This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for the Cook Islands and France. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Polynesia | Western Europe |
| Area: | 242 km² | 549,087 km² |
| National language: | English | French |
| Government form: | Parliamentary democracy | Semi-presidential republic |
| Capital: | Avarua | Paris |
Population
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 8,128 | 67,750,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 33.6 | 123.4 |
| Average age: | Ø 38.3 years | Ø 41.7 years |
| Migrationrate: | -27.31 ‰ | 1.06 ‰ |
Economy
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | Cook dollar (1 CKD = 100 Cents) | euro (1 EUR =100 Cent) |
| Unemployment rate: | 13.1 % | 7.9 % |
| COK: total | per 1000 inh. | FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exported goods: | 3 M US$ | 0.39 M US$ | 920,864 M US$ | 13.59 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 109 M US$ | 13.45 M US$ | 957,717 M US$ | 14.14 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for the Cook Islands and France| COK: total | per 1000 inh. | FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 295 km | 36.29 km | 1,053,215 km | 15.55 km |
| Harbours: | 194 | 23.8681 | 548 | 0.0081 |
| Passenger airports: | 8 | 0.9843 | 61 | 0.0009 |
Energy balance
Details for the Cook Islands and France| COK: total | per 1000 inh. | FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 31.62 m kWh | 3.89 m kWh | 450.80 bn kWh | 6.65 m kWh |
| Energy production: | 34.00 m kWh | 4.18 m kWh | 529.10 bn kWh | 7.81 m kWh |
| Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 61.41 bn kWh | 906,425.59 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 19.90 bn kWh | 293,728.53 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 88,810.00 t | 10,926.43 t | 300.52 m t | 4,435.74 t |
Telecommunication
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +682 | +33 |
| Internet domain: | .ck | .fr |
| COK total | COK per 1000 inh. | FRA total | FRA per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 6,576 | 809 | 37,759,000 | 557 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 14,539 | 1789 | 72,751,000 | 1074 |
| Internet server: | 3,562 | 438 | 17,266,000 | 255 |
| Internet users: | 9,476 | 1166 | 58,329,375 | 861 |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Cook Islands and France
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 27.7 °C | 16.9 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 21.9 °C | 7.9 °C |
| Water temperature: | 26.0 °C | 15.4 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 80 % | 78 % |
| Rain days: | 11.4 | 8.9 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 6.3 | 5.5 |
Native languages
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| French: | n/a | 93.6 % |
| English: | 42.7 % | n/a |
| Te Reo Māori: | 38.2 % | n/a |
| Arabic: | n/a | 2.5 % |
| Portuguese: | n/a | 1.2 % |
| Italian: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Spanish: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Turkish: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| other: | 19.1 % | 1.5 % |
Religions
| Cook Islands | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 84.2 % | 64.0 % |
| Nondenominational: | 5.6 % | 24.0 % |
| Islam: | n/a | 8.0 % |
| Jewry: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| Buddhism: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| other: | 10.2 % | 2.7 % |