Country profile
Samoa
Independent State of Samoa · Polynesia
👥 Population
219,306
World Bank · 2025
🏛 Capital
Apia
🗺 Area
2,842 km²
💹 GDP (nominal)
$1.29B
World Bank · 2025
📈 HDI
0.708
UNDP · 2023
📍 Pop. density
77 /km²
💱 Currency
WST
Samoan tālā
🗣 Languages
English, Samoan
About Samoa
Samoa (officially Independent State of Samoa) is a country in Polynesia, with Apia as its capital. It is home to roughly 219.31 thousand people, giving a population density of about 77 people per square kilometre. The country covers 2,842 km² of land and has no shared land borders. Its economy is valued at approximately $1.29B in nominal GDP (2025), and it records a Human Development Index of 0.708. The official currency is the Samoan tālā (WST), and the main languages are English, Samoan.
Key indicators
Latest available data · World Bank & UNDP.
💹 Economy
GDP (PPP)
$1.9B
GDP/capita (PPP)
$8,737
GDP growth
4.2%
Inflation
2.2%
Unemployment
5.0%
👥 People
Life expectancy
71.8 yrs
Fertility rate
3.8
Pop. growth
0.6%
Urban population
17.5%
Infant mortality /1k
12.3
🌍 Quality of Life
Internet users
21.2%
Literacy rate
98.0%
Physicians /1k
0.56
Renewable energy
35.9%
Travel & practical
Capital
Apia
Currency
WST
Dialing code
+685
Internet TLD
.ws
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Fun facts about Samoa
- Samoa is the 175th most populous country in the world, with about 219.31 thousand people.
- By land area it is the 167th-largest country in the world, covering 2,842 km².
- It has the world's 181st-largest economy by nominal GDP ($1.29B).
- Samoa has no land borders with other countries.
- It is classed by the UN as a country of high human development, with an HDI of 0.708.
- Samoa has a population density of about 77 people per square kilometre.
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