Tonga Census
A census in Tonga takes place in the South Pacific island state of Tonga on the instructions of the responsible minister , usually every five years. Since independence censuses were carried out in 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2011 by the Tonga Department of Statistics. This is supported by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community . It is based on the Statistics Act of 1988.
Results
The largest village is Kolomotu'a on Tongatapu with 7442 inhabitants .
| Constituency | Inhabitants (2006) | Population (2011) | Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tongatapu 1 | 7442 | 7855 | 74,685 |
| Tongatapu 2 | 7288 | 7481 | |
| Tongatapu 3 | 7945 | 8009 | |
| Tongatapu 4 | 7203 | 7661 | |
| Tongatapu 5 | 6951 | 7109 | |
| Tongatapu 6 | 7095 | 7909 | |
| Tongatapu 7 | 7167 | 7686 | |
| Tongatapu 8 | 6730 | 7093 | |
| Tongatapu 9 | 6969 | 7233 | |
| Tongatapu 10 | 7255 | 7380 | |
| ʻEua 11 | 5206 | 5016 | 4950 |
| Ha'apai 12 | 3767 | 3082 | 6144 |
| Ha'apai 13 | 3803 | 3534 | |
| Vava'u 14 | 5369 | 5295 | 13,740 |
| Vava'u 15 | 5265 | 5207 | |
| Vava'u 16 | 4871 | 4420 | |
| Ongo Niua 17 | 1665 | 1282 | 1232 |
| TOTAL | 101.991 | 103.252 | 100,745 |
Web links
- Tonga Department of Statistics (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Statistics Act. Kingdom of Tonga, 1988.
- ^ Tonga 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Tonga Department of Statistics, 2011, accessed August 23, 2017 .
- ^ Tonga Tonga National Population and Housing Census 2016. Statistics Department Tonga, 2016, accessed April 9, 2018 .