Cook Islands
Kūki 'Āirani
Cook Islands (CK, COK) is a territory in Polynesia, with Avarua as its capital. The currency is the New Zealand Dollar (NZD, NZ$). The international dialling code is +682; mobile numbers are written like 71 234. The time zone is Pacific/Rarotonga. Official language: English.
CurrencyNZDNZ$
Dial code+682e.g. 71 234
Time zoneRarotongaUTC−10:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalAvarua
Population7.8K236 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Cook Islands
- Native name
- Cook Islands · Kūki 'Āirani
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- COK
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 184
- IOC code
- COK
- Demonym
- Cook Islander
- Capital
- Avarua
- Region
- Oceania › Polynesia
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- Polynesia
- Internet domain
- .ck
- Coordinates
- -21.23333333, -159.76666666
- Area
- 236 km²
- Population
- 7,761
- GDP
- $266M ($34.3K per person)
- Literacy
- 95%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
New Zealand Dollar NZD
- Symbol
- NZ$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 100% (7.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Rarotonga | UTC−10:00 | none | Cook Islands Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +682
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 5 digits
- Emergency number
- 996 pattern 99[689]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 21 234 | +682 21 234 | XX XXX | 5 |
| Mobile | 71 234 | +682 71 234 | XX XXX | 5 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3}) | [2-578] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Cook Islands) locale (en-CK), amounts in NZD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (NZD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 New Zealand dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C