Nationality:
noun: Niuean(s)
adjective: Niuean
Ethnic groups:
Niuen 66.5%, part-Niuen 13.4%, non-Niuen 20.1% (includes 12% European and Asian and 8% Pacific Islanders) (2011 est.)
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) 67%, other Protestant 3% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 1%, Presbyterian 1%, and Methodist 1%), Mormon 10%, Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 6%, none 2% (2011 est.)
Population:
1,190 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 235
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Population growth rate:
-0.03% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 202
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Urbanization:
urban population: 42.5% of total population (2015)
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rate of urbanization: -0.94% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
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Major urban areas - population:
ALOFI (capital) 1,000 (2014)
Sex ratio:
NA
Infant mortality rate:
total: NA
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male: NA
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female: NA
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Life expectancy at birth:
total population: NA
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male: NA
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female: NA
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Total fertility rate:
NA
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Health expenditures:
7.1% of GDP (2013)
country comparison to the world: 87
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Physicians density:
3 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
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Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 98.4% of population
rural: 98.6% of population
total: 98.5% of population
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unimproved:
urban: 1.6% of population
rural: 1.4% of population
total: 1.5% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
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unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2015 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
42.5% (2014)
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Education expenditures:
NA
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 13 years
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male: 12 years
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female: 15 years (2005)