Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 176 times bigger than Cook Islands.

Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 17,503% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~8,128 people (17.4 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cook Islands vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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