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

Jordan is 31.4 times bigger by total area compared to Samoa: 34,495 sq mi vs 1,097 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Jordan is 34,284 sq mi vs 1,073 sq mi for Samoa — a 31.9 times difference in territory size.

Jordan ranks 110/197 by total surface area vs 168/197 for Samoa.
Jordan occupies 0.06% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.002% for Samoa.
11.5% of Jordan's area is agricultural land vs 17.6% in Samoa.
Jordan has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Samoa has 0.001%.
1.1% of Jordan is covered by forests, compared to 57.6% in Samoa.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Jordan, and 0.004% are in Samoa.

True size map comparison: Jordan vs Samoa

See how Jordan 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

	Jordan	Samoa
Total area	34,495 sq mi	1,097 sq mi
Size difference ratio	31.4	1
Total area rank	110/197	168/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.0006%
Land area	34,284 sq mi	1,073 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	31.9	1
Land area rank	110/197	168/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.06%	0.002%
Population	11,552,876	218,019
Population density	335 ppl/mi²	205.5 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Jordan	Samoa
Forest area	376 sq mi	619 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	1.1%	57.6%
Forest area rank	159/196	156/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.004%
Agricultural land area	3,954 sq mi	188.5 sq mi
Agricultural land share	11.5%	17.6%
Agricultural land area rank	139/194	169/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.001%
Arable land	788 sq mi	41.4 sq mi
Arable land share	2.3%	3.85%
Arable land area rank	139/191	166/191
Permanent cropland	322 sq mi	122.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.94%	11.4%
Permanent cropland area rank	107/192	139/192
Water area	211.2 sq mi	23.9 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.61%	2.18%
Water area rank	115/197	139/197
Roads length	4,476 mi	715 mi
Land borders length	1,084 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	16.2 mi	250.4 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.8%	0.2%

Jordan vs Samoa size on the map

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

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