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Population Census 2006
Social characteristics
Religion
Population by religion for year 1986, 1996 and 2006.
| Religion |
1986 |
1996 |
2006 |
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Persons
No. |
% |
Persons
No. |
% |
Persons
No. |
% |
| Free Wesleyan Church |
40,371 |
43.4 |
39,703 |
41.3 |
38,052 |
37.3 |
| Roman Catholic |
14,921 |
16.0 |
15,309 |
15.9 |
15,922 |
15.6 |
| Latter Day Saint |
11,270 |
12.1 |
13,225 |
13.8 |
17,109 |
16.8 |
| Free church of Tonga |
10,413 |
11.2 |
11,226 |
11.7 |
11,599 |
11.4 |
| Church of Tonga |
6,882 |
7.4 |
7,016 |
7.3 |
7,295 |
7.1 |
| Tokaikolo |
3,047 |
3.3 |
2,919 |
3.0 |
2,597 |
2.5 |
| Anglican Church |
563 |
0.6 |
720 |
0.8 |
765 |
0.8 |
| Seventh Day Adventist |
2,143 |
2.3 |
2,381 |
2.5 |
2,282 |
2.2 |
| Assembly of God |
565 |
0.6 |
1,082 |
1.1 |
2,350 |
2.3 |
| Constitutional Church of Tonga |
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941 |
0.9 |
| Gospel |
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243 |
0.2 |
| Bahai Faith |
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686 |
0.7 |
| Hindus |
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104 |
0.1 |
| Islam |
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47 |
0.0 |
| Buddhist |
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71 |
0.1 |
| Other |
2,874 |
3.1 |
2,368 |
2.5 |
202 |
0.2 |
| No Religious affiliation |
n.a |
|
61 |
0.1 |
28 |
0.0 |
| Refuse to answer |
n.a |
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10 |
0.0 |
1,509 |
1.5 |
| Not stated |
n.a |
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189 |
0.2 |
| Total |
93,049 |
100.0 |
96,020 |
100.0 |
101,991 |
100.0 |
Source: Tonga Statistics Population Census 2006 Analytical Report Volume
2.
Note: n.a = not available
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Contact person. Viliami Fifita OR Sione Lolohea
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Key Statistics