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Will mentionthis as referencing Tuvalu.Jackiespeel (talk)16:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This claim seems to originate from Joost Zuurbier, the entrepreneur who originally managed the .tk TLD and was intimately involved with its operation. According to the article[1] MIT which is cited in this page already, that GDP claim is disputed by Tokelauan officials73.203.44.14 (talk)19:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What happened in WWII? Or did it somehow ignore Tokelau and the Tokelauans? --Oneiros (talk)17:26, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All the GDP numbers seem to be nominal at current prices, NOT at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) nor adjusted for inflation. I get this from reading the reference including the Excel file downloadable from that reference. I plan to revise the infobox to eliminate mention of PPP, etc. If you disagree, please explain how you got that from the source cited or from some other source. Thanks,DavidMCEddy (talk)00:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The current version of this article makes two claims that are apparently contradicting :

"45% of its residents had been born overseas, mostly in Samoa or New Zealand."This formulation suggests nearly half of the population are non-natives, which is likely to be understood as non-indigenous by any general reader.

" Approximately 94% of the population speak Tokelauan as their first language."This suggests nearly all residents are indigenous. Tokelauan is not your *first* language, if you have moved in from NZ or Samoa.

Both claims could be true only if mothers of 45% people choose to give birth in NZ hospitals - in which case it is irrelevant information creating unwanted misunderstanding - or if parents of this proportion of people reside(d) long term overseas, but were natives of Tokelau, in which case "though to Tokelauan parents".

I find it more likely, that an error occurred here and perhaps the second claim should read:"Of the remaining 55% that are indigenous 94% speak Tokelauan as their 1st lg."

Somebody ought to figure outYak-indolog (talk)00:44, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any figures for you, but it is clear fromTokelauans that the majority of the ethnic group live in New Zealand, and are concentrated in some areas of NZ. I would think it likely that many continue to use their native language at home, maintain close ties with their homeland, and support their family back in Tokelau financially ('remittances' - seeTokelau#Economic overview). I don't see a contradiction in the two statements you highlight. This is a common situation forPasifika New Zealanders and probably also for Pasifika in other countries.

There appears to be a contradiction in the Demographics section of the article: it says 44.9% of the population were born overseas in 2015, then in the next paragraph it says a quarter were born overseas (2006). This stems from data being taken from two different censuses, and the 2016 census explains this; see page 24 "Birthplace" ofthe 2016 census "Looking at the 2006, 2011, and 2016 Censuses we see the proportion of residents born overseas continues to increase."-Gadfium (talk)01:58, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also don't see a contradiction in the mentioned statements. The census you link to mentions a number of ways to count the population, but in the metadata a symbolic point in that the Tokelau National Statistics Office is itself based in Samoa. Given how small the total resident population is, small absolute shifts can have a large impact on the percentages (a whole fifth of the "usually resident population" were not in Tokelau for the census, for example).CMD (talk)04:57, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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