Cook Islands at its true size

Countries of a similar size

Every country within 25% of the Cook Islands’s area, lit up on the map →

• Saint Kitts and Nevis0.89×Cook Islands is 11% smaller than Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• Maldives0.81×Cook Islands is 19% smaller than Maldives.
• Malta0.76×Cook Islands is 24% smaller than Malta.
• Marshall Islands1.33×Cook Islands is 33% larger than Marshall Islands.
• Grenada0.69×Cook Islands is 31% smaller than Grenada.
• Liechtenstein1.5×Cook Islands is 50% larger than Liechtenstein.

How many times does Cook Islands fit into…

• Russia: about 71148 times
• Canada: about 41603 times
• United States: about 40944 times

The land itself

Rivers, summits and lakes Cook Islands shares with the rest of the world. Turn on “Rivers & lakes” and “Physical names” in the atlas to see them on the map.

Rivers are listed by the published length of their whole course, not the part inside Cook Islands. Figures from Wikidata, features from Natural Earth.

Questions about Cook Islands

How big is Cook Islands?

Cook Islands covers 240 km², which makes it number 214 of 235 countries and territories by area. About 14,222 people live there (2023), 59 per km².

Is Cook Islands bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis?

Cook Islands is 11% smaller than Saint Kitts and Nevis. Cook Islands: 240 km²; Saint Kitts and Nevis: 269 km².

How much does the Mercator map distort Cook Islands?

Cook Islands lies close to the equator, so Mercator draws it at nearly its true size. It is the countries far from the equator that Mercator inflates.

Does Cook Islands have land borders?

No. Cook Islands has no land neighbours; every border is a coastline.