Niue People - 2023
SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
2,000 (July 2022 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%, Church of Jesus Christ 8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Jehovah's Witness 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.2%, none 8.9% (2017 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 70.4
youth dependency ratio: 44.9
elderly dependency ratio: 25.4
potential support ratio: 3.9 (2021)
Population growth rate
-0.03% (2021 est.)
Birth rate
N/A
Death rate
(2021 est.) NA
Net migration rate
(2021 est.)
Population distribution
population distributed around the peripheral coastal areas of the island
Urbanization
urban population: 48.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio
N/A
Infant mortality rate
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Life expectancy at birth
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Total fertility rate
(2021 est.) NA
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 97% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 3% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
7.8% of GDP (2020)
Physicians density
N/A
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 95.5% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 4.5% of population (2020 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
50% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 8.5 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 4.28 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 1.89 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.33 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
N/A
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
NOTE: The information regarding Niue on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niue 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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