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Geography Stats: compare key data on Cook Islands & Netherlands

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.
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 Netherlands HISTORY
Area > Comparative 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Area > Comparative to US places 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Area > Land 236.7 sq km
Ranked 207th.
33,883 sq km
Ranked 133th. 143 times more than Cook Islands

Area > Land > Per capita 19.29 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd. 9 times more than Netherlands
2.04 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 202nd.

Area > Total 236 sq km
Ranked 214th.
41,543 sq km
Ranked 136th. 176 times more than Cook Islands

Area > Water 0.0
Ranked 180th.
7,650 sq km
Ranked 59th.

Climate tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Coastline 120 km
Ranked 159th.
451 km
Ranked 113th. 4 times more than Cook Islands

Elevation extremes > Highest point Te Manga 652 m Mount Scenery 862 m (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles)
Geographic coordinates 21 14 S, 159 46 W 52 30 N, 5 45 E
Land area > Square miles 91 square miles
Ranked 86th.
16,164 square miles
Ranked 62nd. 178 times more than Cook Islands
Land use > Arable land 8.33%
Ranked 124th.
25.08%
Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Cook Islands

Location Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany
Natural resources NEGL natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land
Terrain low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast
Natural hazards typhoons (November to March) flooding
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 69th. The same as Netherlands
12 nautical mile
Ranked 170th.

Elevation extremes > Lowest point Pacific Ocean 0 m Zuidplaspolder -7 m
Population density 84.17 people per sqkm
Ranked 106th.
466.45 people per sqkm
Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Cook Islands
Map references Oceania Europe
Land use > Other 87.5%
Ranked 128th. 18% more than Netherlands
74.04%
Ranked 191st.

Land use > Permanent crops 4.17%
Ranked 58th. 5 times more than Netherlands
0.88%
Ranked 123th.

Environment > International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, 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 located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Schelde)
Capital Avarua, on Rarotonga Amsterdam; seat of government: the Hague
Border to area ratio 0.0
Ranked 174th.
0.0247 km/km²
Ranked 34th.
Marine Coastline 120 km
Ranked 159th.
451 km
Ranked 113th. 4 times more than Cook Islands
Forested Land 95.7%
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Netherlands
11.1%
Ranked 142nd.
Area > Water > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 167th.
459.17 sq km per 1 million peo
Ranked 52nd.

Area > Total > Per capita 19.29 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th. 8 times more than Netherlands
2.5 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 203th.

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