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title: "Samoa — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Samoa: capital Apia, area 2,831 km², population 219,306 (2025), currency Samoan tālā. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Samoa

**Samoa: Capital Apia**

2,831 km² · 219,306 people (2025) · Samoan tālā

Two large volcanic islands and several small ones. In 2011 Samoa moved west across the international date line, skipping 30 December entirely, so that it shared working days with Australia and New Zealand rather than trailing them by nearly a day.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Apia
- **Area:** 2,831 km² — 1,093 sq mi
- **Population:** 219,306 (2025)
- **Density:** 77.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Samoan tālā (WST, T)
- **Official languages:** English, Samoan
- **Time zone:** UTC+13:00
- **Calling code:** +685
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** WS · WSM
- **Continent:** Oceania

## How it compares

- **By area:** 171 of 200
- **By population:** 180 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 1,367,764 |
| Cape Verde | 4,033 | 527,326 |
| Samoa ← | 2,831 | 219,306 |
| Luxembourg | 2,586 | 686,970 |
| Comoros | 2,235 | 882,847 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Samoa?

Apia

### What currency does Samoa use?

The Samoan tālā (WST).

### How big is Samoa?

2,831 km², or 1,093 square miles — 171 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Samoa drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Trinidad and Tobago](https://atoneplace.net/country/trinidad-and-tobago/)
- [Cape Verde](https://atoneplace.net/country/cape-verde/)
- [Luxembourg](https://atoneplace.net/country/luxembourg/)
- [Comoros](https://atoneplace.net/country/comoros/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Fiji](https://atoneplace.net/country/fiji/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [Kiribati](https://atoneplace.net/country/kiribati/)
- [Micronesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/micronesia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]