Country profile · Oceania · WSM
Samoa: area, population and density
Samoa has 2,780 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 219,306; calculated population density is 79 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Samoa ranks 168th of 196 by land area, 177th by population and 112th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 2,780 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 219,306World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 79 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Samoa in the country comparison set
Samoa has 2,780 sq km of land area and a population value of 219,306 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 168th by land area, 177th by population, and 112th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse the Oceania country comparison for regional scale context.