Samoa is 1.08× the size of Réunion (France)

Samoa (Oceania) covers about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²) and Réunion (France) (overseas region of France) about 2,580 km² (997 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,780km²Samoa
2,580km²Réunion (France)

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Samoa
Réunion (France)

What fits

Réunion (France) is 93% of the size of Samoa.
Samoa is larger by 198 km² (76.4 mi²), which is 7.7% of the area of Réunion (France).
Measured in Belgiums: Samoa is about 0.09, Réunion (France) about 0.08.

How they differ

Samoa is larger, but Réunion (France) has the larger population: 881,000 against 200,000, 4.41× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 341 in Réunion (France) against 72 in Samoa: Réunion (France) is 4.74× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
On a standard web map Réunion (France) looks larger than Samoa: Samoa at 14°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Réunion (France) at 21°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Réunion (France) as 1.01× the size of Samoa, when Samoa is 1.08× the size of Réunion (France).
Together Samoa and Réunion (France) cover 5,360 km², close to the size of Cyprus (5,400 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 198 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
At Réunion (France)'s density, Samoa would have 949,000 people (it has 200,000). At Samoa's density, Réunion (France) would have 186,000 (it has 881,000).
Samoa's centre is 7.4° of latitude, about 820 km, farther north than Réunion (France)'s.
Samoa ranks 180th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Réunion (France) is the 15th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.4% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
Samoa lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 819 km) north of Réunion (France).
Shared out evenly, each person in Samoa would have about 13,900 m² and each person in Réunion (France) about 2,930 m².
Laid side by side, Samoa and Réunion (France) would cover 5,360 km², about the same size as Cyprus.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 94% as many people as Djibouti.
Counted as a country, Réunion (France) would rank 181st by area and 164th by population.

Side by side

	Samoa	Réunion (France)
Is a	CountryOceania	Overseas regionFrance
Area, measured	2,780 km²1,070 mi²	2,580 km²997 mi²
Official area	2,840 km²Wikidata	2,510 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	179th of 239worldwide	15th of 18in France
Population	200,000Wikidata, 2021	881,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	183rd of 237worldwide	13th of 18in France
Density	72 per km²	341 per km²
Capital	Apia	Saint-Denis
Latitude range	14°S to 13°S	21°S to 21°S

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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.
Our measured 2,580 km² is 2.8% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,510 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 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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