Government > Democracy Stats: compare key data on Tonga & United States

Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout: The proportion of registered voters who actually voted.
Parliamentary elections > Total vote: The total number of votes cast in the relevant election. Total vote includes valid and invalid votes, as well as blank votes in cases where these are separated from invalid votes. More information on valid, invalid and blank votes can be found at aceproject.org
Parliamentary elections > Turnout: The number of votes divided by the Voting Age Population figure, expressed as a percentage.
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration: The number of registered voters. The figure represents the number of names on the voters' register at the time that the registration process closes, as reported by the electoral management body.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	Tonga	United States
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	0.951 Ranked 107th.	0.991 Ranked 52nd. 4% more than Tonga
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	50.7% Ranked 135th.	63.8% Ranked 101st. 26% more than Tonga
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	27,867 Ranked 144th.	99.74 million Ranked 3rd. 3579 times more than Tonga
Parliamentary elections > Turnout	53.5 Ranked 81st. 15% more than United States	46.6 Ranked 93th.
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	54,912 Ranked 140th.	156.42 million Ranked 2nd. 2849 times more than Tonga
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	52,065 Ranked 152nd.	213.95 million Ranked 2nd. 4109 times more than Tonga
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000	522.26 Ranked 94th.	737.5 Ranked 40th. 41% more than Tonga

SOURCES: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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