🚩 Flag of Samoa • live waving render
Oceania — Polynesia
UN Member
Independent
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🇼🇸 Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
aka Sāmoa — endonym
205.6K
Population
World #189
2,842 km²
Land Area
World #180
$1.2 billion
GDP (USD)
World #178
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Did You Know?
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Samoa is the world's #189 most populous country out of 242 tracked nations.
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It has no land borders — an island nation surrounded entirely by water.
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2 languages are officially recognised here.
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Its economy ranks #178 worldwide with a GDP of $1.2 billion USD.
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Population density is 72.3 people per km² — world rank #139.
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Cars drive on the left side of the road — like the UK, Japan and India.
Quick Facts
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Capital
Apia
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Phone Code
+685
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Internet TLD
.ws
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Nationality
Samoan
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Week Starts
Monday
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ISO Codes
WS / WSM / 882
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Coordinates
-13.58°, -172.33°
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Driving Side
Left-hand traffic
Economy
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GDP (nominal)
$1.2 billion USD
World rank #178 of 188 tracked economies
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GDP per Capita
$5,643
Total output ÷ total population
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Population Density
72.3 /km²
World density rank #139
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Samoan tālā
WST • official currency
People & Languages
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Total Population
205,557
World rank #189 of 242 nations
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Official Languages
2
English • Samoan
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Demonym
Samoan
What its people are called
🗣️ English
🗣️ Samoan
Geography & Neighbours
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Land Area
2,842 km²
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Land Borders
0 countries
🏝️ Island — no land borders
Timezones (1)
UTC+14:00
Pacific/Apia
WST — West Samoa Time
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萨摩亚独立国
Codes & Identity
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ISO Alpha-2
WS
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ISO Alpha-3
WSM
3️⃣
ISO Numeric
882
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Status
officially-assigned
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Postal Format
AS 96799
e.g. regex: AS 96799
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WikiData ID
Q683
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Also Spelled As
WS • Independent State of Samoa • Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa
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