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In 2026, the Cook Islands' total fertility rate is 1.98 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.11 children per woman. About 133 babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 10.4 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.94, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 29.3 years, up from 28.1 in 1980. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 8% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.68 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.98 children/woman
Birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
Total births
133
Mean age at birth
29.3 years
The Cook Islands' fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 7.3 children per woman in 1961 to 1.98 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.