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  • Population......................................................................112,422 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................1.98% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................25.18 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................5.35 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups..............................................Polynesian, Europeans about 300
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Tonga: Migration and the Homeland
Cathy Small of Northern Arizona University and David Dixon outline how past changes in the Kingdom of Tonga, as well as the current challenges, are intimately tied to migration.
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Tonga Statistics Department
http://www.spc.int/prism/Country/TO/stats

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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