Cook Islands
Urban population in Cook Islands
Urban population in Cook Islands: 37.5% in 1950 and 76.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 76.9%
- Since 1950
- +39.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 77 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 84.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 84.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Cook Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.9 |
| 2024 | 76.6 |
| 2023 | 76.4 |
| 2022 | 76.1 |
| 2021 | 75.9 |
| 2020 | 75.6 |
| 2019 | 75.3 |
| 2018 | 75.1 |
| 2017 | 74.9 |
| 2016 | 74.6 |
| 2015 | 74.4 |
| 2014 | 74.2 |
| 2013 | 74 |
| 2012 | 73.8 |
| 2011 | 73.5 |
| 2010 | 73.3 |
| 2009 | 73.1 |
| 2008 | 72.9 |
| 2007 | 72.5 |
| 2006 | 72.1 |
| 2005 | 71.5 |
| 2004 | 70.6 |
| 2003 | 69.5 |
| 2002 | 68.3 |
| 2001 | 66.9 |
| 2000 | 65 |
| 1999 | 62.7 |
| 1998 | 60.5 |
| 1997 | 59.1 |
| 1996 | 58.7 |
| 1995 | 58.7 |
| 1994 | 58.6 |
| 1993 | 58.6 |
| 1992 | 58.5 |
| 1991 | 58.4 |
| 1990 | 58 |
| 1989 | 57.4 |
| 1988 | 56.7 |
| 1987 | 56.1 |
| 1986 | 55.6 |
| 1985 | 55 |
| 1984 | 54.5 |
| 1983 | 54 |
| 1982 | 53.7 |
| 1981 | 53.7 |
| 1980 | 53.8 |
| 1979 | 53.9 |
| 1978 | 54 |
| 1977 | 54.1 |
| 1976 | 54.1 |
| 1975 | 54.1 |
| 1974 | 54 |
| 1973 | 54 |
| 1972 | 53.9 |
| 1971 | 53.8 |
| 1970 | 53.5 |
| 1969 | 53.2 |
| 1968 | 52.7 |
| 1967 | 52.2 |
| 1966 | 51.7 |
| 1965 | 51.2 |
| 1964 | 50.5 |
| 1963 | 49.8 |
| 1962 | 49 |
| 1961 | 48.2 |
| 1960 | 47.3 |
| 1959 | 46.3 |
| 1958 | 45.2 |
| 1957 | 44.1 |
| 1956 | 43 |
| 1955 | 42.1 |
| 1954 | 41.2 |
| 1953 | 40.3 |
| 1952 | 39.4 |
| 1951 | 38.4 |
| 1950 | 37.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Cook Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 77.2 |
| 2027 | 77.4 |
| 2028 | 77.7 |
| 2029 | 78 |
| 2030 | 78.3 |
| 2031 | 78.6 |
| 2032 | 78.9 |
| 2033 | 79.2 |
| 2034 | 79.5 |
| 2035 | 79.8 |
| 2036 | 80.1 |
| 2037 | 80.4 |
| 2038 | 80.7 |
| 2039 | 81 |
| 2040 | 81.3 |
| 2041 | 81.7 |
| 2042 | 82 |
| 2043 | 82.3 |
| 2044 | 82.7 |
| 2045 | 83 |
| 2046 | 83.4 |
| 2047 | 83.7 |
| 2048 | 84.1 |
| 2049 | 84.5 |
| 2050 | 84.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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