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🇼🇸 Samoa

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3WSM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2WS
UN M49 numeric882
IOC codeSAM
Official nameIndependent State of Samoa
Native name(s)eng: official: Independent State of Samoa; common: Samoa; smo: official: Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; common: Sāmoa
Alt spellingsWS, Independent State of Samoa, Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionPolynesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalApia
Area (km²)2,842
Lat / Lng-13.5833, -172.3333
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.ws
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 85

Demographics

Population (World Bank)219,306 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)71.826 (2024)
Languageseng: English; smo: Samoan
Demonymseng: f: Samoan; m: Samoan; fra: f: Samoane; m: Samoan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,287,936,621.646 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)5,872.783 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.996 (2025)
CurrenciesWST: name: Samoan tālā; symbol: T

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195088,281
195190,510
195292,701
195394,773
195496,882
195599,038
1956101,318
1957103,894
1958106,698
1959109,561
1960112,490
1961115,496
1962118,597
1963121,764
1964124,894
1965127,978
1966131,073
1967133,764
1968136,020
1969138,233
1970140,400
1971142,503
1972144,538
1973146,516
1974149,431
1975153,344
1976157,113
1977159,753
1978161,375
1979162,882
1980164,322
1981165,678
1982166,484
1983166,714
1984166,796
1985166,849
1986167,061
1987167,661
1988168,346
1989168,768
1990169,042
1991169,368
1992170,331
1993171,774
1994173,159
1995174,571
1996176,071
1997177,547
1998178,905
1999180,275
2000181,685
2001183,166
2002184,471
2003185,430
2004186,249
2005186,978
2006187,709
2007188,753
2008190,107
2009191,513
2010193,023
2011194,713
2012196,498
2013198,268
2014200,037
2015201,782
2016203,499
2017205,415
2018207,582
2019209,780
2020211,944
2021213,779
2022215,261
2023216,663

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "official": "دولة ساموا المستقلة",
      "common": "ساموا"
    },
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      "official": "Nezávislý stát Samoa",
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    "nld": {
      "official": "Onafhankelijke Staat Samoa",
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      "official": "ایالت مستقل ساموآ",
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      "official": "Bağımsız Samoa Devleti",
      "common": "Bağımsız Samoa Devleti"
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      "official": "آزاد سلطنتِ ساموا",
      "common": "سامووا"
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    "zho": {
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        "common": "ساموا"
      },
      "bre": {
        "official": "Stad Dizalc'h Samoa",
        "common": "Samoa"
      },
      "ces": {
        "official": "Nezávislý stát Samoa",
        "common": "Samoa"
      },
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      },
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      },
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        "common": "Samoa"
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        "common": "Szamoa"
      },
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        "official": "Stato indipendente di Samoa",
        "common": "Samoa"
      },
      "jpn": {
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        "common": "サモア"
      },
      "kor": {
        "official": "사모아 독립국",
        "common": "사모아"
      },
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        "common": "Samoa"
      },
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        "official": "ایالت مستقل ساموآ",
        "common": "ساموآ"
      },
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        "common": "Samoa"
      },
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        "official": "Estado Independente de Samoa",
        "common": "Samoa"
      },
      "rus": {
        "official": "Независимое Государство Самоа",
        "common": "Самоа"
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      },
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        "official": "Bağımsız Samoa Devleti",
        "common": "Bağımsız Samoa Devleti"
      },
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        "official": "آزاد سلطنتِ ساموا",
        "common": "سامووا"
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