Country size comparison
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Cook Islands is about 1.9 times smaller than Palau.
Palau is approximately 459 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 51.42% the size of Palau. Meanwhile, the population of Palau is ~21,695 people (13,567 fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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