Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 2.9 times smaller than Samoa.
Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 34.05% the size of Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~219,306 people (20,948 more people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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