Oceania · Polynesia
Cook Islands
Cook Islands covers about 191 km² (73.8 mi²), the 214th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 191km²Area, main territory
- 14,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
200 km
- Cook Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 191 km²73.8 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 240 km²Wikidata · 20% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Avarua |
| Population | 14,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 74 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 22°S to 9°S |
| In other languages | Islas Cook Español · Cookinseln Deutsch · Îles Cook Français · Ilhas Cook Português · クック諸島 日本語 · 库克群岛 中文 · 쿡 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about Cook Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 88,855× the size of Cook Islands.
- Cook Islands lies at 20°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Cook Islands's main territory stretches about 1,440 km north to south and 924 km east to west.
- Our measured 191 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 240 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Cook Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 191 km² | 211th of 239 |
| Population | 14,000 | 219th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Cook Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 1,276 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 1,872 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 1,954 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 2,867 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 16,487 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 44,336 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 49,437 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 88,855 its size |
Where Cook Islands sits
- Cook Islands's centre lies at 19.8°S, 158.8°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 2,200 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 22°S to 9°S, about 1,440 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11