Niue People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 2,672 (July 1986), average annual growth rate —4.4%

Nationality: noun—Niuean(s); adjective— Niuean

Ethnic divisions: Polynesian, with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans

Religion: 75% Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church)—a Christian Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society, 10% Morman, 5% Roman Catholic, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist

Language: Polynesian tongue closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English

Literacy: education compulsory between 5 and 14 years of age

Labor force: approx. 1,000(1981); most Niueans work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board

NOTE: The information regarding Niue on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Niue 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.