Country size comparison
compared to
Cook Islands is about 511 times smaller than North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 0.2% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.9 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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Live 5.4 years less in North Korea
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