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Appendix 2

Population of tonga, Total and by sex
Year	Males	Females	Total
1911¹	11,951	11,066	23,017
1921	12,980	11,955	24,935
1931	14,089	14,750	28,839
1932	14,343	15,111	29,454
1933	15,003	15,690	30,693
1934	15,057	16,532	31,589
1935	16,250	15,623	31,873
1936	16,842	15,948	32,790
1937	16,675	16,186	32,861
1938	17,628	16,157	33,785
1939	17,617	16,513	34,130
1956²	28,938	27,900	56,838
1966(nov 30)²	39,837	37,592	77,429
1–31 Dec. 1966	156	110	266
31 Dec. 1967	41,171	38898	80069³
Dec. 1968	42,449	40,059	82,508³
Dec. 1969	43,754	41,362	85,116³
Dec. 1970	44,940	42,601	87,541³
Dec. 1971	46,240	43,521	89,761³
Dec. 1972	47,580	44,780	92,360⁴

Source: 1) Governmental Census cited in the Tonga Gazette 1912, 1921, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 and 1938.
2) Population Census Reports for 1956 and 1966.

1) Population censuses were taken on April 3 1911; April 26, 1921 and 1931; April 27 1932 to 1939. November 29 30 November 1956 and 1966.

2) 3/ Adjusted to include net natural increase in population for 1–31 December 1966 not included in the published figures appeared in the 1971 Statistical Abstract Based on net natural increases assuming zero net migration.

3) 4/ Estimate.

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Intercensal Population by District
District		1956 Census			1966 Census			Change per thousand
	Males	Female	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Tongatapu	16126	15138	31264	24851	23069	47920	53	52	53
Ha'apai	4909	5009	9918	5204	5387	10591	6	8	7
Niuatoputapu) Niuafo'ou)	668	586	1254	1083	911	1994	10	6	11
Vav'u	6251	6226	12477	6822	6711	13533	9	8	8
‘Bua	984	941	1925	1877	1514	3391	91	61	76
Total	28938	27900	56838	39592	37592	77429	38	35	36

Intercensal Population by Race and Sex
		1956 Census			1966 Census
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Tongans	28021	27135	55156	39157	36964	76121
European	150	127	277	209	193	402
Part European	319	285	604	255	257	512
All others	448	353	801	216	178	394
Total	28938	27900	56838	39837	37592	77429

Source: Population Census Report 1966. Note: Census date was November 29–30, 1966.

Economically active and inactive population
		1956		1966
	No.	%	No.	%
Total population of which	56838	100.0	77429	100.0
1. Economically active	14,271	25.1	18,998	24.7
(1) Male	13,311	46.0	17,900	45.0
(2) Female	960	3.4	1,098	2.9
2. Not economically active	42,567	74.9	58,431	75.3
(1) Male	15,627	54.0	21,937	55.0
(2) Female	26,940	96.0	36,494	97.1

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Population by broad age groups
Age		1956 Census				1966 Census
Groups	Males	Females	Total	%	Males	Females	Total	%
Under 5	5,205	4,826	10,031	17.7	7,467	6,859	14,326	18.5
05–09	4,130	3,960	8,090	14.2	5,985	5,561	11,546	14.9
10–14	3,519	3,324	6,843	12.0	5,157	4,716	9,873	12.7
15–19	3,141	2,904	6,045	10.6	4,001	3,824	7,825	10.1
20–24	2,486	2,482	4,968	8.8	3,118	3,101	6,219	8.0
25–29	2,127	2,289	4,416	7.8	2,749	2,692	5,441	7.0
30–34	1,823	1,714	3,537	6.2	2,284	2,258	4,542	5.9
35–39	1,473	1,423	2,896	5.1	2,106	2,048	4,154	5.4
40–44	1,173	1,083	2,256	4.0	1,736	1,585	3,321	4.3
45–49	957	825	1,782	3.1	1,427	1,284	2,711	3.5
50–54	800	806	1,606	2.8	1,088	976	2,064	2.7
55–59	676	603	1,279	2.3	773	711	1,484	1.9
Over 60	1,428	1,661	3,089	5.4	1,946	1,977	3,923	5.1
Total	28,938	27,900	56,838	100.0	39,837	37,592	77,429	100.0

Crude birth and death rates
Year	Registered	Registered	Natural	Per thousand		%
	Births	Deaths	Increase	Births	Deaths	Yearly Growths
1966	2,870	228	2,672	38	3	3.46
1967	2,652	278	2,374	34	4	3.06
1968	2,648	209	2,439	33	3	3.05
1969	2,844	236	2,608	34	3	3.16
1970	2,652	227	2,425	31	3	2.85
1971	2,505	285	2,220	29	3	2.54
1972	2,486	224	2,203	27.4	3.1	2.43

Source: 1) Population Census Reports 1956 and 1966 2) Annual Reports of the Department of Justice 1966–1971.

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Population Growth in Tonga

Economically active population by industry
ISIC Industry Groups		1956		1966
Code		No.	%	No.	%
1	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	10,303	72.20	14,064	74.03
2,3	Quarrying and manufacturing	401	2.81	502	2.64
4	Electricity and water	26	0.19	40	0.21
5	Construction	173	1.21	89	0.47
6	Wholesale, retail, hotel and restaurant	727	5.09	410	2.16
7	Transport, storage and communication	331	2.32	372	1.96
8	Financing, insurance and real estate¹	-	-	-	-
9	Services
91	Government Administration	160	1.12	340	1.79
92	Social and community	1,176	8.24	1,752	9.22
93	Clerical and technical	278	1.95	356	1.87
95	Personal and domestic	479	3.36	271	1.43
96	Others (labourers)	216	1.51	802	4.22
Total		14,270		18,998

Source: 1 Population Census Reports 1956 and 1966. 2. Report on Manpower Assessment Planning, 1969 (ILO/TAP/TONGA/R.I) 1/ Included under 9.

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Imports, exports and visible balance of trade
Year	Imports	$T(000) 1959-1971	Exports	Visible balance of trade
1959	3,338.1		3,720.6	+ 382.5
1960	3,300.4		3,393.3	+ 92.9
1961	2,848.4		2,749.3	- 99.1
1962	2,459.6		1,666.6	- 793.0
1963	2,435.6		1,915.8	- 519.8
1964	3,583.7		2,327.7	-1,526.0
1965	1,403.8		2,506.5	- 893.3
1966	4,141.5		3,617.5	- 523.9
1967	5,729.6		3,566.3	-2,163.2
1968	5,150.4		3,846.3	-1,304.1
1969	5,087.5		3,398.7	-1,688.8
1970	5,539.4		2,676.4	-2,863.0
1971	6,304.9		2,200.2	-4,104.7

Imports, Exports and Visible Balance of Trade
on financial year basis for 1967/68 – 1971/72
Year	Imports	Exports	Visible balance of trade
1967/68	5,505.7	4,019.6	-1,486.1
1968/69	5,185.4	3,347.0	-1,838.4
1969/70	4,918.6	3,132.5	-1,786.1
1970/71	5,698.7	2,342.9	-3,355.8
1971/72^P/	6,721.4	2,378.8	-4,342.6

1) Imports are one.i.f. basis and Exports on f.o.b. basis.

2) Financial Year figures are on July-June basis.

3) Minus figures denote deficit and plus figures stand for Surplus Visible Balance of Trade.

P/ Provisional

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