Cook Islands vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is 1,929 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Papua New Guinea about 1929 times.
Cook IslandsPapua New GuineaCook Islands moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
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Cook Islands is 0.0× the area of Papua New Guinea. Put the other way, Papua New Guinea is 1,929× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Port Moresby |
| Region | Polynesia | Melanesia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 1 |
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; Papua New Guinea at 6° S is stretched to 1.01×. 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 Papua New Guinea?
- No. Cook Islands is 1,929 times smaller than Papua New Guinea. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Papua New Guinea?
- About 1929 times: Papua New Guinea has 1,929× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea about 1.01×. 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 Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea: 10,762,817 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².