Country size comparison
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Cook Islands is about 81 times smaller than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 1.23% the size of New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~9.5 million people (9.5 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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