Cook Islands vs Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau is 151 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Guinea-Bissau about 151 times.
Cook IslandsGuinea-BissauCook Islands moved onto Guinea-Bissau · Equal-area projection
0.01×
Cook Islands is 0.01× the area of Guinea-Bissau. Put the other way, Guinea-Bissau is 151× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Guinea-Bissau | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 36,125 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 2,249,515 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 62 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Bissau |
| Region | Polynesia | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 2 |
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; Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- No. Cook Islands is 151 times smaller than Guinea-Bissau. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Guinea-Bissau covers 36,125 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Guinea-Bissau?
- About 151 times: Guinea-Bissau has 151× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau: 2,249,515 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Guinea-Bissau 62 per km².