Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people. As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... scrambled to find ways to combat overtourism. Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers ...

These linguistic links point to a genealogical bond that ties the people of the Pacific to one another. Indeed, in 1994, DNA from 12 Easter Island skeletons was found to be Polynesian. According ...