Country size comparison
compared to
Cook Islands is about 5,166 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 0.02% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Cook Islands
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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