Cook Islands vs Grenada
Grenada is 45% larger than Cook Islands.
Cook IslandsGrenadaCook Islands moved onto Grenada · Equal-area projection
0.69×
Cook Islands is 0.69× the area of Grenada. Put the other way, Grenada is 1.45× the size of Cook Islands.
 Cook Islands |  Grenada | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| AreaGrenada: 1.45× the area | 240 km² | 349 km²#185 of 194 |
| Coastline | Coast, no land border | Coast, no land border |
| Land neighbours | 0 | 0 |
| People | ||
| PopulationGrenada: 8.25× the population | 14,2222023 | 117,303#180 of 194 · 2025 |
| DensityGrenada: 5.67× the density | 59 / km² | 336 / km²#24 of 194 |
| Urban population | — | 37%#157 of 192 · 2025 |
| Fertility rate | — | 1.47 per woman#141 of 192 · 2024 |
| Population growth | — | +0.08%#152 of 192 · 2025 |
| Birth rate | — | 11.5 per 1,000#116 of 192 · 2024 |
| Death rate | — | 8.9 per 1,000#55 of 192 · 2024 |
| Children under 15 | — | 19.0%#119 of 192 · 2025 |
| People over 65 | — | 12.6%#66 of 192 · 2025 |
| Net migration | — | −1.6 per 1,000#131 of 192 · 2025 |
| Refugees abroad | — | 1.00 per 1,000#60 of 190 · 2025 |
| Health & education | ||
| Life expectancy | — | 75.4 years#83 of 192 · 2024 |
| Infant mortality | — | 16.4 per 1,000 births#75 of 191 · 2024 |
| Doctors | — | 1.38 per 1,000#97 of 178 · 2018 |
| Human Development Index | — | 0.791#79 of 190 · 2023 |
| Economy | ||
| GNI per capita | — | $11,660#76 of 185 · 2025 |
| GDP | — | $1.42B2025 |
| Income group | — | Upper-middle income |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | — | $21,346#89 of 184 · 2025 |
| GDP growth | — | +4.4%#58 of 187 · 2025 |
| Inflation | — | +0.6%#153 of 176 · 2025 |
| Extreme poverty | — | 0.8%#92 of 149 · 2018 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | — | 43.8#20 of 149 · 2018 |
| Foreign investment | — | 12.0% of GDP#11 of 184 · 2025 |
| Internet users | — | 70%#119 of 184 · 2024 |
| Mobile subscriptions | — | 96 per 100#135 of 191 · 2022 |
| Energy & environment | ||
| Forest area | — | 52% of land#44 of 192 · 2024 |
| CO₂ per person | — | 1.50 t a year#115 of 185 · 2024 |
| Renewable energy | — | 10.0%#142 of 190 · 2022 |
| Access to electricity | — | 95.6%#129 of 192 · 2024 |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) | — | 11.0 µg/m³#146 of 191 · 2023 |
| Protected land | — | 8.8% of land#147 of 191 · 2025 |
| Arable land | — | 8.7% of land#110 of 190 · 2024 |
| Water stress | — | 7.1%#105 of 176 · 2022 |
| Precipitation | — | 2,350 mm#17 of 180 · 2022 |
| Governance & safety | ||
| Political stability | — | +1.24#18 of 193 · 2025 |
| Control of corruption | — | +0.50#60 of 193 · 2025 |
| Homicide rate | — | 13.7 per 100,000#21 of 146 · 2023 |
| State | ||
| Status | Territory of New Zealand | Independent state |
| Government | Dependent territoryparliamentary democracy | Constitutional monarchyparliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm |
| Capital | Avarua | Saint George's |
| Currency | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
| Official languages | English, Cook Islands Maori | English, Grenadian Creole English |
| Traffic drives | On the left | On the left |
| Time zone | UTC−10 | UTC−4 |
| Calling code | +682 | +1 473 |
| Region | Polynesia, Oceania | Caribbean, North America |
Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources
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; Grenada at 12° N is stretched to 1.05×. 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 Grenada?
- No. Cook Islands is 31% smaller than Grenada. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Grenada covers 349 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Grenada?
- About 1.5 times: Grenada has 1.45× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Grenada 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 Grenada about 1.05×. 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 Grenada?
- Grenada: 117,303 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Grenada 336 per km².
- What kind of government do Cook Islands and Grenada have?
- By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Cook Islands: dependent territory; Grenada: constitutional monarchy.