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🇦🇸 American Samoa

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ASM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AS
UN M49 numeric016
IOC codeASA
Official nameAmerican Samoa
Native name(s)eng: official: American Samoa; common: American Samoa; smo: official: Sāmoa Amelika; common: Sāmoa Amelika
Alt spellingsAS, Amerika Sāmoa, Amelika Sāmoa, Sāmoa Amelika
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionPolynesia
UN regional group
CapitalPago Pago
Area (km²)199
Lat / Lng-14.3333, -170.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.as
Calling coderoot: +1; suffixes: 684

Demographics

Population (World Bank)46,029 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)72.992 (2024)
Languageseng: English; smo: Samoan
Demonymseng: f: American Samoan; m: American Samoan; fra: f: Samoane; m: Samoan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)871,000,000 (2022)
GDP per capita (current USD)18,017.459 (2022)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesUSD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195019,043
195119,425
195219,553
195319,666
195419,759
195519,858
195619,936
195719,958
195819,930
195919,909
196020,133
196120,666
196221,298
196321,966
196422,673
196523,406
196624,136
196724,863
196825,614
196926,375
197027,026
197127,533
197227,995
197328,436
197428,875
197529,390
197629,959
197730,521
197831,076
197931,611
198032,403
198133,584
198234,909
198336,271
198437,667
198539,103
198640,571
198742,072
198843,615
198945,191
199046,640
199147,882
199249,038
199350,159
199451,251
199552,316
199653,353
199754,362
199855,334
199956,248
200056,855
200157,053
200257,062
200356,971
200456,818
200556,617
200656,374
200756,113
200855,828
200955,528
201055,228
201154,895
201254,489
201354,006
201453,466
201552,878
201652,245
201751,586
201850,908
201950,209
202049,761
202149,225
202248,342
202347,521

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "official": "ساموا الأمريكية",
      "common": "ساموا الأمريكية"
    },
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      "common": "Samoa Amerikan"
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      "official": "američka Samoa",
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      "official": "Szamoa",
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    },
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      "official": "Samoa americane",
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      "official": "ساموآی آمریکا",
      "common": "ساموآی آمریکا"
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    },
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      "official": "Amerikanska Samoa",
      "common": "Amerikanska Samoa"
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      "official": "Amerikan Samoası",
      "common": "Amerikan Samoası"
    },
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      "common": "امریکی سمووا"
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    "subregion": "Polynesia",
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        "common": "ساموا الأمريكية"
      },
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      },
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      },
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        "official": "Amerikan Samoa",
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      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "アメリカ領サモア"
      },
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        "common": "아메리칸사모아"
      },
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        "official": "Amerikaans Samoa",
        "common": "Amerikaans Samoa"
      },
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        "official": "ساموآی آمریکا",
        "common": "ساموآی آمریکا"
      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "امریکی سمووا"
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        "common": "美属萨摩亚"
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