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American Samoa vs Queensland Geography
Land area
- American Samoa has a land area of 77 square miles (199 km²), while Queensland has 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²).
- Queensland's land area is 8,696.7 times larger than American Samoa's.
Total area
- American Samoa: 581 square miles (1,505 km²) vs Queensland: 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Queensland's total area is 1,149.9 times larger than American Samoa's.
Length
- American Samoa is 9 miles (14 km) long from north to south; Queensland is 1,398 miles (2,251 km).
- Queensland's north-south length is 155.3 times longer than American Samoa's.
Width
- American Samoa spans 17 miles (28 km) east to west; Queensland spans 1,272 miles (2,048 km).
- Queensland's east-west width is 74.8 times wider than American Samoa's.
Highest point
- American Samoa's highest point is Lata Mountain at 3,169 feet (966 m); Queensland's is Mount Bartle Frere at 5,285 feet (1,611 m).
- Mount Bartle Frere is 2,116 feet higher than Lata Mountain.
Lowest point
- American Samoa's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Queensland's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
American Samoa vs Queensland Population and History
Population
- American Samoa has a population of 49,710 (2020), while Queensland has 5,692,642 (2025).
- Queensland's population is 114.5 times larger than American Samoa's.
Population density
- American Samoa: 645.6 people per square mile vs Queensland: 8.5.
- American Samoa's population density is 76.0 times higher than Queensland's.
History
- American Samoa: A US territory since 1900.
- Queensland: Became an Australian state at Federation on January 1, 1901; separated from New South Wales in 1859.
- In its current form, American Samoa is the older of the two by 1 years.
Official Websites
American Samoa official website · Queensland official website
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