Country size comparison
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Cook Islands is about 1,711 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 0.06% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (37.2 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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