ACOG - Tonga  - IBM

Geography

Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Area:
total area: 748 sq km
land area: 718 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 419 km


People

Population: 105,600 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

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 population: 68.16 years
male: 65.8 years
female: 70.62 years

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)
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Tonga
conventional short form: Tonga

Type: hereditary constitutional monarchy

Capital: Nuku'alofa

Independence: 4 June 1970 (emancipation from UK protectorate)

Constitution: 4 November 1875, revised 1 January 1967


Economy

National 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:
capacity: 6,000 kW
production: 30 million kWh
consumption per capita: 231 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.