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  • Population......................................................................21,388 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................NA
  • Birth rate......................................................................................NA
  • Death rate....................................................................................NA
  • Net migration rate.......................................................................NA
  • Ethnic groups.......Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5% (2001 Census)
Country Profile
Cook Islands: Migrating from a Micro-State
Paul Spoonley describes a massive economic and cultural shift caused by emigration from the Cook Islands to New Zealand.
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Neighboring Countries

Tonga
Samoa
Kiribati
French Polynesia
Other Resources

Cook Islands Statistics Office
http://www.stats.gov.ck/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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