Oceania · Polynesia
Samoa
Samoa covers about 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²), the 180th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Luxembourg, at about 2,610 km².
- 2,780km²Area, main territory
- 200,000Population
- 0.09In Belgiums
50 km
- Samoa
Facts
| Area, main territory | 2,780 km²1,070 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,840 km²Wikidata · 2.2% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.09 |
| Capital | Apia |
| Population | 200,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 72 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 14°S to 13°S |
| In other languages | サモア 日本語 · 萨摩亚 中文 · 사모아 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania#7 of 14 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Samoa
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 6,107× the size of Samoa.
- At 72 people per km², Samoa is the 95th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Samoa lies at 14°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Samoa's main territory stretches about 66 km north to south and 145 km east to west.
- 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.
How Samoa measures up
Samoa holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.5% of the people of the 14 countries listed for Oceania. In Polynesia it is the 1st largest of 3.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,780 km² | 179th of 239 |
| Population | 200,000 | 183rd of 237 |
| Density | 72 per km² | 95th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 13.8°S | 192nd of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Samoa is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.09× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 1,133 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 3,047 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 3,398 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 6,107 its size |
Where Samoa sits
- Samoa's centre lies at 13.8°S, 172.2°W, in the southern and western hemispheres, about 1,530 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 14°S to 13°S, about 70 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Samoa had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Samoa would have 3.5 million people. It has 200,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Samoa would have 10,000 people. It has 200,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 201,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11