World Bank · Agriculture
Tonga: Rural population
78.84percent · 2025+2.7% since 2015
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Tonga from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.844 | |
| 2024 | 78.849 | |
| 2023 | 78.852 | |
| 2022 | 78.853 | |
| 2021 | 78.742 | |
| 2020 | 78.123 | |
| 2019 | 77.671 | |
| 2018 | 77.298 | |
| 2017 | 77.029 | |
| 2016 | 76.872 | |
| 2015 | 76.757 | |
| 2014 | 76.657 | |
| 2013 | 76.583 | |
| 2012 | 76.541 | |
| 2011 | 76.539 | |
| 2010 | 76.576 | |
| 2009 | 76.639 | |
| 2008 | 76.711 | |
| 2007 | 76.776 | |
| 2006 | 76.82 | |
| 2005 | 76.853 | |
| 2004 | 76.881 | |
| 2003 | 76.906 | |
| 2002 | 76.929 | |
| 2001 | 76.951 | |
| 2000 | 76.975 | |
| 1999 | 77.001 | |
| 1998 | 77.032 | |
| 1997 | 77.068 | |
| 1996 | 77.114 | |
| 1995 | 77.18 | |
| 1994 | 77.269 | |
| 1993 | 77.377 | |
| 1992 | 77.503 | |
| 1991 | 77.643 | |
| 1990 | 77.795 | |
| 1989 | 77.955 | |
| 1988 | 78.123 | |
| 1987 | 78.294 | |
| 1986 | 78.467 | |
| 1985 | 78.638 | |
| 1984 | 78.805 | |
| 1983 | 78.966 | |
| 1982 | 79.118 | |
| 1981 | 79.257 | |
| 1980 | 79.383 | |
| 1979 | 79.491 | |
| 1978 | 79.579 | |
| 1977 | 79.645 | |
| 1976 | 79.688 | |
| 1975 | 79.719 | |
| 1974 | 79.743 | |
| 1973 | 79.762 | |
| 1972 | 79.779 | |
| 1971 | 79.795 | |
| 1970 | 79.813 | |
| 1969 | 79.835 | |
| 1968 | 79.862 | |
| 1967 | 79.898 | |
| 1966 | 79.955 | |
| 1965 | 80.078 | |
| 1964 | 80.284 | |
| 1963 | 80.561 | |
| 1962 | 80.902 | |
| 1961 | 81.297 | |
| 1960 | 81.739 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Channel Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
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- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
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- Mongolia
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- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
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- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
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- Palestine, State of
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- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
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- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
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- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
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- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
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- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
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- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
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- Spain
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- Sweden
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