Pitcairn Islands

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DEMOGRAPHICS, GENDER AND POVERTY

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Department of Health
Mrs Susan E O'Malley
Medical Officer
Pitcairn Islands
(872) 7623 37767
co@pitcairn.gov.pn
WHO Representative in the South Pacific
Level 4, Provident Plaza 1,
Downtown Boulevard,
33 Ellery Street, Suva, Fiji
P.O. Box 113, Suva, Fiji
Tel:(679) 3-304600 / 3-304631
Fax:(679) 3-300462
who@sp.wpro.who.int

An estimated 46 people live on Pitcairn Island (2004). Two languages are spoken: English, the official language, and Pitcairnese which is a mixture of an 18^th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect. Outmigration, primarily to New Zealand, has thinned the population from a peak of 233 in 1937 to less than 50 today.

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