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GeographyLocation: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 419 km
PeoplePopulation: 105,600 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.78% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 24.37 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.75 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -9.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 20.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.56 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Polynesian, Europeans about 300 Religions: Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents) Languages: Tongan, English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write simple message in Tongan or English (1976)
Government
Names:
Type: hereditary constitutional monarchy Capital: Nuku'alofa Independence: 4 June 1970 (emancipation from UK protectorate) Constitution: 4 November 1875, revised 1 January 1967
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $214 million National product real growth rate: 5% National product per capita: $2,050 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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