Tonga vs Vanuatu: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050

Tonga

21.2%

in 2025

Vanuatu

22.3%

in 2025

Tonga rank

229th

Vanuatu rank

227th

Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time

Vanuatu currently reports 22.3% against 21.2% in Tonga, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Tonga ranks 229th and Vanuatu ranks 227th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.