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Kingdom of Tonga
Sovereign: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (1965)
Prime Minister: Prince Lavaka Ata Ulukalala (2000)
Area: 290 sq. mi. (748 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 109,082 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.99%); birth rate: 25.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 37.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 376
Capital and largest city (1990 est.): Nuku'alofa, 34,000
Monetary unit: Pa'anga
Languages: Tongan (an Austronesian language), English
Ethnicity/race: Polynesian, European (about 300)
Religions: Christian; Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents
Literacy rate: 47%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1996 est.): $239 million; $2,250 per capita. Real growth rate: 1%. Inflation: 2% (1997 est.) Arable land: 24%. Agriculture: vanilla, coffee, ginger, black pepper, coconuts, bananas, copra. Labor force: (1994) 36,665; agriculture, 65% (1997 est.). Natural resources: fish, copra. Exports: $15.3 million (f.o.b., 1996): squash, fish, vanilla, root crops, coconut oil. Imports: $82.9 million (f.o.b., 1996): food products, live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, fuels, chemicals. Major trading partners: New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Fiji, U.S., Japan, EU.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
