Which has higher number of births, Cook Islands or Tokelau?

Cook Islands, at 178 births against 47 births in Tokelau as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Cook Islands and Tokelau?

131 births, with Cook Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Tokelau?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cook Islands vs Tokelau: Number of births

Cook Islands

178 births

in 2023

Tokelau

47 births

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

226th

Tokelau rank

230th

Number of births over time

Cook Islands
Tokelau

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 178 births against 47 births in Tokelau, a difference of 131 births.

That makes Cook Islands's figure about 3.8 times Tokelau's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Cook Islands has been ahead every year.

Cook Islands ranks 226th and Tokelau ranks 230th of 236 countries.

Cook Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cook Islands	Tokelau	Difference	Ahead
1950s	731.1 births	62.7 births	668.4 births	Cook Islands
1960s	809.8 births	71.8 births	738 births	Cook Islands
1970s	610.5 births	50.1 births	560.4 births	Cook Islands
1980s	485 births	50.2 births	434.8 births	Cook Islands
1990s	502.5 births	53.4 births	449.1 births	Cook Islands
2000s	313.5 births	35.9 births	277.6 births	Cook Islands
2010s	282.4 births	30.8 births	251.6 births	Cook Islands
2020s	204.5 births	43.25 births	161.25 births	Cook Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Cook Islands or Tokelau?: Cook Islands, at 178 births against 47 births in Tokelau as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Cook Islands and Tokelau?: 131 births, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Tokelau?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Tokelau rank globally for number of births?: Cook Islands ranks 226th and Tokelau ranks 230th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.