Cook Islands vs Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is 62.2 times larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Timor-Leste about 62 times.
Cook IslandsTimor-LesteCook Islands moved onto Timor-Leste · Equal-area projection
0.02×
Cook Islands is 0.02× the area of Timor-Leste. Put the other way, Timor-Leste is 62.2× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Timor-Leste | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 14,919 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 1,418,517 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 95 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Dili |
| Region | Polynesia | South-Eastern 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; Timor-Leste at 9° S is stretched to 1.02×. 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 Timor-Leste?
- No. Cook Islands is 62.2 times smaller than Timor-Leste. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Timor-Leste covers 14,919 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Timor-Leste?
- About 62 times: Timor-Leste has 62.2× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste about 1.02×. 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 Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste: 1,418,517 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Timor-Leste 95 per km².