School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga
Tonga: School age population, one year before the official primary entry was 1,200 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
1,200
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
189th
of 222 countries
All-time high
1,571
in 1977
All-time low
1,200
in 2025
Years of data
56
1970–2025
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 1,200 for school age population, one year before the official primary entry in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga peaked at 1,571 in 1977 and was at its lowest, 1,200, in 2025.
That places Tonga 189th out of 222 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,408 | — |
| 1971 | 1,445 | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 1,480 | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 1,504 | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 1,511 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 1,537 | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,555 | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,571 | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1,550 | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,526 | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,497 | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 1,491 | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 1,480 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 1,469 | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 1,480 | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 1,473 | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,479 | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,492 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,508 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,518 | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 1,516 | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,501 | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,485 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 1,454 | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,431 | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 1,419 | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,431 | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,435 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,437 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,452 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,405 | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,408 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,412 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,415 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,418 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,421 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,424 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,417 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,338 | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,331 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,330 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,319 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,305 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1,276 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,279 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,276 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,290 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,279 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,268 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,258 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,246 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,236 | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,226 | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,228 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,212 | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 1,200 | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,509 | 1,408 | 1,571 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,489 | 1,469 | 1,518 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,456 | 1,419 | 1,516 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,399 | 1,331 | 1,424 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,288 | 1,258 | 1,330 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,225 | 1,200 | 1,246 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 186 French Polynesia 1,576 compare
- 187 Guam 1,535 compare
- 188 Micronesia, Federated States of 1,226 compare
- 190 Saint Lucia 1,040 compare
- 191 Seychelles 902 compare
- 192 Curaçao 772 compare
More education data for Tonga
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 818 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga?
- School age population, one year before the official primary entry in Tonga was 1,200 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 1,571 in 1977.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before the official primary entry recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 in 2025.
- How does Tonga rank for school age population, one year before the official primary entry?
- Tonga ranks 189th out of 222 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, one year before the official primary entry rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, one year before the official primary entry age, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release