Community Information

Tonga

Here you will find up to date details about the Tongan population, embassy, and remittance information. We have also listed useful links allowing you to compare money transfer options if you’re planning to send money to Tonga whilst avoiding costly handling fees, whether transferring via mobile phone, or online, or in person. Tongans living in Australia, New Zealand or the USA experience varying fees when transferring funds to Tonga depending on the provider chosen. For this reason, we want to provide you with easy to understand details to allow you to make an informed decision when sending money to your loved ones overseas.

Capital City: Nukuʻalofa
Population: 108,020 (World Bank 2017)
Currency: Tongan pa'anga (TOP)
Area: 748 km²

Community

In 2017, 12,990 Tongan-born people were living in Australia.

In 2013, 60,336 Tongans were living in New Zealand.

In 2010, 57,000 Tongans were living in the United States of America.

Remittance Statistics

World Bank (2017)

Estimated bilateral remittances: US$ 146 mn

Estimated remittances from Australia to Tonga: US$ 28 mn

Estimated remittances from New Zealand to Tonga: US$ 55 mn

Estimated remittances from the United States of America to Tonga: US$ 57 mn

Click here for more remittance data.

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Embassies & Consulates in Australia:
High Commission of the Kingdom of Tonga, Canberra 7 Newdegate Street Deakin ACT 2600 Ph: 02 6232 4806 Email: info@tongahighcom.com.au Website: http://www.tongahighcom.com.au/	Consulate-General of the Kingdom of Tonga, Sydney Level 6 73 Walker Street North Sydney NSW 2060 Ph: 02 9936 2028 Email: tongaconsulate@waterhouse.to

Embassies & Consulates in New Zealand:
Consulate-General of the Kingdom of Tonga, Auckland "Atalanga" 14 Landscape Road Mt Eden, Auckland Ph: +64 9624 6303 Email: saho@xtra.co.nz

Embassies & Consulates in the United States of America:
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations 250 East 51st Street New York NY 10022 Ph: (001917)369-1025	Consulate-General of the Kingdom of Tonga, San Francisco 1350 Old Bayshore Highway, Suite #610 Burlingame, CA 94010 Ph: +1-650 6851001  Email: consulategeneraloftonga@gmail.com Website: http://tongaconsul.com/

Organisations in Australia:
Australian-Tongan Youth & Community Association Inc 136 Brunswick St Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006 Ph: 07 3257 244

Organisations in the United States of America:
National Tongan Americal Society 3007 Sw Temple Ste J Ste 7  Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Ph: (801) 467-8712 Email: generaladmin@ntasutah.org

Media:
Planet Tonga http://www.planet-tonga.com/	Matangi Tonga Online http://matangitonga.to/
SBS Tonga Radio http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tongan/	4EB FM Radio - Voice Of Tonga http://www.4eb.org.au
Tongan Programme on 3 WBC http://www.3wbc.org.au