Demographics of samoa

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Samoa is projected at 0.2 million, up by 0.87% compared with 0.198 million in 2020. Samoa is ranked 188th in terms of population and 121st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 4.76 thousand births in Samoa in 2021. That is 13 per day, which is ranked 181st. The crude birth rate is 23.64 per 1000 people. There are 1.05 thousand deaths in Samoa in 2021. That is 3 per day, which is ranked 190th. The crude death rate is 5.19 per 1000 people.

35.72 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 17.74% of Samoa population. Samoa is ranked 224th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Samoa in 2021 is 107.34 males per 100 females. There are 103.62 thousand males and 96.53 thousand females in Samoa. The percentage of female population is 48.23% compare to 51.77% male population. Samoa has 7.1 thousand more females than males. Samoa is at 187th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

samoa population

Year Population Growth (%)
195082,106-
195594,1862.75
1960108,6273.09
1965127,0553.01
1970143,1461.89
1975151,3530.77
1980155,5220.51
1985159,9950.47
1990162,7970.53
1995170,0500.81
2000174,4540.49
2005179,7220.63
2010185,9440.75
2015193,5100.67
2016194,5400.53
2017195,3580.42
2018196,1280.39
2019197,0930.49
2020198,4100.67
2021200,1440.87
  • Total
  • Crude

samoa death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,1484,47913.7153.40
19551,1514,71212.1949.99
19601,1845,27210.8248.14
19651,2265,7409.6745.31
19701,2395,8588.7141.23
19751,1995,8307.9338.59
19801,1215,7657.2036.99
19851,0695,6346.7035.31
19901,0815,4246.6033.13
19951,1255,3966.6431.85
20001,1035,3476.3230.62
20051,0735,3095.9629.51
20101,0895,2135.8528.00
20151,0524,9025.4625.43
20201,0354,7615.1923.86
20211,0454,7575.1923.64
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of samoa

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195010,57971,518-12.886
195516,39877,810-42.4517.406
196020,56288,084-48.0518.926
196524,526102,542-40.3319.301
197029,140114,036-22.3920.353
197531,779119,608-16.8020.992
198032,936122,621-2.8921.173
198533,927126,10416.7721.200
199034,528128,33844.7521.200
199536,628133,52969.9621.526
200038,374136,23694.7221.977
200538,177141,752140.0321.218
201037,386148,819202.5620.078
201536,648157,111272.6918.914
202035,799164,318351.3617.889
202135,718165,600367.0517.742
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

samoa population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 14,089 13,015 27,104 13.54 108.252
05-09 12,634 11,708 24,342 12.16 107.909
10-14 11,842 10,965 22,807 11.40 107.998
15-19 10,149 9,435 19,584 9.78 107.568
20-24 8,770 7,850 16,620 8.30 111.720
25-29 7,943 6,913 14,856 7.42 114.899
30-34 6,371 5,569 11,940 5.97 114.401
35-39 5,382 4,953 10,335 5.16 108.661
40-44 5,019 4,766 9,785 4.89 105.308
45-49 5,052 4,548 9,600 4.80 111.082
50-54 4,781 4,253 9,034 4.51 112.415
55-59 3,893 3,788 7,681 3.84 102.772
60-64 3,049 3,004 6,053 3.02 101.498
65-69 2,072 2,192 4,264 2.13 94.526
70-74 1,264 1,543 2,807 1.40 81.918
75-79 753 1,096 1,849 0.92 68.704
80-84 377 600 977 0.49 62.833
85-89 129 234 363 0.18 55.128
90-94 40 87 127 0.06 45.977
95-99 6 10 16 0.01 60.000
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 103,615 96,529 200,144 107.341