Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga
Tonga: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total was 67 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga is 67, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga peaked at 67 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 35, in 1960.
That places Tonga 144th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38 | 35 | 41 | 2 |
| 1970s | 50.5 | 49 | 52 | 2 |
| 1980s | 53.5 | 52 | 55 | 2 |
| 1990s | 57.5 | 57 | 58 | 2 |
| 2000s | 65 | 63 | 67 | 2 |
| 2010s | 67 | 67 | 67 | 1 |
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More education data for Tonga
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 818 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.1 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Tonga was 67 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 67 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 in 1960.
- How does Tonga rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total?
- Tonga ranks 144th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.