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Geography Stats: compare key data on Cook Islands & Philippines

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Geographic location: Geographic location of island countries.
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone: Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Geologic location: Geologic location of island countries.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Environment > International agreements > Party to: This entry is derived from Geography > Environment > International agreements, which separates country participation in international environmental agreements into two levels - party to and signed, but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Capital: Country capital.
  • Border to area ratio: The ratio of a country's land border to its surface area.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Forested Land: Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO
  • Area > Water > Per capita: Total water area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Area > Total > Per capita: Total area in square kilometers Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Cook Islands Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 236.7 sq km
Ranked 207th.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 1260 times more than Cook Islands

Area > Land > Per capita 19.29 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd. 6 times more than Philippines
3.1 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 183th.

Area > Total 236 sq km
Ranked 214th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 1271 times more than Cook Islands

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 180th.
1,830 sq km
Ranked 92nd.

Climate tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 120 km
Ranked 159th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 302 times more than Cook Islands

Elevation extremes > Highest point Te Manga 652 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 21 14 S, 159 46 W 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Geographic location Pacific Ocean , Polynesia Maritime Southeast Asia
Land area > Square miles 91 square miles
Ranked 86th.
115,831 square miles
Ranked 32nd. 1273 times more than Cook Islands
Location Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Natural resources NEGL timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Terrain low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Land use > Arable land 8.33%
Ranked 124th.
18%
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than Cook Islands

Natural hazards typhoons (November to March) astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m Philippine Sea 0 m
Population density 84.17 people per sqkm
Ranked 106th.
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd. 3 times more than Cook Islands
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 49th. The same as Philippines
200 nautical mile
Ranked 90th.

Map references Oceania Southeast Asia
Geologic location Oceanic Continental shelf
Land use > Other 87.5%
Ranked 128th. 35% more than Philippines
64.67%
Ranked 214th.

Land boundaries 0 0
Land use > Permanent crops 4.17%
Ranked 58th.
17.33%
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Cook Islands

Environment > International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Note the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait
Capital Avarua, on Rarotonga Manila
Border to area ratio 0.0
Ranked 174th.
0.0
Ranked 187th.
Marine Coastline 120 km
Ranked 159th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 302 times more than Cook Islands
Forested Land 95.7%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Philippines
19.4%
Ranked 124th.
Area > Water > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 167th.
19.05 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 133th.

Area > Total > Per capita 19.29 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th. 6 times more than Philippines
3.12 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 189th.

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