Cook Islands vs Malaysia
Malaysia is 1,378 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Malaysia about 1378 times.
Cook IslandsMalaysiaCook Islands moved onto Malaysia · Equal-area projection
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Cook Islands is 0.0× the area of Malaysia. Put the other way, Malaysia is 1,378× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 330,803 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 35,977,838 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 109 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Kuala Lumpur |
| Region | Polynesia | South-Eastern Asia |
| 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; Malaysia at 4° N is stretched to 1.0×. 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 Malaysia?
- No. Cook Islands is 1,378 times smaller than Malaysia. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Malaysia covers 330,803 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Malaysia?
- About 1378 times: Malaysia has 1,378× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Malaysia 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 Malaysia about 1.0×. 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 Malaysia?
- Malaysia: 35,977,838 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Malaysia 109 per km².