Click here for Latest News and DevelopmentsTonga National Population census 2011 was conducted 30th November 2011. The Statistics Department was pleased to release the Preliminary Count of this Census 2011 which accounted to 103,036 people, an annual increase of 0.2% from 101,991 people recorded in the Population Census of 2006.
The figures from this preliminary count were recorded directly from the census summary of each census enumerator. It is expected, these figures will have slight variation once the final processing of census data is completed.
Population distribution by Island division, annual growth rate: 1986, 1996,2006 and Preliminary result 2011
| Division | Census total population |
Annual growth rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1996 | 2006 | 2011 | 1986-1996 | 1996-2006 | 2006-2011 | |
| TONGA | 94,649 | 97,784 | 101,991 | 103,036 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Tongatapu | 63,794 | 66,979 | 72,045 | 75,158 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Vava'u | 15,175 | 15,715 | 15,505 | 14,936 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.7 |
| Ha'apai | 8,919 | 8,138 | 7,570 |
6,650 |
-0.9 | -0.7 | -2.6 |
| 'Eua | 4,393 | 4,934 | 5,206 | 5011 | 1.2 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Ongo Niua | 2,368 | 2,018 | 1,665 | 1,281 | -1.6 | -1.9 | -5.2 |
For more detail information please download: 
Preliminary Count 2011 report
Source: Preliminary Result Population and Housing Census 2011..
Contact person: 
Mr Sione Lolohea