Cook Islands is about 5,166 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 0.02% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Cook Islands).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Cook Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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