
Telecommunication in Tonga
Compared to the United States, Tonga is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +676, there were a total of 75,152 connections in 2021. Among them were 64,328 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.61 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 5,367 webhosts, Tonga is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 59 of these, or about 1 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.Access to the internet in Tonga from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Tonga 2002 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Tonga Total | Tonga percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 6,812.00 | 6.43 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 10,824.00 | 10.21 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 64,328.00 | 60.68 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |