Cook Islands: People & Society#
| Population | 9,556 (July 2016 est.) note: the Cook Islands' Ministry of Finance & Economic Management estimated the resident population to have been 12,000 in December 2015 |
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| Nationality | noun: Cook Islander(s) adjective: Cook Islander |
| Ethnic groups | Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 81.3%, part Cook Island Maori 6.7%, other 11.9% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2%, other 8.3% note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2011 est.) |
| 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% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 21.61% (male 1,093/female 972) 15-24 years: 17.2% (male 877/female 767) 25-54 years: 38.08% (male 1,822/female 1,817) 55-64 years: 11.34% (male 584/female 500) 65 years and over: 11.76% (male 554/female 570) (2016 est.) |
| Median age | total: 35.9 years male: 35.3 years female: 36.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -2.88% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 74.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.88% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.17 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.8 years male: 73 years female: 78.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.21 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 3.4% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 1.33 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.9% of population rural: 99.9% of population total: 99.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population rural: 0.1% of population total: 0.1% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.6% of population rural: 97.6% of population total: 97.6% of population unimproved: urban: 2.4% of population rural: 2.4% of population total: 2.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 50% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4% of GDP (2015) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 17 years (2014) |