Cook Islands' Population Still Falling
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 06:00 CDT
Text of report by Radio New Zealand International on 12 May
New statistics released by the Cook Islands government show the country's population is still falling. The resident population at the end of December last year is estimated to be 13,200. That's a drop of 500 compared with December the previous year.
All Cook Islanders hold New Zealand citizenship, and the population has been dropping steadily since the economic crisis of 1996. At that time the population was estimated to be about 20,000, but it had dropped to 15,000 five years later and just over 13,000 by the end of last year.
Our correspondent in Rarotonga says plans to attract Cook Islanders back to the Cook Islands have been discussed, but not put in place by the government.
Related Articles
- A Case of Unified Educational Access
- Schools' Chief Wants Only the Best for Kids Dist. 62's New Superintendent Says She Welcomes Input, Especially From Students
- Gas Shipment Saves S.C. School Sessions
- Salem, N.J., Officials Vow to Help Tampa, Fla.-Based Glass Bottle Manufacturer
- Protests cut Italy holiday short for ex-Nazi officer
- Stat Heart Keeps Beat for Patients
- Renee Zellweger, Kenny Chesney Wed
- Renee Zellweger, Kenny Chesney Tie Knot
- Phylogeography of Masked (Sorex Cinereus) and Smoky Shrews (Sorex Fumeus) in the Southern Appalachians
- New Reports Attack Bush's Overtime Rules
 |
 |
User Comments (1)
| 1. |
Posted by sadam husain on 06/01/2009, 23:25 this is gay :D:D:D:D ill bomb the world down |
RSS Feeds