Tonga's People
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Increase 23% in 15 Years
From Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa, March 4.
THE vital statistics for the Kingdom of Tonga, published in the Govern ment Gazette of March 1, shows the native population to have been 32,862 on March 27, 1939. This is an increase of 372, compared with 32,490 in 1938. The native population, composed of 16,908 males and 15,954 females, is distributed among the main groups as follows:
The native population was 26,138 in 1926 and 29,620 in 1933. It is slowly and steadily increasing. The increase, from 1926 to 1939, is 23 per cent.
The census shows the following fig ures for non-Tongans (figures for 1938 are in parenthesis); Europeans 400 (407), half-castes 441 (477), other Paci fic Islanders 348 (302), foreigners 79 (109), The total population of the king dom is composed as follows: — Tongans 32,863 Non-Tongans 1,268 ' 34,131 The native population is divided up among the various denominations as follows: Free Wesleyan Church, 17,902; Free Church of Tonga, 4,771; Church of Tonga, 3,580; Roman Catholic Church, 4,325; Church of England, 130; Latter Day Saints (Mormon), 909; Seventh Day Adventists, 243; Pentecost, 1; other Protestant Churches, 1.
Male.
Female.
Togatabu 7,821 7,027 Haapai 3,664 3,719 Vavau 4,046 3,911 Niuafo’ou 691 675 Niuatobutabu 442 390 Eua 244 232 16,908 15,677