Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Samoa

Population growth in Samoa in 2025 — 0.59%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.05 pp.

2025 0.59% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 217
Period maximum 2.65%1962
Period minimum 0.03%1985

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Samoa, 1961–2025012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.64%1963: 2.64%1965: 2.44%1967: 2.03%1969: 1.61%1971: 1.49%1973: 1.36%1975: 2.58%1977: 1.67%1979: 0.93%1981: 0.82%1983: 0.14%1985: 0.03%1987: 0.36%1989: 0.25%1991: 0.19%1993: 0.84%1995: 0.81%1997: 0.83%1999: 0.76%2001: 0.81%2003: 0.52%2005: 0.39%2007: 0.55%2009: 0.74%2011: 0.87%2013: 0.9%2015: 0.87%2017: 0.94%2019: 1.05%2021: 0.86%2023: 0.65%2025: 0.59%
Change over the period: −2.05 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Samoa

Samoa 0.59%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.59 −0.04 pp
2024 0.62 −0.03 pp
2023 0.65 −0.04 pp
2022 0.69 −0.17 pp
2021 0.86 −0.16 pp
2020 1.03 −0.03 pp
2019 1.05 +0 pp
2018 1.05 +0.11 pp
2017 0.94 +0.09 pp
2016 0.85 −0.02 pp
2015 0.87 −0.02 pp
2014 0.89 −0.01 pp
2013 0.9 −0.02 pp
2012 0.91 +0.04 pp
2011 0.87 +0.09 pp
2010 0.79 +0.05 pp
2009 0.74 +0.02 pp
2008 0.71 +0.16 pp
2007 0.55 +0.16 pp
2006 0.39 −0 pp
2005 0.39 −0.05 pp
2004 0.44 −0.08 pp
2003 0.52 −0.19 pp
2002 0.71 −0.1 pp
2001 0.81 +0.03 pp
2000 0.78 +0.02 pp
1999 0.76 +0 pp
1998 0.76 −0.07 pp
1997 0.83 −0.02 pp
1996 0.86 +0.04 pp
1995 0.81 +0.01 pp
1994 0.8 −0.04 pp
1993 0.84 +0.28 pp
1992 0.57 +0.37 pp
1991 0.19 +0.03 pp
1990 0.16 −0.09 pp
1989 0.25 −0.16 pp
1988 0.41 +0.05 pp
1987 0.36 +0.23 pp
1986 0.13 +0.1 pp
1985 0.03 −0.02 pp
1984 0.05 −0.09 pp
1983 0.14 −0.35 pp
1982 0.49 −0.34 pp
1981 0.82 −0.06 pp
1980 0.88 −0.05 pp
1979 0.93 −0.08 pp
1978 1.01 −0.66 pp
1977 1.67 −0.76 pp
1976 2.43 −0.16 pp
1975 2.58 +0.61 pp
1974 1.97 +0.61 pp
1973 1.36 −0.06 pp
1972 1.42 −0.07 pp
1971 1.49 −0.07 pp
1970 1.56 −0.06 pp
1969 1.61 −0.06 pp
1968 1.67 −0.36 pp
1967 2.03 −0.36 pp
1966 2.39 −0.05 pp
1965 2.44 −0.1 pp
1964 2.54 −0.1 pp
1963 2.64 −0.01 pp
1962 2.65 +0.01 pp
1961 2.64

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About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.