Cook Islands is about 79 times smaller than New Caledonia.

New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 1.27% the size of New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people (289,032 fewer people live in Cook Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Caledonia vs. Cook Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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