Samoa
Independent State of Samoa · Sāmoa
Samoa (WS, WSM) is a country in Polynesia, with Apia as its capital. The currency is the Samoan Tala (WST, WST). The international dialling code is +685; mobile numbers are written like 72 12345. The time zone is Pacific/Apia. Official languages: Samoan and English.
CurrencyWSTWST
Dial code+685e.g. 72 12345
Time zoneApiaUTC+13:00
LanguageSamoan+1 more
CapitalApia
Population208.9K2.8K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Independent State of Samoa
- Native name
- Samoa · Sāmoa
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- WS
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- WSM
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 882
- IOC code
- SAM
- Demonym
- Samoan
- Capital
- Apia
- Region
- Oceania › Polynesia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Polynesia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ws
- Coordinates
- -13.58333333, -172.33333333
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- Population
- 208,853
- GDP
- $1.4B ($6.5K per person)
- Literacy
- 98.8%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Samoan Tala WST
- Symbol
- WST
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- WS$1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Apia | UTC+13:00 | none | Samoa Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +685
- Dial-out prefix
- 0
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 5–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 9(?:11|9[4-69])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 22123 | +685 22123 | XXXXX | 5, 6 |
| Mobile | 72 12345 | +685 72 12345 | XX XXXXX | 7, 10 |
| Toll free | 800 123 | +685 800 123 | XXX XXX | 6 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{5}) | [2-5]|6[1-9] | $1 | $1 |
(\d{3})(\d{3,7}) | [68] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{5}) | 7 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Samoa) locale (en-WS), amounts in WST.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (WST)
- WS$1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (WS$1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Samoan tala
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C