total population: 98.5%
male: 98.4%
female: 98.7% (1996 est.)
Tonga Government
Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of Tonga
conventional short form: Tonga
former: Friendly Islands
Government type: hereditary constitutional monarchy
Capital: Nuku'alofa
Administrative divisions: 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u