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General useful information |
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Note: some data are of constant value, while other are due to changes, fluctuations etc. |
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Nation and population |
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official name (short form): Cook Islands |
country code ISO: CK //; - FIPS: CW |
location: Pacific Ocean, halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii |
time zone: -10 UT |
surface (land) area: 234 sq.km = 90,3 sq.mi //; - area incl. inland waters: 240,1 sq.km = 92,7 sq.mi |
geographical position in extreme co-ordinates: North: 8° S / South: 23° S / East: 155° W / West: 170° W |
borders (land): none |
borders (coastline): Pacific Ocean |
climate: tropical oceanic |
Government |
independent since: internal autonomy in 1965 |
type of government: external dependent territory of New Zealand |
capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga |
administrative division: none |
Population |
population according to the last two censuses: 1996: 19,103 /-; 2001: 18,027 |
total population according to the estimate of midyear (2000) 20,407 /-; (2001) 20,611 |
population density: 80 per sq.km = 208 per sq.mi |
population growth: % //; - doubling time: years |
birth rate: 28 per 1000 |
death rate: 6 per 1000 |
fertility rate: children per female |
maternal mortality: per 100,000 |
infant mortality (in the first year of life): per 1000 |
infant mortality (from 1st - 4th year of life): per 1000 |
life expectancy: 68 years (male: 62; female: 73) |
age breakdown: 0-14 years: % //; - 15-59 years: % //; - 60+ years: % |
urbanisation: 59% //; - urbanisation growth: % |
percentage of urban population in the greatest city: % |
Ethnic composition, language, religion |
ethnic groups: Maori, Polynesian |
languages: Maori, English |
religious affiliation: Cook Islands Congregational Church 60%; Roman Catholic 20%; other Christian 20% |
Health |
daily food intake: calories per capita |
population with access to safe water: % |
people per physician: |
people per hospital bed: |
Education, literacy |
school enrolment: primary education 6-11 years: % |
school enrolment: secondary education: % |
school enrolment: tertiary education 20-24 years: % |
adult literacy: % (male: %; female: %) |
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Economy and infrastructure |
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Economy and trade |
currency: New Zealand dollar (until 1995 local currency: Cook Isl. $) |
annual inflation rate: % |
population below poverty line: % |
Gross Domestic Product: USD per capita |
GNI USD per capita //; - [ppp: ] |
GDP growth: % |
income: USD per capita |
import: USD 86 per capita //; - export: USD 9 per capita |
trade: USD per capita //; - or % of GDP |
trade partners: NZ IT AU JP |
human development index: //; - position of the country in the world no.: |
female labour force: % |
unemployment: % |
tourism: million |
Economic activities in agriculture, fisheries, industry, mining, services, energy |
land use: arable land: 17% //; - grass land: % //; - wooded area: % //; - arid land and desert: % |
agriculture: labour force: 7% //; - part of agriculture in GDP: 18% |
agricultural products: fresh fruit and vegetables (cassava, sweet potatoes, coconuts), copra; fish |
livestock (1000's): goats: 7 / horses: 9 / pigs: 32 / poultry: 45 |
fish catch: 1000 metric tonnes |
industry: labour force: 13% //; - part of industry in GDP: 9% |
industrial products: fruit juice, clothing |
mining products: seabed has high concentrations of manganese nodules, rich in cobalt and nickel |
CO2 emission per capita: |
services: labour force: % //; - part of services in GDP: % |
energy use (kg per capita): |
electricity use (per capita): |
annual water use (per capita): |
Traffic, communication |
road network: 320 km //; - of which paved: % //; - of which are motorways: 0 km |
vehicles: 250 per 1000 // international license plate: NZ (?) |
railways: 0 km //; - railways passenger/km: - |
navigable inland waterways: 0 km |
ownership telephone: 250 per 1000 // international dialling code: +64 (?) |
ownership radio receivers: 500 per 1000 |
ownership tv-sets: 150 per 1000 |
newspaper circulation: per 1000 |
persons per post office: |
personal computers: per 1000 |
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Some physical landmarks |
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mountains: Te Manga 653 m, Te Atukura 632, Te Kou 588, Maunga Roa 509, Mt. Ikurangi 485 |
lowest point: sea level |
lakes (natural): not found on maps or in atlantes at the disposal of the compiler |
lakes (artificial reservoirs): none, or unknown |
lakes (deepest): unknown |
rivers: Avana (on Rarotonga) |
canals: none |
waterfalls: unknown |
caves: longest system: unknown / deepest: |
islands: 2 groups of 24 islands; for details see the separate file of the administrative division |
deserts: none |
other natural features: |
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Additional remarks, especially on the statistical information |
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other important features: |
apart from physical landmarks most of the above figures are changeable, in most cases they date from the 1990's |
mountains are only those on Rarotonga, elevations and names on other islands are not shown in detail on maps |
primary sources used for the general information: |
BB CA DK EV FW PW WA WB WR, and some - local national or international - statistical yearbooks |
particulars concerning population data: |
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