Country size comparison
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Afghanistan is about 2,764 times bigger than Cook Islands.
Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 276,269% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~8,128 people (38.3 million more people live in Afghanistan).
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