Cook Islands vs Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands is 74% larger than Cook Islands. Cook Islands would fit into Turks and Caicos Islands about 1.7 times.
Cook IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsCook Islands moved onto Turks and Caicos Islands · Equal-area projection
0.58×
Cook Islands is 0.58× the area of Turks and Caicos Islands. Put the other way, Turks and Caicos Islands is 1.74× the size of Cook Islands.
| Cook Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 240 km² | 417 km² |
| Population | 14,222 | 46,855 |
| Density | 59 / km² | 112 / km² |
| Capital | Avarua | Grand Turk |
| Region | Polynesia | Caribbean |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 0 |
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; Turks and Caicos Islands at 22° N is stretched to 1.16×. 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- No. Cook Islands is 42% smaller than Turks and Caicos Islands. Cook Islands covers 240 km² and Turks and Caicos Islands covers 417 km².
- How many times does Cook Islands fit into Turks and Caicos Islands?
- About 1.7 times: Turks and Caicos Islands has 1.74× the area of Cook Islands.
- Why do Cook Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands 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 Turks and Caicos Islands about 1.16×. 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Turks and Caicos Islands: 46,855 people against 14,222. Density: Cook Islands 59 per km², Turks and Caicos Islands 112 per km².