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Cook Islands Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 18   Population 2000 (UN '000) 20
Area (km2) 688   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 7
Number of Administrative Units 15   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1
Number of Urban Extents 1   Number of Settlement Points 1

Cook Islands Details

Names
ISO3-Code COK
Continent Oceania
Country Name Cook Islands
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
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) 8,958
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,958
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 8,958
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) 10,069
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 10,069
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 10,069
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 10,069
% 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 .