Tonga
Tonga
Capital Nuku'alofa
747 km² · 103,742 people (2025) · Tongan paʻanga
About 170 islands, of which some 36 are inhabited, sitting just west of the Tonga Trench — at 10,882 m the second-deepest point in any ocean. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai eruption in January 2022 was the most powerful recorded anywhere in over a century and put water vapour into the stratosphere.
The facts
- Capital
- Nuku'alofa
- Area
- 747 km² — 288 sq mi
- Population
- 103,742 (2025)
- Density
- 138.9 people per km²
- Currency
- Tongan paʻanga (TOP, T$)
- Official languages
- English, Tongan
- Time zone
- UTC+13:00
- Calling code
- +676
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- TO · TON
- Continent
- Oceania
How it compares
- By area
- 180 of 200
- By population
- 186 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 760 | 1,600,366 |
| Dominica | 751 | 65,871 |
| Tonga ← | 747 | 103,742 |
| Singapore | 719 | 6,111,175 |
| Micronesia | 702 | 113,683 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Tonga?
- Nuku'alofa
- What currency does Tonga use?
- The Tongan paʻanga (TOP).
- How big is Tonga?
- 747 km², or 288 square miles — 180 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Tonga drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
- Bahrain 760 km²
- Dominica 751 km²
- Singapore 719 km²
- Micronesia 702 km²
- Australia Oceania
- Papua New Guinea Oceania
- New Zealand Oceania
- Fiji Oceania
- Solomon Islands Oceania
- Vanuatu Oceania
- Samoa Oceania
- Kiribati Oceania
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)