| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
COK
|
| Continent |
Oceania
|
| Country Name |
Cook Islands
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Group
|
Level2 Type
|
Island
|
| Number of Units |
15
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
1
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
19
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
19
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
18
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
18
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
19
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
20
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
688
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
7
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
1
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,016
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,016
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,016
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
1
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
56
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
56
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
56
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
56
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,697
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,697
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,697
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
9,697
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
8%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
53%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
59%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
1
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Cook Islands Statistics Office, http://www.spc.int/prism/country/CK/stats/ . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Digital Chart of the World (DCW). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Map, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Island of Rarotonga. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Rate between 1991 and 1996 used to estimate 1990 and 1995. Rate between 1996 and 2001 applied to project to additional target years. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: The Northern Cook Islands were manually digitized based-upon visual inspection and coordinates available at http://kiaorana.com/star/maps.html and the NOAA coastline extractor, World Vector Shoreline, http://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/getcoast.html . |
