8,327 (July 2021 est.)
note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 11,700 in September 2016
noun: Cook Islander(s)
adjective: Cook Islander
Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 81.3%, part Cook Island Maori 6.7%, other 11.9% (2011 est.)
English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3% (2011 est.)
note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census
Protestant 62.8% (Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 7.9%, Assemblies of God 3.7%, Apostolic Church 2.1%), Roman Catholic 17%, Mormon 4.4%, other 8%, none 5.6%, no response 2.2% (2011 est.)
0-14 years: 19.93% (male 901/female 808)
15-24 years: 14.89% (male 684/female 593)
25-54 years: 37.66% (male 1,595/female 1,634)
55-64 years: 14.15% (male 674/female 539)
65 years and over: 13.37% (male 555/female 591) (2020 est.)
total: 38.3 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 38.7 years (2020 est.)
-2.46% (2021 est.)
12.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
8.89 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
-28.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
most of the population is found on the island of Rarotonga
urban population: 75.7% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 0.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.25 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
total: 16.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 76.89 years
male: 74.05 years
female: 79.88 years (2021 est.)
2.09 children born/woman (2021 est.)
improved: total: 100% of population
unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
2.9% (2018)
1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
improved: total: 97.6% of population
unimproved: total: 2.4% of population (2017 est.)
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degree of risk: high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: malaria
55.9% (2016)
4.7% of GDP (2016)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 14 years (2012)
NOTE: The information regarding Cook Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cook Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cook Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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