Distribution
Two Cook Islands with no permanent residents
Manuae, Takutea, Suwarrow
Percentage of the non-Cook Islands Maori population that are NZers
4
Emigration
The year the international airport opened
1974
Retirement age in the Cook Islands
60
The opposite of dense, when talking about population density
Sparse
Percentage of the population that is Cook Island Maori or part-CIM (2016)
86%
Two examples of obstacles
Family, $$, finding a job etc
How often a census is held
every 5 years
What CINSF stands for
Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund
Population of Manihiki (2016)
212
Percentage of the population that is under 15
20%
The decade when Fijians/Filipinos/Indonesians began migrating to the Cook Islands
1980s
The year our latest census was held
2021
Year that Te Maeva Nui started
1965
Height of Te Manga
653m
Estimated percentage of elderly in 2090
32%
The year that Cyclone Martin hit Manihiki
1997
The term for the difference between the birth rate and the death rate
Natural Increase
Name of the NGO set up by the Rongo family to protect the Cook Islands culture and environment
Korero O Te Orau
Cook Island with the fourth largest population (2016)
Pukapuka
Two islands that had no NZ European or NZ Maori (2016)
Pukapuka, Nassau, Rakahanga, Manihiki
Year the government restructuring led to the immigration of over 2000 people
1996
The Cook Islands fertility rate in 2020
2.12 children per woman
The percentage of an employee's wages that goes into their superannuation savings
5%