Tonga
🇹🇴 Polynesia · Kingdom of Tonga
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About Tonga
Tonga (officially Kingdom of Tonga) is a country in Polynesia, with Nuku'alofa as its capital. It is home to roughly 103.74 thousand people, giving a population density of about 139 people per square kilometre. The country covers 747 km² of land and has no shared land borders. Its economy is valued at approximately $679.22M in nominal GDP (2025), and it records a Human Development Index of 0.769. The official currency is the Tongan paʻanga (TOP), and the main languages are English, Tongan.
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Tonga is the 181st most populous country in the world, with about 103.74 thousand people.
By land area it is the 175th-largest country in the world, covering 747 km².
It has the world's 186th-largest economy by nominal GDP ($679.22M).
Tonga has no land borders with other countries.
It is classed by the UN as a country of high human development, with an HDI of 0.769.
Tonga has a population density of about 139 people per square kilometre.
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