Cook Islands
Population growth in Cook Islands
Population growth in Cook Islands: 2.76% a year in 1950 and -3.59% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -3.59% a year
- Since 1950
- −6.34 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 228 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.37% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.37% a year in 2100, between -5.81% a year and 6.54% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.12% a year in 2007, the lowest -3.99% a year in 2000.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Cook Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -3.59 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -3.35 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -2.8 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -3.18 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -2.94 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -2.78 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -2.58 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -0.76 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -0.55 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -0.44 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -0.39 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -0.25 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 2.61 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.96 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 3.04 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 3.05 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 3.12 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.62 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.36 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.35 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.32 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.47 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | -3.98 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -3.99 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -3.79 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | -3.31 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | -2.95 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.3 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.54 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.5 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.61 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 0.77 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.08 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 1.12 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 1.09 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.03 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.07 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | -1.36 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | -1.4 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | -1.32 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | -1.21 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | -1 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | -0.53 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | -0.51 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | -0.41 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | -0.4 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | -0.29 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | -3.42 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | -3.56 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | -3.32 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | -3.02 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | -2.66 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.7 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.99 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.03 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.88 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.88 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.37 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.12 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 0.95 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 0.81 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 0.7 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.01 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.21 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.01 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.78 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.56 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.5 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.76 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.73 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.82 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.65 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.11 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.76 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cook Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.47-6.33–-1.07 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -3.44-7.27–-0.23 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -3.26-7.98–0.53 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -2.94-7.89–1.21 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -2.71-7.6–1.8 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -2.55-7–2.19 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -2.22-6.47–2.54 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -1.91-6.32–2.87 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -1.76-5.97–3.05 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -1.63-5.93–3.48 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -1.5-5.98–3.68 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -1.59-5.96–3.8 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -1.32-6.12–4.09 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -1.1-6.07–4.23 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -1.21-6.27–4.56 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.81-6.17–4.71 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -1.08-6.45–4.89 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.69-6.16–5.17 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.54-5.94–5.38 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.59-6.29–5.09 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.61-6.63–5.15 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.63-6.64–5.63 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.53-6.7–5.69 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.69-6.57–5.78 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.51-6.4–6.18 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.67-6.44–5.92 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.64-6.14–6.06 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.67-5.86–5.71 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.75-5.79–6.05 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.81-5.4–5.93 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.77-5.32–5.98 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.85-5.19–6.3 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.8-5.19–6.14 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.79-5.2–6.54 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.81-5.08–6.67 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.75-5.07–6.51 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.8-5.02–6.06 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.84-5.26–6.4 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.69-5.28–6.19 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.62-5.16–6.4 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.57-5.15–6.37 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.61-5.35–6.43 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.45-5.23–6.66 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.46-5.18–6.54 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.22-4.97–6.77 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.38-5.65–6.71 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.32-5.41–6.96 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.1-5.12–7 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.1-5.3–7.46 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.04-5.2–7.24 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.04-5.26–7.26 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.05-5.52–7.16 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.03-5.36–7.3 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.01-5.17–6.71 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.04-5.2–6.84 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.07-5.12–6.82 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.01-5.26–6.63 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.03-5.21–6.54 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.02-4.99–6.77 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.04-4.94–6.72 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.04-4.97–6.64 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.02-5.12–6.61 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.01-4.99–6.7 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.07-4.86–6.75 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.1-4.5–6.52 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.16-4.6–6.47 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.1-4.51–6.62 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.23-4.56–6.5 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.25-4.56–6.5 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.17-4.39–6.46 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.26-4.77–6.39 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.36-5–6.52 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.3-5.22–6.53 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.28-5.23–6.65 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.38-5.4–6.51 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.48-5.47–6.38 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.37-5.81–6.54 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cook Islands in numbers
Every measure for Cook Islands on one page