NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Cook Islands Census of Population and Dwellings 2016 Provider Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (Cook Islands)Tabulations only Geography New Zealand (NZL) Cook Islands Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 01/2016 - 12/2016 Data type Census: De factoHouseholdIndividualSubnationally representative Summary The 2016 Cook Islands Census was held on December 1st. The population at the time of the census 17,434, including 8,520 males and 8,914 females. This marked a decrease of 360 people over the 2011 census. Keywords Agriculture, Alcohol use, Assets, Birth place, Cooking fuels, Crops, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fishing, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, International migration, Internet, Languages, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Mental health symptoms, Population, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply Citation Contributors Cook Islands Statistics Office Statistics New Zealand Suggested citation Cook Islands Statistics Office, Statistics New Zealand. Cook Islands Population and Housing Census 2016. GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 4, 2023