Cook Islands
Cook Islands is a country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand. Its capital is Avarua. About 14,222 people live there (2023). It covers 240 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Avarua
- People (2023)
- 14,222
- Area
- 240 km²
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar
Cook Islands at a glance
- In its own language
- Kūki 'Āirani
- Status
- Dependent territory
- Continent
- Oceania
- Capital
- Avarua
- Population
- 14,222 (2023)
- Area
- 240 km² (93 mi²)
- People are called
- Cook Islander
- Official languages
- English, Cook Islands Maori
- Currency
- New Zealand dollar, Cook Islands dollar
- Head of state
- Charles III (since 2022)
- Head of government
- Mark Brown (since 2020)
- Country codes
- CK, COK
- Calling code
- +682
- Internet domain
- .ck
- Drives on the
- left
- Time zones
- UTC−10:00, Pacific/Rarotonga
- Coordinates
- -21.233333333333334°, -159.78333333333333°
Cook Islands on a map
Cook Islands is shown in green. It has no neighbours listed in the data.
- Cook Islands
Member of
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Alliance of Small Island States
- Asian Development Bank
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UNESCO
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Health Organization
How far are you from Cook Islands?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
What is the capital of Cook Islands?
The capital of Cook Islands is Avarua.
What is the population of Cook Islands?
Cook Islands has about 14,222 people, as recorded in 2023.
How big is Cook Islands?
Cook Islands covers 240 square kilometres (93 square miles).
What currency does Cook Islands use?
The New Zealand dollar.
What language is spoken in Cook Islands?
The official languages of Cook Islands are English and Cook Islands Maori.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.