NationMaster - Cook Islander People statistics

Birth rate	16.71 births/1,000 population	[128th of 226]
Education expenditures	0.2 % of GDP	[7th of 55]
Ethnic groups Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5%
Nationality > Adjective	Cook Islander
Nationality > Noun	Cook Islander(s)
People > Note 2001 census counted a resident population of 15,017
Percentage living in rural areas.	30%	[138th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas	70%	[62nd of 199]
Population	12,271	[221st of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook	12,271	[221st of 240]
Population in 2015	17	[214th of 225]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates	6 Jun 1997 a
Total fertility rate	3.1 children born/woman	[70th of 225]
Total Population	0	[225th of 227]
Total Population > Female	0	[225th of 227]
Total Population > Male	0	[226th of 227]
Urbanization	59	[91st of 204]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	63	[51st of 170]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	6	[139th of 154]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	100	[13th of 172]

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UNICEF

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