Samoa is 1.39× the size of Mauritius
Samoa covers about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²) and Mauritius about 2,000 km² (772 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,780km²Samoa
- 2,000km²Mauritius
200 km
- Samoa
- Mauritius
Outlines show main territory. Mauritius also has about 14 km² of overseas territory. These are not drawn, and not counted in the comparison.
What fits
- Mauritius is 72% of the size of Samoa.
- Samoa is larger by 780 km² (301 mi²), which is 39% of the area of Mauritius.
- Measured in Belgiums: Samoa is about 0.09, Mauritius about 0.07.
How they differ
- Samoa is larger, but Mauritius has the larger population: 1.3 million against 200,000, 6.32× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 628 in Mauritius against 72 in Samoa: Mauritius is 8.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
- Together Samoa and Mauritius cover 4,780 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 7.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 780 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Mauritius's density, Samoa would have 1.7 million people (it has 200,000). At Samoa's density, Mauritius would have 145,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Samoa's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Mauritius's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Samoa | 1.39× |
| More people | Mauritius | 6.32× |
| More crowded | Mauritius | 8.73× |
| Farther north | Samoa | 6.5° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Mauritius | 1.1× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Samoa | Mauritius |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.09× | 0.07× |
| 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 274 |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 1,133 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 3,047 | 1 in 4,235 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 3,398 | 1 in 4,723 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 6,107 | 1 in 8,488 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Samoa | Mauritius | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 2,780 km²1,070 mi² | 2,000 km²772 mi² |
| Area with overseas territory | 2,780 km² | 2,010 km² |
| Population | 200,000Wikidata, 2021 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 72 per km² | 628 per km² |
| Official area | 2,840 km²Wikidata | 2,040 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Apia | Port Louis |
| Latitude range | 14°S to 13°S | 21°S to 20°S |
| Continent | Oceania | Seven seas (open ocean) |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017, 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 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 km², to within 2%.
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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