Kiribati vs Tonga

Kiribati and Tonga compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Kiribati has about 1.3 times as many people as Tonga: 136,488 against 103,742 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Tonga ($6,547) is about 2.6 times as high as in Kiribati ($2,559) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kiribati (4.2%) than in Tonga (2.8%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kiribati (6.5%) than in Tonga (5.6%), a difference of 0.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Tonga can expect to live 6.5 years longer than one born in Kiribati: 73.1 years against 66.6 years in 2024.
• The population of Kiribati is older: half of its people are over 22.7 years, against 20.7 years in Tonga in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kiribati (89.4%) than in Tonga (67.4%), a difference of 22 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Tonga (1.6 tonnes) are about 2.7 times as high as in Kiribati (0.59 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Tonga (12.1%) than in Kiribati (1.3%), a difference of 10.8 percentage points in 2024.