Glostats
🌐 World🌍 Countries🗺️ World Map
Flag of Samoa

Samoa Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Samoa with its 11 first-level divisions, the capital Apia and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

Loading map…

Administrative divisions of Samoa

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 11 units

Samoa is divided into 11 first-level administrative divisions:

A'anaAiga-i-le-TaiAtuaFa'asaleleagaGaga'emaugaGaga'ifomaugaPalauliSatupa'iteaTuamasagaVa'a-o-FonotiVaisigano

Largest cities in Samoa

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1ApiaCapital61,916

Apia is the largest urban area in Samoa with about 61,916 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Samoa: ≈ 1,854 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Samoa at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Samoa

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Samoan
96%Samoan/New Zealander
2%other
1.9%

Samoan 96%, Samoan/New Zealander 2%, other 1.9% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Samoan is the most common ethnic group across most of the 11 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Samoa

CIA World Factbook · 2016
Protestant
54.9%Roman Catholic
18.8%Church of Jesus Christ
16.9%Worship Centre
2.8%other Christian
3.6%other
2.9%none
0.2%

Protestant 54.9% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%), Roman Catholic 18.8%, Church of Jesus Christ 16.9%, Worship Centre 2.8%, other Christian 3.6%, other 2.9% (includes Baha'i, Muslim), none 0.2% (2016 est.)

Regionally, Protestant is the most common religious group across most of the 11 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2016 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Samoa

CIA World Factbook · 2006
Samoan
91.1%Samoan/English
6.7%English
0.5%other
0.2%unspecified
1.6%

Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.)

Regionally, Samoan is the most common language group across most of the 11 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2006 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Explore more

Every page leads somewhere new
📊 Samoa population & statistics🌐 World map🌍 All countries
More atlases in Oceania
AustraliaPapua New GuineaNew ZealandFijiSolomon IslandsVanuatuNew CaledoniaFrench Polynesia

Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.