What is birth rate by women's age group in Tonga?

Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga was 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Tonga?

The highest recorded value was 65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.

What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Tonga?

The lowest recorded value was 21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2003.

How does Tonga rank for birth rate by women's age group?

Tonga ranks 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Tonga?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Tonga data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga

Name: Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Tonga: Birth rate by women's age group was 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

125th

of 236 countries

All-time high

65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 1950

All-time low

21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 2003

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19.

Analysis

The most recent figure for birth rate by women's age group in Tonga is 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Tonga peaked at 65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2003.

That places Tonga 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	65.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
1952	64.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
1953	64.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1954	63.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.8%
1955	62.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.8%
1956	61.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1957	60.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1958	59.16 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1959	57.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1960	56.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.9%
1961	55.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
1962	54.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
1963	53.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.4%
1964	52.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
1965	53.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1966	53.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1967	53.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1968	53.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1969	54.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
1970	54.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.3%
1971	54.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1972	54.71 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
1973	56.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.3%
1974	58.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.6%
1975	58.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
1976	58.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.5%
1977	58.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1978	59.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.6%
1979	59.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
1980	57.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.7%
1981	54.86 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.8%
1982	52.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.2%
1983	50.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.9%
1984	48.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.5%
1985	45.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.8%
1986	42.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.5%
1987	40.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.5%
1988	37.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.3%
1989	35.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.9%
1990	32.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.6%
1991	30.48 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.8%
1992	28.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.1%
1993	26.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.2%
1994	24.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-10.4%
1995	23.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.2%
1996	21.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.0%
1997	21.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.2%
1998	23.37 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+6.6%
1999	25.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+9.5%
2000	23.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.6%
2001	22.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.5%
2002	21.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.7%
2003	21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.1%
2004	22.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.2%
2005	23.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.8%
2006	22.77 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.2%
2007	22.87 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.4%
2008	22.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
2009	23.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2010	23.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.1%
2011	23.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.2%
2012	24.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.7%
2013	25.36 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
2014	26.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
2015	25.57 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
2016	24.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.5%
2017	25.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.0%
2018	25.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.1%
2019	25.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
2020	24.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.5%
2021	24.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.6%
2022	24.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2023	24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%

Tonga compared with similar countries

Tonga's 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 90% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Tonga's 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 94% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	62.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.92 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	54.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	52.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	56.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	57.35 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	54.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	59.29 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	46.43 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	35.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	25.82 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	21.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	32.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	22.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	23.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	24.89 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	23.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	26.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	24.85 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	24.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	24.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Tonga

122 Northern Mariana Islands 26.15 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
123 Thailand 26.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
124 Morocco 25.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
126 Slovakia 24.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
127 Bahamas 24.56 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
128 French Polynesia 24.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Tonga

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate 0.0093 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.4068 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate 0.0093 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.5565 % change on previous year (2100)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 131.22 Persons (2050)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.8047 Percent per annum (2030)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.3365 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth -0.0% (2100)
Population density 163.72 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 6,812 people (2100)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Tonga?: Birth rate by women's age group in Tonga was 24.84 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Tonga?: The highest recorded value was 65.63 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1950.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Tonga?: The lowest recorded value was 21.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2003.
How does Tonga rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Tonga ranks 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Tonga?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tonga data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Birth rate by women's age group
Unit: live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Age-specific fertility rate for girls aged 15 to 19: the annual number of live births in this age group per 1,000 girls.