Cook Islands :: AitutakiAtiuMangaiaManihikiManuaeMaukeMitiaroPenrhynRarotonga

Population: 19 989 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: 1.06% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 22.52 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 5.2 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.71 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 24.7 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.14 years
male: 69.2 years
female: 73.1 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.19 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Cook Islander(s)
adjective: Cook Islander

Ethnic groups: Polynesian (full blood) 81.3% Polynesian and European 7.7% Polynesian and non-European 7.7% European 2.4% other 0.9%

Religions: Christian (majority of populace are members of the Cook Islands Christian Church)

Languages: English (official) Maori

Literacy: NA