Samoa is 1.07× the size of Luxembourg

Samoa covers about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²) and Luxembourg about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,780km²Samoa
2,610km²Luxembourg

50 km

Samoa
Luxembourg

What fits

Luxembourg is 94% of the size of Samoa.
Samoa is larger by 172 km² (66.4 mi²), which is 6.6% of the area of Luxembourg.
Measured in Belgiums: Samoa is about 0.09, Luxembourg about 0.09.

How they differ

Samoa is larger, but Luxembourg has the larger population: 691,000 against 200,000, 3.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 72 in Samoa: Luxembourg is 3.68× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Luxembourg looks larger than Samoa: Samoa at 14°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 2.12× the size of Samoa, when Samoa is 1.07× the size of Luxembourg.
Together Samoa and Luxembourg cover 5,390 km², close to the size of Cyprus (5,400 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 172 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
At Luxembourg's density, Samoa would have 736,000 people (it has 200,000). At Samoa's density, Luxembourg would have 188,000 (it has 691,000).
Luxembourg's centre is 63.5° of latitude, about 7,060 km, farther north than Samoa's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Samoa	1.07×
More people	Luxembourg	3.45×
More crowded	Luxembourg	3.68×
Farther north	Luxembourg	63.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Luxembourg	2.4× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Samoa	Luxembourg
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.09×	0.09×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
France 548,000 km²	0.01×	1 in 210
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 1,133	1 in 1,208
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 3,047	1 in 3,248
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 3,398	1 in 3,622
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 6,107	1 in 6,510

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

Side by side

	Samoa	Luxembourg
Area, main territory	2,780 km²1,070 mi²	2,610 km²1,010 mi²
Population	200,000Wikidata, 2021	691,000Wikidata, 2026
Density	72 per km²	265 per km²
Official area	2,840 km²Wikidata	2,590 km²Wikidata
Capital	Apia	Luxembourg
Latitude range	14°S to 13°S	49°N to 50°N
Continent	Oceania	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

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.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.

Similar in size to Samoa

Similar in size to Luxembourg

More comparisons

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

Full method