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Thus, Palmerston Island is the only island in the Cook Islands for which English is the native language. Palmerston was annexed by the British Empire on 23 May 1891 and in 1892, the British Government granted William a 21-year lease which was extended until 1954. [6] Palmerston came under New Zealand administration in 1901.
The 2016 Cook Islands Census took place on December 1, 2016. [1] The population of the Cook Islands was counted as 17,434 – a decrease of 360 (2.06%) from the 2011 census . [ 1 ]
The Cook Islands have been an active member of the Pacific Community since 1980. The Cook Islands' main population centres are on the island of Rarotonga (10,863 in 2021). [4] The Rarotonga International Airport, the main international gateway to the country, is located on this island. The census of 2021 put the total population at 14,987.
The indigenous Polynesian people of the Cook Islands are known as Cook Islands Māori. These include speakers of Cook Islands Māori language, closely related to Tahitian and New Zealand Māori, who form the majority of the population and inhabit the southern islands including Rarotonga; [7] and also the people of Pukapuka, who speak a language more closely related to Samoan. [8]
The Northern Cook Islands is one of the two chains of atolls which make up the Cook Islands. Lying in a horizontal band between 9° and 13°30' south of the Equator , the chain consists of the atolls of Manihiki , Nassau , Penrhyn , Pukapuka , Rakahanga and Suwarrow , along with the submerged Tema Reef .
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, ... Cook Islands : 0.03%: 17,044: 0.2%:
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
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