Cook Islands vs Qatar
Qatar is 47.7 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Qatar about 48 times.
Cook IslandsQatarCook Islands moved onto Qatar · Equal-area projection
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Cook Islands is 0.02× the area of Qatar. Put the other way, Qatar is 47.7× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Qatar | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 11,437 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 2,972,215 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 260 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Doha |
| Region | Polynesia | Western Asia |
| 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; Qatar at 25° N is stretched to 1.22×. 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 Qatar?
- No. Cook Islands is 47.7 times smaller than Qatar. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Qatar covers 11,437 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Qatar?
- About 48 times: Qatar has 47.7× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Qatar 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 Qatar about 1.22×. 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 Qatar?
- Qatar: 2,972,215 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Qatar 260 per km².