How many babies are born in Cook Islands each year?

An estimated 133 babies are born in Cook Islands in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 0 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Cook Islands?

Cook Islands has an estimated 10.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.98 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Cook Islands?

133 babies born in Cook Islands in 2026 — 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 227th largest of any country. UN projection

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Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Cook Islands through history

Estimated annual births in Cook Islands, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Cook Islands's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1950	659	14.7K	44.8	UN estimate
2000	371	15.9K	23.4	UN estimate
2024	159	13.7K	11.6	UN projection
2026	133	12.8K	10.4	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Cook Islands are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1962, at about 835.

At 1.98 children per woman, fertility in Cook Islands is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.