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Key insights on migration trends, cost of living, visas, economy, and quality of life in the Cook Islands
Migration trends
The Cook Islands are emptying out, and the diaspora itself is now shrinking. About 20.3K people from the islands live abroad — far more than the few thousand foreign-born residents at home — but that number is down 1% over the past decade. The community is overwhelmingly across the water in New Zealand, home to 12.4K, with Australia next.
Immigrants4.1K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora20.3K · Cook Islands abroad
Trends−16.2K · more leave than arrive
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