Samoa
🇼🇸 Polynesia · Independent State of Samoa
How Samoa ranks globally
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.
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How Samoa measures up
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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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