Country size comparison
compared to
Cook Islands is about 1,857 times smaller than Iraq.
Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 0.05% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (40.5 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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