State · 1900 – 1970
Kingdom of Tonga
A state of 1900 – 1970 — 70 years in the Americas and Oceania. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 70 years
- 1900 – 1970
- Rulers
- 3
- the King of Tonga
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Tupou II | 1893 – 1918 | 25 years | ending not on record | |
| Sālote Tupou III | 1918 – 1965 | 47 years | ending not on record | child |
| Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV | 1965 – 2006 | 41 years | ending not on record | child |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1893 – 2006. Median reign 41 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Tonga · Public domain 
flag, undatedFlag of Tonga · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood70 years
stood longer than 40% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median41 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 93% of 1,083 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 44% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1890 – 1980, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1935, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q23022146 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.