What is birth rate in Cook Islands?

Birth rate in Cook Islands was 12.48 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate recorded in Cook Islands?

The highest recorded value was 46.35 births per 1,000 people in 1960.

What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Cook Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 12.48 births per 1,000 people in 2023.

How does Cook Islands rank for birth rate?

Cook Islands ranks 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate rising or falling in Cook Islands?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Cook Islands data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate in Cook Islands

Name: Birth rate in Cook Islands
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cook Islands: Birth rate was 12.48 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

12.48 births per 1,000 people

Change on year

down 6.5%

World rank

126th

of 236 countries

All-time high

46.35 births per 1,000 people

in 1960

All-time low

12.48 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate in Cook Islands, 1950–2023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for birth rate in Cook Islands is 12.48 births per 1,000 people, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate in Cook Islands peaked at 46.35 births per 1,000 people in 1960 and was at its lowest, 12.48 births per 1,000 people, in 2023.

That places Cook Islands 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	45.64 births per 1,000 people	44.83 births per 1,000 people	46.34 births per 1,000 people	10
1960s	43.2 births per 1,000 people	38.99 births per 1,000 people	46.35 births per 1,000 people	10
1970s	31.48 births per 1,000 people	26.92 births per 1,000 people	37.62 births per 1,000 people	10
1980s	28.4 births per 1,000 people	27.54 births per 1,000 people	30.09 births per 1,000 people	10
1990s	28.86 births per 1,000 people	24.33 births per 1,000 people	31.43 births per 1,000 people	10
2000s	20.32 births per 1,000 people	18.11 births per 1,000 people	23.42 births per 1,000 people	10
2010s	16.43 births per 1,000 people	15.12 births per 1,000 people	17.78 births per 1,000 people	10
2020s	13.65 births per 1,000 people	12.48 births per 1,000 people	14.66 births per 1,000 people	4

Countries ranked near Cook Islands

123 Northern Mariana Islands 12.92 births per 1,000 people compare
124 Bhutan 12.66 births per 1,000 people compare
125 Faroe Islands 12.61 births per 1,000 people compare
127 Bahrain 12.46 births per 1,000 people compare
128 Malaysia 12.41 births per 1,000 people compare
129 Cape Verde 12.33 births per 1,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Cook Islands

Population growth rate, by level of development -0.4% (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 335 people (2100)
Population density 33.01 people per km² (2100)
World population growth -0.4% (2100)
Natural population growth rate 0.3% (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 2.04 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate vs. GDP per capita 2.04 live births per woman (2023)
Children per woman vs. Natural population growth 0.3% (2023)
Natural population growth rate vs. median age 0.3% (2023)
Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children 2.04 live births per woman (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate in Cook Islands?: Birth rate in Cook Islands was 12.48 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate recorded in Cook Islands?: The highest recorded value was 46.35 births per 1,000 people in 1960.
What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Cook Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 12.48 births per 1,000 people in 2023.
How does Cook Islands rank for birth rate?: Cook Islands ranks 126th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate rising or falling in Cook Islands?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cook Islands data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.