Fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands
Cook Islands: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands stood at 2.04 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands peaked at 7.27 live births per woman in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.04 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Cook Islands 111th 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 | 6.97 live births per woman | 6.79 live births per woman | 7.22 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.01 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 7.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.22 live births per woman | 4.47 live births per woman | 6.3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.97 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.68 live births per woman | 3.19 live births per woman | 3.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.83 live births per woman | 2.52 live births per woman | 3.11 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.13 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.08 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.11 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cook Islands
- 108 United States Virgin Islands 2.09 live births per woman compare
- 109 Guadeloupe 2.09 live births per woman compare
- 110 Venezuela 2.08 live births per woman compare
- 112 Martinique 2.01 live births per woman compare
- 113 Belize 2.01 live births per woman compare
- 114 Nepal 1.98 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Cook Islands
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman (2021)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.04 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.04 live births per woman (2023)
- Median age 35.08 years (2023)
- Government spending on education overall vs. primary education 4.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Cook Islands was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cook Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 7.27 live births per woman in 1961.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Cook Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.04 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Cook Islands rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Cook Islands ranks 111th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Cook Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cook Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.