Environment-current issues: NA
Environment-international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: NA
@Cook Islands:People
Population: 19,989 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Population growth rate: 1.06% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 22.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 5.2 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -6.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)