Cook Islands

• Area: 236 sq. km (91 sq. mi.)
• Population: 9,556 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: -2.88% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 75.8 years (2016)
• Languages: English (official) 86.4%, Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) (official) 76.2% (note: some respondents gave multiple answers)
• Religions: Protestant 62.8% (Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 7.9%, Assemblies of God 3.7%, Apostolic Church 2.1%), Roman Catholic 17%, Mormon 4.4%, other 8%, none 5.6%, no response 2.2%
• Alternate names: Kūki ’Āirani
• Government type: self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand
• Leaders: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Henry PUNA
• Capital: Avarua
• GDP per capita (PPP): $12,300 (2010 est.)
• Exports: copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
• Imports: foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
• Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)

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