Tonga: cities by population
Tonga has a population of 103,197, with Nuku'alofa as its capital. The 47 largest of its 47 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuku‘alofa | Tongatapu | 22,400 |
| 2 | Mu‘a | Tongatapu | 3,900 |
| 3 | Neiafu | Vavau | 3,825 |
| 4 | Haveluloto | Tongatapu | 3,473 |
| 5 | Tofoa-Koloua | Tongatapu | 3,467 |
| 6 | Vainī | Tongatapu | 3,295 |
| 7 | Ha'ateiho | Tongatapu | 2,627 |
| 8 | Popua | Tongatapu | 2,335 |
| 9 | Nukunuku | Tongatapu | 2,104 |
| 10 | Fangale’ounga | Haapai | 2,016 |
| 11 | Pea | Tongatapu | 1,991 |
| 12 | Lapaha | Tongatapu | 1,974 |
| 13 | Houma | Tongatapu | 1,932 |
| 14 | Tatakamotonga | Tongatapu | 1,840 |
| 15 | Pangai | Haapai | 1,738 |
| 16 | Fua'amotu | Tongatapu | 1,675 |
| 17 | 'Ohonua | ʻEua | 1,466 |
| 18 | Leimātu'a | Vavau | 1,425 |
| 19 | Veitongo | Tongatapu | 1,411 |
| 20 | Hōfoa | Tongatapu | 1,404 |
| 21 | Tokomololo | Tongatapu | 1,314 |
| 22 | Kolonga | Tongatapu | 1,206 |
| 23 | Puke | Tongatapu | 943 |
| 24 | Folaha | Tongatapu | 904 |
| 25 | Ha'asini | Tongatapu | 886 |
| 26 | Pelehake | Vavau | 885 |
| 27 | Ha'akame | Tongatapu | 822 |
| 28 | Ha'alalo | Tongatapu | 762 |
| 29 | Niutoua | Tongatapu | 710 |
| 30 | Pangaimotu | Vavau | 690 |
| 31 | Navutoka | Tongatapu | 681 |
| 32 | Longoteme | Tongatapu | 681 |
| 33 | Ta'anea | Vavau | 649 |
| 34 | Malapo | Tongatapu | 647 |
| 35 | 'Utulau | Tongatapu | 646 |
| 36 | Te‘ekiu | Tongatapu | 643 |
| 37 | Tukutonga | Tongatapu | 643 |
| 38 | Fo‘ui | Tongatapu | 624 |
| 39 | Sia'atoutai | Tongatapu | 617 |
| 40 | Matahau | Tongatapu | 583 |
| 41 | Longomapu | Vavau | 572 |
| 42 | Kolovai | Tongatapu | 555 |
| 43 | Mataika | Vavau | 540 |
| 44 | Holonga | Tongatapu | 518 |
| 45 | Tefisi | Vavau | 501 |
| 46 | Ha'atu'a | ʻEua | 489 |
| 47 | Hihifo | Niuas | 301 |
Twenty years earlier: Tonga in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 103,058.