Total & land area: East Timor vs Samoa size comparison

East Timor is 5.25 times bigger by total area compared to Samoa: 5,760 sq mi vs 1,097 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of East Timor is 5,741 sq mi vs 1,073 sq mi for Samoa — a 5.35 times difference in territory size.

East Timor ranks 155/197 by total surface area vs 168/197 for Samoa.
East Timor occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Samoa.
23% of East Timor's area is agricultural land vs 17.6% in Samoa.
East Timor has 0.007% of the world's agricultural land area — Samoa has 0.001%.
61.7% of East Timor is covered by forests, compared to 57.6% in Samoa.
0.02% of the world's forests are in East Timor, and 0.004% are in Samoa.

True size map comparison: East Timor vs Samoa

See how East Timor 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

	East Timor	Samoa
Total area	5,760 sq mi	1,097 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5.25	1
Total area rank	155/197	168/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.0006%
Land area	5,741 sq mi	1,073 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5.35	1
Land area rank	155/197	168/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.002%
Population	1,400,638	218,019
Population density	250.2 ppl/mi²	205.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	East Timor	Samoa
Forest area	3,540 sq mi	619 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.7%	57.6%
Forest area rank	127/196	156/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	1,318 sq mi	188.5 sq mi
Agricultural land share	23%	17.6%
Agricultural land area rank	153/194	169/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.007%	0.001%
Arable land	431 sq mi	41.4 sq mi
Arable land share	7.5%	3.85%
Arable land area rank	146/191	166/191
Permanent cropland	308 sq mi	122.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	5.37%	11.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	110/192	139/192
Water area	18.8 sq mi	23.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.33%	2.18%
Water area rank	140/197	139/197
Roads length	3,753 mi	715 mi
Land borders length	157.2 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	439 mi	250.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.7%	0.2%

East Timor 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 East Timor 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.