Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 535 times bigger than Cook Islands.
Cook Islands is approximately 236 sq km, while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making North Carolina 53,358% larger than Cook Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Cook Islands is ~8,128 people (9.5 million more people live in North Carolina).
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