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Location of SamoaAmerican SamoaSamoaApia
Country

Samoa

13.64° S, 172.44° W

No land border at all — every neighbor is across water, along 403 km of coast, the 113th longest on Earth.

land borders 0 km · 164th/230 · coastline 403 km · 113th/229
CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · ranks computed across the countries in this atlas that carry the value

Population
197,097
Area
2,831 km²
Population density
≈ 73 / km²
Capital
Apia
Natural Earth
ISO codes
WS · WSM
GDP (nominal)
$1.07 billion
GDP per capita (PPP)
$6,900
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How big, reallyDrawn at the same scale as Comoros — the next country down in size. Equal-area projection, not the map you are used to.
Samoa 2,831 km²Comoros 2,235 km²

geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m · EPSG:6933 equal-area

Where Samoa sits in the world

Each line is every country in this atlas that carries the value, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the world median; the mark on each line is this country.

  1. Median age27.8 years154th of 224 · median 32.6 years
  2. Life expectancy75.7 years121st of 224 · median 76.2 years
  3. Fertility rate2.29 children per woman74th of 225 · median 1.92 children per woman
  4. Population197,097186th of 235 · median 5,454,073
  5. Total area2,831 km²174th of 228 · median 83,736 km²
  6. Coastline403 km113th of 229 · median 402 km

Overview

Flag and symbols

Five five-pointed white stars representing the Southern Cross constellation sit on a blue rectangle in the upper-left quadrant of Samoa's red flag. Red stands for courage, blue for freedom, and white for purity. Samoa's national symbol is the Southern Cross constellation, represented by five five-pointed stars.

Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person

Key figures

CIA World Factbook

Economy

GDP (nominal)
$1.07 billion
GDP (PPP)
$1.5 billion
GDP per capita (PPP)
$6,900
GDP growth
+9.4%
Inflation (consumer prices)
2.2%
Unemployment
4.6%
Exports
$369.73 million
Imports
$575.75 million

People

Life expectancy
75.7 years
Median age
27.8 years
Birth rate
18.53 per 1,000
Death rate
5.41 per 1,000
Fertility rate
2.29 children per woman
Population growth
+0.66% a year
Urban population
17.5%
Literacy
98%
Languages
  • Samoanofficial91.1%
  • Samoan/English6.7%
  • Englishofficial0.5%
  • others1.6%
Religions
  • Protestant54.9%Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%
  • Roman Catholic18.8%
  • Church of Jesus Christ16.9%
  • Worship Centre2.8%
  • other0.2%

Land

Total area
2,831 km²Land 2,821 km² · Water 10 km²
Coastline
403 km
Land borders
0 km
Highest point
1,857 m Mount Silisili

Values from the CIA World Factbook archive. Each carries the year it describes; open a year for the exact source field.

Connections

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Contains

Natural geography 5

Natural Earth outlines · features with a Wikidata ID

Oceans 1

Islands 1

Island groups 3

Largest cities 1

Population · Natural Earth

  1. Apiacapital61.9K

Sources