This article is about the demographic

Demographics

Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...

 features of the population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of Tonga

Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

, including population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

, ethnicity

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...

, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Almost two-thirds of the population of the Kingdom of Tonga live on its main island, Tongatapu

Tongatapu

Tongatapu is the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga and the location of its capital Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with approximately 71,260 residents , 70.5% of the national population...

. Although an increasing number of Tonga

Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

ns have moved into the only urban and commercial center, Nukualofa

Nukuʻalofa

Nukualofa is the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the southern most island group of Tonga.-Mythological origins:...

, where Europe

Europe

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an and indigenous cultural and living patterns have blended, village life and kinship ties continue to be important throughout the country. Everyday life is heavily influenced by Polynesia

Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...

n traditions and especially by the Christian

Christianity

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 faith; for example, all commerce and entertainment activities cease from midnight Saturday until midnight Sunday, and the constitution declares the Sabbath to be sacred, forever. Tonga is said to have the highest proportion of Mormons

Mormons

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 of any state or country outside of Utah

Utah

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. Other important Christian denominations include Methodists (Free Wesleyan) and Roman Catholics.

Tongans, a Polynesian group with a very small mixture of Melanesia

Melanesia

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n, represent more than 98% of the inhabitants. The rest are European (the majority are British

British people

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), mixed European, and other Pacific Islanders. There also are several hundred Chinese

Chinese in Tonga

A significant Chinese presence in Tonga is relatively recent. There were approximately three or four thousand Chinese people living in Tonga in 2001, thus comprising 3 or 4% of the total Tongan population. This figure includes Tongan citizens of Chinese ethnicity, and marks a sharp increase from...

.

Primary education between ages 6 and 14 is compulsory and free in state schools. Mission schools provide about 83% of the primary and 90% of the secondary level education. Higher education includes teacher training, nursing and medical training, a small private university, a women's business college, and a number of private agricultural schools. Most higher education is pursued overseas.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
popution of tonga in 2010
110,000

Age structure

0-14 years: 36.2% (male 20,738/female 19,907)

15-64 years: 59.7% (male 33,226/female 33,853)

65 years and over: 4.2% (male 2,031/female 2,667) (2005 est.)

Sex ratio

At birth:56.05 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 52.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 69.53 years

Male: 67.05 years

Female: 72.14 years (2005 est.)

Health

70 per cent of Tongan women aged 15–85 are obese. Tonga and nearby Nauru have the world’s fattest populations.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article3386817.ece

Religions

Everyone in Tonga is Christian, of the Christians, they belong to these churches:
Free Wesleyans (38,052 or 37%); Mormons

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in Tonga in 1891...

 (17,109 or 17%); Catholics (15,992 or 16%); Free Church of Tonga (11,599 or 11%) (Census 2006)

Languages

The indigenous languages of the Kingdom of Tonga are the two Austronesian languages of Tongan

Tongan language

Tongan is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has around 200,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO language.-Related languages:...

 and Niuafo'ou

Niuafo'ou language

Niuafoouan is the language spoken on Tonga's northernmost island, Niuafoou.Niuafoouan has traditionally been classified as closest to Uvean and Tokelauan, in an East Uvean–Niuafo'ou branch. Others suggest that it is closest to its neighbor, Tongan, as one of the Tongic languages...

. Along with Tongan

Tongan language

Tongan is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has around 200,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO language.-Related languages:...

, English

English language

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is also an official language.

Literacy

Definition: Can read and write Tongan and/or English

Total population: 98.5%

Male: 98.4%

Female: 98.7% (1996 est.)