Cook Islands: cities by population
Cook Islands has a population of 21,388, with Avarua as its capital. The 2 largest of its 2 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avarua | Rarotonga | 13,373 |
| 2 | Matavera | Rarotonga | 1,018 |
Twenty years earlier: Cook Islands in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 18,622.