Germany is 129× the size of Samoa

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Samoa about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
2,780km²Samoa

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Germany
Samoa

What fits

Samoa fits inside Germany about 129 times by area.
Germany is larger by 355,000 km² (137,000 mi²), which is 12,764% of the area of Samoa.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Samoa about 0.09.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 200,000, 417× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 72 in Samoa: Germany is 3.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 15,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Samoa at 14°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Germany as 307× the size of Samoa instead of 129×.
Together Germany and Samoa cover 360,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 3.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 355,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
At Samoa's density, Germany would have 25.7 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Samoa would have 649,000 (it has 200,000).
Germany's centre is 64.8° of latitude, about 7,210 km, farther north than Samoa's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	129×
More people	Germany	417×
More crowded	Germany	3.24×
Farther north	Germany	64.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Samoa
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	0.09×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	1 in 1,133
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 3,047
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 3,398
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 6,107

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Samoa
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	2,780 km²1,070 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	200,000Wikidata, 2021
Density	233 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	2,840 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Apia
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	14°S to 13°S
Continent	Europe	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 2,780 km² is 2.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,840 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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