Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Svalbard, you would:

Geography

see 96.7% less coastline

Svalbard has a total of 3,587 km of coastline. In Cook Islands, that number is 120 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Cook Islands: At a glance

Cook Islands is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 236 sq km. Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.
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