Country size comparison
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Cook Islands is about 52 times smaller than Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, making Cook Islands 1.94% the size of Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (299,915 fewer people live in Cook Islands).
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