Samoa is a Polynesian island nation with strong fa'a Samoa cultural traditions. It switched to the western side of the International Date Line in 2011.
Samoan, English
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 76 people per km² rank 109 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.00268 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Oceania | 0.485% of its people, 0.0335% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 1,097 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Luxembourg (2,586 km²) |
| Closest in population | São Tomé and Príncipe (230,871 people) |
Samoa is the only country in our list that uses WST.