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Cook Islands
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Cook Islands – People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Anglo-New Zealander60023.00 %79.60 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Anglo-New Zealander
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Cook Islands Maori12,000Y14.41 %98.93 %5 ChristianityCook Islands MaoriP
Cook Islands Maori
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Euronesian, Part-Maori800Y12.00 %100.00 %5 ChristianityEnglishP
Euronesian, Part-Maori
  
Niuean20010.00 %96.00 %4 ChristianityNiueP
Niuean
  
Penrhyn, Tongareva300Y8.00 %98.25 %4 ChristianityPenrhynP
Penrhyn, Tongareva
  
Pukapuka900Y8.00 %99.87 %4 ChristianityPukapukaP
Pukapuka
  
Rakahanga-Manihiki1,800Y9.61 %93.75 %4 ChristianityRakahanga-ManihikiP
Rakahanga-Manihiki
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Total People Groups:   7 17,000 5         7 0 3
Unclassified / Other Individuals -  
UN Country Population (2022) 17,000  
Other reported groups:  1  
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Cook Islands – People Progress

% of People Groups [1]
 
% of Population in People Group [1] [2]
 
Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population [2]
  1 - Unreached 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  2 - Minimally reached 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  3 - Superficially reached 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  4 - Partially reached 4 57.1 % 3,200 19.3 %
  5 - Significantly reached 3 42.9 % 13,000 80.7 %
Totals 7   17,000  


NOTES:
  1. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  2. % of Population in People Group:  The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.
Cook Islands – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Anglo-New Zealander
600


Cook Islands Maori
12,000


Euronesian, Part-Maori
800


Niuean
200


Penrhyn, Tongareva
300


Pukapuka
900


Rakahanga-Manihiki
1,800

Cook Islands People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Cook Islands – Languages
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Language
Code
# Peoples
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Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
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Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Cook Islands Maorirar10Complete
Englisheng20Complete
Niueniu10Complete
Penrhynpnh10Unspecified
Pukapukapkp10Trans Started
Rakahanga-Manihikirkh10Unspecified
Totals: 6 7 0   3 1 2 3 1
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Cook Islands – Religions
Major Religions [1] [3]
Evangelicals: 13.6 %
(subset of Christianity)
 
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends [4]

NOTES:
  1. Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
  2. Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
  3. Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
  4. % Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends:  Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
    Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.
Cook Islands – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Cook Islands. Ministries in the Cook Islands section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Australia and Pacific section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Cook Islands   Ministries in Australia and Pacific
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Country Level Ministries Size
Not Displayed. Contact Joshua ProjectN/A
 
Regional Level Ministries Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)Large
Anglican Frontier MissionsSmall
Assemblies of God World MissionsLarge
Awana Clubs, InternationalMedium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, InternationalMedium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)Medium
Baptist Mid-MissionsMedium
BCM InternationalMedium
Bible LeagueMedium
Campus Crusade for Christ, InternationalLarge
Child Evangelism FellowshipMedium
Church of God of ProphecyMedium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission DepartmentMedium
EFCA International MissionMedium
Every Home for ChristMedium
Final Frontiers FoundationLarge
Galcom InternationalSmall
GO InternationalSmall
InterCommSmall
Seventh-day Adventists General ConferenceMedium
Silent Word MinistriesSmall
Southern Baptist Convention - International Mission BoardLarge
United Methodist ChurchMedium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign MissionsMedium
Worldwide Tentmakers, IncorporatedSmall
Youth with a MissionLarge
Ministries Listed:  26
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Cook Islands – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 17,000
Percent Urbanization 75 %
Total People Groups 7
Unreached People Groups 0
Region Australia and Pacific
10/40 Window No
Official National Language English
Secondary National LanguageMaori
Primary Religion Christianity
Percent Professing Christian 97.7%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 13.6%  [2]
Country Progress Level 5
Persecution Ranking Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index Not reported (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Ethnologue Language Listing
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.
[2]  Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.
 
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