Tonga     [17]
(Independent in 1970 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: TO
LAND AREA: 699 sq. km     SEA AREA: 700000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	2	8	21	25	11	67

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 99000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 142 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 45%

ECONOMY
  GDP/Capita: $1030

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Interdepartmental Environmental Committee;                              
Department of Lands and Survey, Nuku'alofa