Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Oceania · Polynesia
Cook Islands is recorded at 13.7k people in 2024, with total annual change of -476 under the WPP medium variant.
Cook Islands observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 159 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -133 |
| Natural change | +26 |
| Net migration | -505 |
| Total change | -476 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -476 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -7,140 since 1971 |
| Projected 2100 | 7.9k |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Cook Islands 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.5k, ages 15-64 8.9k, ages 65+ 1.8k.
Cook Islands 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.8k, ages 15-64 4.9k, ages 65+ 2.6k.
Cook Islands 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 987, ages 15-64 4.6k, ages 65+ 2.3k.
Stage since 1972.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2012.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.7k | -476 | 159 | 133 | 2.02 |
| 2030 | 11.5k | -255 | 108 | 136 | 1.91 |
| 2050 | 9.3k | -60 | 110 | 144 | 1.78 |
| 2080 | 8.2k | 1 | 85 | 82 | 1.71 |
| 2100 | 7.9k | -29 | 69 | 108 | 1.68 |