Recognised as Country

Samoa

WS
Oceania
WST
.ws

Samoa (WS/WSM) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Apia. It covers about 2,842 km² with a population of roughly 220,000, uses the WST, dials on +685, owns the .ws internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Apia. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameSamoa

CapitalApia

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2WS

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3WSM

Internet TLD.ws

Calling code+685

Currency codeWST

Geography

Approximate centre-13.759, -172.1046a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude13.759° S

Longitude172.1046° W

HemisphereSouthern and Western

Area2,842 km²1,097 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London15,756 kmto the approximate centre of Samoa, not to Apia. NNW, bearing 347.4°

Antipode13.759, 7.8954the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Apiathe IANA zone for Apia; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+13:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+13:00

Offset in JulyUTC+13:00

Current offsetUTC+13:00

Local time now13 Sept 2026, 18:18

Hours ahead of UTC13

Population & scale

Population220,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density77.4 per km²≈

Share of world population0.003%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset168 of 196

Population rank in this dataset177 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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