Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is 1.19× the size of Samoa

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus covers about 3,320 km² (1,280 mi²) and Samoa about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

3,320km²Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
2,780km²Samoa

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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Samoa

The boundary or political status of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Samoa is 84% of the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is larger by 539 km² (208 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Samoa.
Measured in Belgiums: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is about 0.11, Samoa about 0.09.

How they differ

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus also has the larger population: 489,000 against 200,000, 2.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 147 in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus against 72 in Samoa: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is 2.05× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,500 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Samoa at 14°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as 1.69× the size of Samoa instead of 1.19×.
Together Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Samoa cover 6,100 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 539 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Samoa's density, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would have 239,000 people (it has 489,000). At Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's density, Samoa would have 410,000 (it has 200,000).
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's centre is 49.0° of latitude, about 5,450 km, farther north than Samoa's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	1.19×
More people	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	2.45×
More crowded	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	2.05×
Farther north	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	49.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	1.5× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Samoa
Belgium 30,700 km²	0.11×	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×	0.01×
India 3,151,000 km²	1 in 949	1 in 1,133
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 2,552	1 in 3,047
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 2,846	1 in 3,398
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 5,115	1 in 6,107

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

Side by side

	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Samoa
Area, main territory	3,320 km²1,280 mi²	2,780 km²1,070 mi²
Population	489,000Wikidata, 2024	200,000Wikidata, 2021
Density	147 per km²	72 per km²
Official area	3,360 km²Wikidata	2,840 km²Wikidata
Capital	North Nicosia	Apia
Latitude range	35°N to 36°N	14°S to 13°S
Continent	Asia	Oceania

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 3,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 3,320 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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