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Tonga

TO / TON   -20.6°, -174.8°

Tonga, officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about 750 km2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi) in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of September 2026, Tonga has a population of 103,291, 70% of whom live on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately 800 km north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west, Niue to the east and Kermadec to the southwest. Tonga is about 1,800 km from New Zealand's North Island.

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People are called
Tongan
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+676
Capital
Nukuʻalofa
Population
108,020
Area
748 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Currency
Tongan paʻanga
Languages
Tongan 98.9%, English
Sells
refined petroleum, gold, processed fruits and nuts, cassava
Sells to
Guyana 17%, USA 17%, NZ 15%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+676
Founded
1970
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Tongan

These are English demonyms for people from Tonga. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Tonga yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Tonganofficial
98.9%
Englishofficial
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Largest cities

Nuku‘alofa 22,400

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV King, 1965-2006 Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006.

Leaders before them

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: landmarks, languages.