Population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga
Tonga: Population, ages 12-16, total was 11,523 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
In 2015, population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga stood at 11,523.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga peaked at 12,614 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 10,834, in 1990.
That places Tonga 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,634 | 10,834 | 12,103 | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,201 | 11,944 | 12,614 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,068 | 11,523 | 12,584 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 175 Barbados 17,223 compare
- 176 Saint Lucia 14,233 compare
- 177 Micronesia (country) 13,884 compare
- 179 Kiribati 10,825 compare
- 180 Grenada 10,738 compare
- 181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,413 compare
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 population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga?
- Population, ages 12-16, total in Tonga was 11,523 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 12-16, total recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 12,614 in 2009.
- What is the lowest population, ages 12-16, total recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,834 in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for population, ages 12-16, total?
- Tonga ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 12-16, total rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived), published as part of Population, ages 12-16, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population, ages 12-16, total is the total population age 12-16.