Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tonga instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 13.0 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 78 years (76 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

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Life

be 74.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 62.3% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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Western Sahara is about 356 times bigger than Tonga.
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Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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