Niue: People & Society#
Population | 1,190 (July 2014 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean |
Ethnic groups | Niuen 66.5%, part-Niuen 13.4%, non-Niuen 20.1% (includes 12% European and Asian and 8% Pacific Islanders) (2011 est.) |
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) 67%, other Protestant 3% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 1%, Presbyterian 1%, and Methodist 1%), Mormon 10%, Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 6%, none 2% (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.03% (2014 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 42.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.94% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | ALOFI (capital) 1,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | NA |
Infant mortality rate | total: NA male: NA female: NA |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA male: NA female: NA |
Total fertility rate | NA |
Health expenditures | 7.4% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.4% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 98.5% of population unimproved: urban: 1.6% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 1.5% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% 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 | 42.5% (2014) |
Education expenditures | NA |