Samoa is 1.05× the size of Saarland

Samoa (Oceania) covers about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,780km²Samoa
2,650km²Saarland

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Samoa
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What fits

Saarland is 95% of the size of Samoa.
Samoa is larger by 126 km² (48.7 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Saarland.
Measured in Belgiums: Samoa is about 0.09, Saarland about 0.09.

How they differ

Samoa is larger, but Saarland has the larger population: 1.0 million against 200,000, 5.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 72 in Samoa: Saarland is 5.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,100 km apart.
On a standard web map Saarland looks larger than Samoa: Samoa at 14°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Saarland as 2.12× the size of Samoa, when Samoa is 1.05× the size of Saarland.
Together Samoa and Saarland cover 5,430 km², close to the size of Cyprus (5,400 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 126 km², is about the size of Jersey (119 km²).
At Saarland's density, Samoa would have 1.1 million people (it has 200,000). At Samoa's density, Saarland would have 191,000 (it has 1.0 million).
Saarland's centre is 63.1° of latitude, about 7,020 km, farther north than Samoa's.
Samoa ranks 180th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Saarland lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,020 km) north of Samoa, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Samoa would have about 13,900 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
Laid side by side, Samoa and Saarland would cover 5,430 km², about the same size as Cyprus.
Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Eswatini.
Counted as a country, Saarland would rank 180th by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

	Samoa	Saarland
Is a	CountryOceania	StateGermany
Area, measured	2,780 km²1,070 mi²	2,650 km²1,020 mi²
Official area	2,840 km²Wikidata	2,570 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	179th of 239worldwide	13th of 16in Germany
Population	200,000Wikidata, 2021	1.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	183rd of 237worldwide	15th of 16in Germany
Density	72 per km²	379 per km²
Capital	Apia	Saarbrücken
Latitude range	14°S to 13°S	49°N to 50°N

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 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 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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