World Factbook
Tokelau
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
100% (2022 est.)
female
100% (2022 est.)
total population
100% (2022 est.)
Languages
Tokelauan 88.1% (a Polynesian language), English 48.6%, Samoan 26.7%, Tuvaluan 11.2%, Kiribati 1.5%, other 2.8%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.8% (2016 ests.)
note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
Religions
Congregational Christian Church 50.4%, Roman Catholic 38.7%, Presbyterian 5.9%, other Christian 4.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2016 est.)
Population
male
1,201 (2024 est.)
total
2,453 (2024 est.)
female
1,252 (2024 est.)
Nationality
noun
Tokelauan(s)
adjective
Tokelauan
Urbanization
urban population
0% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Ethnic groups
Tokelauan 64.5%, part Tokelauan/Samoan 9.7%, part Tokelauan/Tuvaluan 2.8%, Tuvaluan 7.5%, Samoan 5.8%, other Pacific Islander 3.4%, other 5.6%, unspecified 0.8% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
52.7 (2024)
youth dependency ratio
40 (2024)
potential support ratio
7.9 (2024)
elderly dependency ratio
12.6 (2024)
Physician density
1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2021)
Net migration rate
-3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.01% (2019 est.)
Population distribution
the small population is fairly evenly distributed among the three atolls
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)