| Population | 2,000 (July 2021 est.) note: because of the island's limited economic and educational opportunities, Niueans have emigrated for decades - primarily to New Zealand, but also to Australia and other Pacific island states; Niue's population peaked in 1966 at 5,194, but by 2005 had fallen to 1,508; since then it has rebounded slightly; as of 2013, 23,883 people of Niuean ancestry lived in New Zealand - with more than 20% Niue-born; this means that there are about 15 times as many persons of Niuean ancestry living in New Zealand as in Niue, possibly the most eccentric population distribution in the world |
| Nationality | noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean |
| Ethnic groups | Niuean 65.4%, part-Niuean 14%, non-Niuean 20.6% (2017 est.) note: data represent the resident population |
| Languages | Niuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 61.7%, Mormon 8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Jehovah's Witness 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.2%, none 8.9% (2017 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.03% (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | population distributed around the peripheral coastal areas of the island |
| Urbanization | urban population: 46.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1,000 ALOFI (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | NA |
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA male: NA female: NA (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | NA (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 98.2% of population unimproved: total: 1.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.3% (2018) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: total: 96.8% of population unimproved: total: 3.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: malaria |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 50% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
