Island Details: Cook Islands

Name

Cook Islands

Location

Pacific

Number of Islands (approx.)

15*

Island Details

-

Type of Islands

oceanic, coral, volcanic

Surface Area (km²)

236.00*

Terrain

low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south*

Highest Elevation (m)

652.0*

Highest Elevation (name)

Te Manga*

Isolation Index

106*

Climate Risk Index Rank (1993-2012)

Mean Sea Level Trends (mm/year)

2.40*

Mean Sea Level (meta)

Time span: 1977-2010; Completeness: 93%; Station ID: 1450*

Population (total)

10,447*

Population Density (p/km²)

86.0*

Population Growth (annual %)

-3.136*

GDP (per capita in current US$)

12,212*

Dominant Economic Sector

agriculture, tourism*

HDI

0.000*

Administration

dependent (autonomous parliamentary democracy, but part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)*

Miscellaneous

The northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km*