Migration trends in Tonga

Oceania

53.2K people from Tonga have built lives abroad. That's 51.1% of the country population, spread across 18 different countries

104.2K

Population

998

Immigrants

53.2K

Emigrants

−52.2K

Outflow

Every 3rd person born in Tonga now lives abroad

The #163 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Tonga

Where people move to

30K56.3%

19.5K36.6%

1.4K2.6%

Where people come from

45045.1%

20820.8%

16916.9%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

820 immigrants · 20K emigrants

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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