Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tokelau instead of Cook Islands, you would:

Basic Needs

be 10.0% less likely to have internet access

In Cook Islands, approximately 64.8% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tokelau, about 58.3% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 15.8% less coastline

Cook Islands has a total of 120 km of coastline. In Tokelau, that number is 101 km.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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Size Comparison · See true size
Cook Islands is about 20 times bigger than Tokelau.
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Tokelau: At a glance

Tokelau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12 sq km. Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.
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