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American Samoa vs Scotland Geography
Land area
- American Samoa has a land area of 77 square miles (199 km²), while Scotland has 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²).
- Scotland's land area is 391.6 times larger than American Samoa's.
Total area
- American Samoa: 581 square miles (1,505 km²) vs Scotland: 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Scotland's total area is 51.8 times larger than American Samoa's.
Length
- American Samoa is 9 miles (14 km) long from north to south; Scotland is 440 miles (708 km).
- Scotland's north-south length is 48.9 times longer than American Samoa's.
Width
- American Samoa spans 17 miles (28 km) east to west; Scotland spans 313 miles (504 km).
- Scotland's east-west width is 18.4 times wider than American Samoa's.
Highest point
- American Samoa's highest point is Lata Mountain at 3,169 feet (966 m); Scotland's is Ben Nevis at 4,413 feet (1,345 m).
- Ben Nevis is 1,244 feet higher than Lata Mountain.
Lowest point
- American Samoa's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Scotland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
American Samoa vs Scotland Population and History
Population
- American Samoa has a population of 49,710 (2020), while Scotland has 5,480,000 (2022).
- Scotland's population is 110.2 times larger than American Samoa's.
Population density
- American Samoa: 645.6 people per square mile vs Scotland: 182.1.
- American Samoa's population density is 3.5 times (255%) higher than Scotland's.
History
- American Samoa: A US territory since 1900.
- Scotland: A country within the United Kingdom; a kingdom from the 9th century until the 1707 union with England.
- In its current form, Scotland is the older of the two by 1,057 years.
Official Websites
American Samoa official website · Scotland official website
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