Oceania · Polynesia
American Samoa
American Samoa covers about 180 km² (69.6 mi²), the 215th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 180km²Area, main territory
- 50,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
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- American Samoa
Facts
| Area, main territory | 180 km²69.6 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 199 km²Wikidata · 9.4% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Pago Pago |
| Population | 50,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 276 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 15°S to 11°S |
| In other languages | Samoa Americana Español · Amerikanisch-Samoa Deutsch · Samoa américaines Français · Samoa Americana Português · アメリカ領サモア 日本語 · 美属萨摩亚 中文 · 아메리칸사모아 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania |
What the numbers say about American Samoa
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 94,177× the size of American Samoa.
- American Samoa lies at 14°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, American Samoa's main territory stretches about 388 km north to south and 316 km east to west.
- Our measured 180 km² is 9.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 199 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How American Samoa measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 180 km² | 212th of 239 |
| Population | 50,000 | 206th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | American Samoa is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 1,352 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 1,984 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 2,072 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 3,039 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 17,475 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 46,992 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 52,398 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 94,177 its size |
Where American Samoa sits
- American Samoa's centre lies at 14.3°S, 170.4°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 1,590 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 15°S to 11°S, about 390 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11