Niue People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

2,000 (July 2021 est.)

note: because of the island's limited economic and educational opportunities, Niueans have emigrated for decades - primarily to New Zealand, but also to Australia and other Pacific island states; Niue's population peaked in 1966 at 5,194, but by 2005 had fallen to 1,508; since then it has rebounded slightly; as of 2013, 23,883 people of Niuean ancestry lived in New Zealand - with more than 20% Niue-born; this means that there are about 15 times as many persons of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand as in Niue, possibly the most eccentric population distribution in the world

Nationality

noun: Niuean(s)

adjective: Niuean

Ethnic groups

Niuean 65.4%, part-Niuean 14%, non-Niuean 20.6% (2017 est.)

note: data represent the resident population

Languages

Niuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)

Religions

Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 61.7%, Mormon 8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Jehovah's Witness 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.2%, none 8.9% (2017 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.03% (2021 est.)

Population distribution

population distributed around the peripheral coastal areas of the island

Urbanization

urban population: 46.9% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

N/A

Infant mortality rate

total: NA

male: NA

female: NA (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: NA

male: NA

female: NA (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

NA (2021 est.)

Drinking water source

improved: total: 98.2% of population

unimproved: total: 1.8% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

8.3% (2018)

Sanitation facility access

improved: total: 96.8% of population

unimproved: total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

N/A

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

N/A

HIV/AIDS - deaths

N/A

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea

vectorborne diseases: malaria

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

50% (2016)

Education expenditures

N/A

NOTE: The information regarding Niue 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 Niue 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.