Demographic features of the population of the Cook Islands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
A census is carried out every five years in the Cook Islands. The last census was carried out in 2021 and the next census will be carried out in 2026.[1]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1902 | 8,213 | — |
1906 | 8,518 | +3.7% |
1911 | 8,655 | +1.6% |
1916 | 8,805 | +1.7% |
1921 | 9,459 | +7.4% |
1926 | 10,082 | +6.6% |
1936 | 12,246 | +21.5% |
1945 | 14,088 | +15.0% |
1951 | 15,079 | +7.0% |
1961 | 18,378 | +21.9% |
1966 | 19,247 | +4.7% |
1971 | 21,322 | +10.8% |
1976 | 18,126 | −15.0% |
1981 | 17,743 | −2.1% |
1986 | 17,614 | −0.7% |
1996 | 19,103 | +8.5% |
2001 | 18,027 | −5.6% |
2006 | 19,342 | +7.3% |
2011 | 17,794 | −8.0% |
2016 | 17,434 | −2.0% |
Source: [2] |
Vital statistics
editBirths and deaths[3]
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 18,027 | 315 | 88 | 227 | 21.0 | 2.9 | ||
2002 | 279 | 97 | 182 | |||||
2003 | 294 | 92 | 202 | |||||
2004 | 15,169 | 297 | 99 | 198 | ||||
2005 | 275 | 91 | 184 | |||||
2006 | 19,342 | 279 | 85 | 194 | 19.1 | 6.5 | 12.6 | 2.5 |
2007 | 296 | 84 | 212 | |||||
2008 | 261 | 56 | 205 | |||||
2009 | 255 | 67 | 188 | 12.6 | 3.2 | 9.4 | ||
2010 | 286 | 92 | 194 | 12.1 | 3.9 | 8.2 | ||
2011 | 19,300 | 262 | 72 | 190 | 17.8 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 2.6 |
2012 | 19,500 | 259 | 104 | 155 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 10.8 | |
2013 | 18,600 | 256 | 115 | 141 | 18.2 | 8.2 | 10.0 | |
2014 | 18,600 | 204 | 113 | 91 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 6.7 | |
2015 | 18,400 | 205 | 102 | 103 | 15.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | |
2016 | 19,300 | 242 | 87 | 155 | 20.5 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 2.5 |
2017 | 19,500 | 222 | 93 | 129 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 8.3 | |
2018 | 20,200 | 239 | 123 | 116 | 15.0 | 7.7 | 7.3 | |
2019 | 20,200 | 225 | 105 | 120 | 13.2 | 6.1 | 7.0 | |
2020 | 18,500 | 248 | 125 | 123 | 13.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | |
2021 | 18,300 | 202 | 122 | 80 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 4.7 | |
2022 | 19,200 | 219 | 116 | 103 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
Structure of the population
editAge Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 8 520 | 8 914 | 17 434 | 100 |
0–4 | 710 | 644 | 1 354 | 7.77 |
5–9 | 768 | 733 | 1 501 | 8.61 |
10–14 | 745 | 696 | 1 441 | 8.27 |
15–19 | 664 | 711 | 1 375 | 7.89 |
20–24 | 569 | 656 | 1 225 | 7.03 |
25–29 | 541 | 612 | 1 153 | 6.61 |
30–34 | 482 | 595 | 1 077 | 6.18 |
35–39 | 483 | 533 | 1 016 | 5.83 |
40–44 | 520 | 601 | 1 121 | 6.43 |
45–49 | 599 | 625 | 1 224 | 7.02 |
50–54 | 642 | 623 | 1 265 | 7.26 |
55–59 | 521 | 522 | 1 043 | 5.98 |
60–64 | 405 | 429 | 834 | 4.78 |
65-69 | 363 | 333 | 696 | 3.99 |
70-74 | 234 | 248 | 482 | 2.76 |
75-79 | 159 | 194 | 353 | 2.02 |
80+ | 115 | 159 | 274 | 1.57 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 2 223 | 2 073 | 4 296 | 24.64 |
15–64 | 5 426 | 5 907 | 11 333 | 65.01 |
65+ | 871 | 934 | 1 805 | 10.35 |
Religion
editReligion in the Cook Islands (CIA World Factbook)
The Cook Islands are majority-Protestant, with almost half the population being members of the Reformed Cook Islands Christian Church. Other Protestant denominations include Seventh-day Adventists, Assemblies of God and the Apostolic Church (the latter two being Pentecostal denominations). The largest non-Protestant denomination are Roman Catholics, followed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Non-Christian faiths including Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam have small followings primarily by non-indigenous inhabitants.[5][6]
Ethnic groups
editThe indigenous Polynesian people of the Cook islands are known as Cook Islands Māori. These include speakers of Cook Islands Māori language, closely related to Tahitian and New Zealand Māori, who form the majority of the population and inhabit the southern islands including Rarotonga;[7] and also the people of Pukapuka, who speak a language more closely related to Samoan.[8] Cook Islanders of non-indigenous descent include other Pacific Island peoples, Papa'a (Europeans), and those of Asian descent.
Ethnic group[9] | Population (2006) | Population (2016) | Percent | Change |
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Cook Islands Māori | 14,938 | 11,575 | 78.2 | |
Part Cook Islands Māori | 1,045 | 1,128 | 7.62 | |
Other | 1,349 | 2,099 | 14.18 | |
Cook Islands, Total | 17,332 | 14,802 | 100 |
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
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The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[5]
- Population
- 8,128
- Age structure (2022 est.)
- 0–14 years: 18.69% (male 797/female 722)
- 15–24 years: 13.9% (male 606/female 524)
- 25–54 years: 37.66% (male 1,595/female 1,634)
- 55–64 years: 15.69% (male 711/female 564)
- 65 years and over: 14.74% (male 584/female 614)
- Population growth rate
- -2.39%
- Birth rate
- 12.55 births/1,000 population
- Death rate
- 9.1 deaths/1,000 population
- Infant mortality rate
- Total: 15.93 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 20.02 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 11.62 deaths/1,000 live births
- Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 77.14 years
- Male: 74.32 years
- Female: 80.11 years (2022 est.)
- Total fertility rate
- 2.07 children born/woman
- Nationality
- Cook Islander(s) (Noun)
- Cook Islander (Adjective)
- Ethnic groups
- Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 81.3%
- part Cook Island Maori 6.7%
- Other 11.9%
- Religions
- 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%
- Protestant 62.8%
- Languages
- English (official) 86.4%
- Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%
- Other 8.3%
References
edit- ^ "Census - Cook Islands - Ministry of Finance and Economic Management". Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- ^ "Census 2016 - Cook Islands - Ministry of Finance and Economic Management". www.mfem.gov.ck. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "VITAL STATISTICS AND POPULATION ESTIMATES MARCH QUARTER 2020" (PDF). MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ a b "Australia-Oceania ::: COOK ISLANDS". CIA The World Factbook. 27 April 2023.
- ^ a b Crocombe, R. G. (1990). Voluntary Service and Development in the Cook Islands. University of the South Pacific. p. 8. ISBN 9789820200234.
- ^ "Te Reo Maori Act 2003". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2020). "Pukapuka". Glottolog 4.2.1. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ "2016 Cook Islands census" (PDF). mfem.gov.ck. 2016. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Demographic Yearbook, Population by age, sex and urban/rural residence: latest available year, 2005–2014" (PDF). UN Data. United Nations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 4 December 2015.