Cook Islands vs Djibouti
Djibouti is 96.7 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Djibouti about 97 times.
Cook IslandsDjiboutiCook Islands moved onto Djibouti · Equal-area projection
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Cook Islands is 0.01× the area of Djibouti. Put the other way, Djibouti is 96.7× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Djibouti | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 23,200 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 1,184,076 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 51 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Djibouti |
| Region | Polynesia | Eastern Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 3 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Cook Islands sits at about 21°S and is stretched to 1.15× its true area; Djibouti at 12° N is stretched to 1.04×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Cook Islands bigger than Djibouti?
- No. Cook Islands is 96.7 times smaller than Djibouti. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Djibouti covers 23,200 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Djibouti?
- About 97 times: Djibouti has 96.7× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Djibouti look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Cook Islands is drawn about 1.15× its true area there and Djibouti about 1.04×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Cook Islands or Djibouti?
- Djibouti: 1,184,076 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Djibouti 51 per km².