Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — American Samoa

Urban population share in American Samoa in 2025 — 80.5%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 42.9 pp.

2025 80.5% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 56of 217
Period maximum 88.6%2000
Period minimum 37.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — American Samoa, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.6%1962: 39.3%1964: 42.9%1966: 47.3%1968: 51.5%1970: 54.6%1972: 56.7%1974: 58.4%1976: 60.1%1978: 61.7%1980: 63.7%1982: 65.9%1984: 68.2%1986: 70.7%1988: 73.2%1990: 75.8%1992: 78.8%1994: 82.3%1996: 85.5%1998: 87.9%2000: 88.6%2002: 88.4%2004: 88%2006: 87.5%2008: 86.9%2010: 86.3%2012: 85.7%2014: 85%2016: 84.3%2018: 83.5%2020: 82.6%2022: 81.8%2024: 80.9%2025: 80.5%
Change over the period: +42.9 pp Annual average: 0.66 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

American Samoa 80.5%
World 57.8%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — American Samoa, by year American Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.5 −0.4 pp
2024 80.9 −0.4 pp
2023 81.4 −0.4 pp
2022 81.8 −0.4 pp
2021 82.2 −0.4 pp
2020 82.6 −0.4 pp
2019 83.1 −0.4 pp
2018 83.5 −0.4 pp
2017 83.9 −0.4 pp
2016 84.3 −0.4 pp
2015 84.7 −0.4 pp
2014 85 −0.3 pp
2013 85.4 −0.3 pp
2012 85.7 −0.3 pp
2011 86 −0.3 pp
2010 86.3 −0.3 pp
2009 86.6 −0.3 pp
2008 86.9 −0.3 pp
2007 87.2 −0.3 pp
2006 87.5 −0.3 pp
2005 87.8 −0.3 pp
2004 88 −0.2 pp
2003 88.3 −0.2 pp
2002 88.4 −0.1 pp
2001 88.6 −0.1 pp
2000 88.6 +0.1 pp
1999 88.5 +0.6 pp
1998 87.9 +1 pp
1997 86.9 +1.3 pp
1996 85.5 +1.5 pp
1995 84 +1.7 pp
1994 82.3 +1.8 pp
1993 80.6 +1.7 pp
1992 78.8 +1.6 pp
1991 77.2 +1.4 pp
1990 75.8 +1.3 pp
1989 74.5 +1.3 pp
1988 73.2 +1.3 pp
1987 71.9 +1.3 pp
1986 70.7 +1.2 pp
1985 69.5 +1.2 pp
1984 68.2 +1.2 pp
1983 67 +1.2 pp
1982 65.9 +1.1 pp
1981 64.8 +1.1 pp
1980 63.7 +1 pp
1979 62.7 +0.9 pp
1978 61.7 +0.9 pp
1977 60.9 +0.8 pp
1976 60.1 +0.8 pp
1975 59.2 +0.8 pp
1974 58.4 +0.9 pp
1973 57.6 +0.9 pp
1972 56.7 +1 pp
1971 55.7 +1.1 pp
1970 54.6 +1.3 pp
1969 53.3 +1.7 pp
1968 51.5 +2 pp
1967 49.5 +2.2 pp
1966 47.3 +2.3 pp
1965 45 +2.2 pp
1964 42.9 +2 pp
1963 40.9 +1.6 pp
1962 39.3 +1.1 pp
1961 38.2 +0.5 pp
1960 37.6

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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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