East Asia & Pacific · AS
Where is American Samoa?
American Samoa is grouped in the World Bank's East Asia & Pacific region. Its listed capital is Pago Pago. The profile's representative coordinates are 14.28° S, 170.69° W; they are orientation points, not geometric centroids or boundary claims.
How large is American Samoa?
EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For American Samoa, that mapped area is approximately 119 square kilometres, ranking #219 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.
People and place
American Samoa had a World Bank population value of 46,029 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 386.8 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.
Between the fixed comparison years 2000 and 2024, the imported population series changed from 56,855 to 46,765—a decline of 17.7%. This describes net population change, not its demographic causes.
For wider context, the latest imported World Bank GDP value is $871M for 2022, ranking #202 among 211 profiles with data. This current-dollar measure should not be read as a cost-of-living or household-income comparison.
The latest imported GDP per capita value is $18K for 2022, ranking #81 among 211 profiles with data. It is average economic output per person, not median household income or a direct measure of living standards.
The latest imported life expectancy at birth value is 73 years for 2024, ranking #124 among 215 profiles with data. It is a period estimate based on prevailing mortality rates, not a prediction for an individual person.
Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.
Countries and territories closest in mapped area
These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to American Samoa under the same geometry and spherical calculation.
Jersey
Wallis and Futuna
British Indian Ocean Territory