Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in American Samoa instead of Christmas Island, you would:
Basic Needs
be 48.7% less likely to have internet access
In Christmas Island, approximately 78.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In American Samoa, about 40.3% do as of 2021.
Geography
see 16.5% less coastline
Christmas Island has a total of 139 km of coastline. In American Samoa, that number is 116 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this
Compare further: Christmas Island vs. American Samoa
American Samoa: At a glance
American Samoa (sometimes abbreviated AS) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 224 sq km. Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.
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How big is American Samoa compared to Christmas Island? See an in-depth size comparison.