Total & land area: Algeria vs Samoa size comparison [2026]

Algeria is 838 times bigger by total area compared to Samoa: 919,595 sq mi vs 1,097 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 1,073 sq mi for Samoa — a 857 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 168/197 for Samoa.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Samoa.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 17.6% in Samoa.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Samoa has 0.001%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 57.6% in Samoa.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.004% are in Samoa.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Samoa

See how Algeria and Samoa compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Algeria	Samoa
Total area	919,595 sq mi	1,097 sq mi
Size difference ratio	838	1
Total area rank	10/197	168/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.0006%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	1,073 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	857	1
Land area rank	10/197	168/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.002%
Population	46,814,308	218,019
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	205.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Samoa
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	619 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	57.6%
Forest area rank	110/196	156/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	188.5 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	17.6%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	169/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.001%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	41.4 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	3.85%
Arable land area rank	34/191	166/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	122.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	11.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	139/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	23.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	2.18%
Water area rank	161/197	139/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	715 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	250.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0.2%

Algeria vs Samoa size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Algeria and Samoa but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.