970: 3,271 count1971: 3,246 count1972: 3,232 count1973: 3,241 count1974: 3,269 count1975: 3,331 count1976: 3,395 count1977: 3,457 count1978: 3,498 count1979: 3,521 count1980: 3,526 count1981: 3,525 count1982: 3,508 count1983: 3,490 count1984: 3,468 count1985: 3,422 count1986: 3,367 count1987: 3,313 count1988: 3,320 count1989: 3,316 count1990: 3,319 count1991: 3,314 count1992: 3,299 count1993: 3,269 count1994: 3,223 count1995: 3,150 count1996: 3,066 count1997: 3,005 count1998: 3,016 count1999: 3,024 count2000: 3,018 count2001: 3,033 count2002: 3,069 count2003: 3,122 count2004: 3,152 count2005: 3,172 count2006: 3,137 count2007: 3,099 count2008: 3,073 count2009: 3,044 count2010: 3,008 count2011: 2,975 count2012: 2,931 count2013: 2,877 count2014: 2,814 count2015: 2,741 count2016: 2,662 count2017: 2,583 count2018: 2,549 count2019: 2,520 count2020: 2,498 count2021: 2,480 count2022: 2,453 count2023: 2,418 count2,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019501975200020232023: 2,418 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
20232,418 Estimated
20222,453 Estimated
20212,480 Estimated
20202,498 Estimated
20192,520 Estimated
20182,549 Estimated
20172,583 Estimated
20162,662 Estimated
20152,741 Estimated
20142,814 Estimated
20132,877 Estimated
20122,931 Estimated
20112,975 Estimated
20103,008 Estimated
20093,044 Estimated
20083,073 Estimated
20073,099 Estimated
20063,137 Estimated
20053,172 Estimated
20043,152 Estimated
20033,122 Estimated
20023,069 Estimated
20013,033 Estimated
20003,018 Estimated
19993,024 Estimated
19983,016 Estimated
19973,005 Estimated
19963,066 Estimated
19953,150 Estimated
19943,223 Estimated
19933,269 Estimated
19923,299 Estimated
19913,314 Estimated
19903,319 Estimated
19893,316 Estimated
19883,320 Estimated
19873,313 Estimated
19863,367 Estimated
19853,422 Estimated
19843,468 Estimated
19833,490 Estimated
19823,508 Estimated
19813,525 Estimated
19803,526 Estimated
19793,521 Estimated
19783,498 Estimated
19773,457 Estimated
19763,395 Estimated
19753,331 Estimated
19743,269 Estimated
19733,241 Estimated
19723,232 Estimated
19713,246 Estimated
19703,271 Estimated
19693,285 Estimated
19683,279 Estimated
19673,276 Estimated
19663,227 Estimated
19653,179 Estimated
19643,131 Estimated
19633,084 Estimated
19623,037 Estimated
19612,984 Estimated
19602,931 Estimated
19592,857 Estimated
19582,787 Estimated
19572,717 Estimated
19562,634 Estimated
19552,555 Estimated
19542,474 Estimated
19532,392 Estimated
19522,305 Estimated
19512,224 Estimated
19502,148 Estimated

Tonga compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Tonga is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Tonga, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Tonga, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/tonga. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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}
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What is the live births in Tonga?

Live births in Tonga was 2,418 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.4% from 2022. That is the 192nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Tonga?

3,526 in 1980, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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