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GeographyLocation: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 120 km
PeoplePopulation: 19,343 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.13% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.05 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.2 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -6.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.27 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Polynesian (full blood) 81.3%, Polynesian and European 7.7%, Polynesianand other 7.7%, European 2.4%, other 0.9% Religions: Christian (majority of populace members of Cook Islands Christian Church) Languages: English (official), Maori
Literacy:
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Government
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Type: self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand; Cook Islands is fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealandretains responsibility for external affairs, in consultation with the CookIslands Capital: Avarua Independence: none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independenceby unilateral action) Constitution: 4 August 1965
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $57 million National product real growth rate: National product per capita: $3,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.2% Unemployment rate:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |