British Indian Ocean Territory is about 47 times smaller than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 2.12% the size of Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~219,306 people (216,306 fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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