Country size comparison
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California is about 1,711 times bigger than Cook Islands.
Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 171,036% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~8,128 people (37.2 million more people live in California).
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