Demographics of Niue

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Population: 1,600 (2004 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.70%
15-64 years: 61.20%
65 years and over: 9.10%

Population growth rate: 0.47% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 18.46 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.80 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 29.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.10 years
male: 69.80 years
female: 71.20 years

Total fertility rate: 3.01 children born/woman

Nationality:
noun: Niuean(s)
adjective: Niuean

Ethnic groups: Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans)

Religions: Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist)

Languages: Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: 95%
male: NA%
female: NA%

See also : Niue