Cook Islands
Cook Islands
Cook Islands sits in Polynesia and uses CKD - Cook Islands dollar ($), NZD - New Zealand dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Avarua
Coordinates
-21.23333333, -159.76666666
Borders
None
Timezone
UTC-10:00
Driving
left
Population
15K
15,040 people
Area
236 km2
236 square kilometers
Density
64/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Avarua
-21.2, -159.77
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Cook Islands, officially listed here as Cook Islands, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Cook Islands, CK, COK, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Cook Islands is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Polynesia, with Oceania shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 15,040 people and a land area of 236 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 64 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -21.23333333, -159.76666666, while the capital coordinate reference is -21.2, -159.77. Cook Islands has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Avarua (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Avarua. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Cook Islands, capital of Cook Islands, and major urban areas in Cook Islands. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as no, United Nations membership as no, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Cook Islands uses calling code +682, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC-10:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists CKD - Cook Islands dollar ($) and NZD - New Zealand dollar ($), while language records include English and Cook Islands Maori. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as NZ. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Cook Islands profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
CK / COK
Top-level domains
.ck
Continents
Oceania
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
NZ
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Cook Islands is represented by the CK country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Avarua
4,798
primary
Governance
Government type
Constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
No
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+682
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC-10:00
Languages
English, Cook Islands Maori
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry