Samoa
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Oceania.
Samoa is two large islands side by side.
- Capital
- Apia
- Continent
- Oceania
More Oceania quizzes - Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 219,306 (2025)
- Total area
- 2,840 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 13.6° S, 172.4° W
Samoa at a glance
Samoa is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Apia. It has no land neighbours.
Worldwide, Samoa has the 3rd lowest share of people in urban areas (17.5% in 2025, among 195 countries with data). Within Oceania, it also has the highest fertility rate (3.80 births per woman in 2024).
Flag of Samoa
Samoa’s flag is drawn in the proportions 1:2 (height to width), like 51 other flags in our quizzes.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Taiwan, Tonga, China and Morocco.
Samoa in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 219,306 | 177thof 195 | 7thof 14 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 2,840 km² | 167thof 194 | 7thof 14 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $1.288B | 171stof 182 | 7thof 14 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $5,873 | 106thof 182 | 9thof 14 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 71.8 years | 118thof 195 | 4thof 14 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 3.80 | 31stof 195 | 1stof 14 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $293 | 114thof 191 | 9thof 14 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 17.5% | 193rdof 195 | 13thof 14 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 57.6% | 30thof 191 | 6thof 13 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.60 t | 112thof 181 | 5thof 9 |
No figure is published for Samoa on internet users.
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Samoa and its nearest countries
Samoa has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
Quizzes featuring Samoa
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Samoa · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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