Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 610 times bigger than Cook Islands.
Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 60,900% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~14,222 people (12.7 million more people live in Illinois).
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