Samoa's population rose from 176,071 in 1996 to 219,306 in 2025.
Samoa · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Samoa's population growth fell from 0.9 % in 1996 to 0.6 % in 2025.
Samoa's population density rose from 61.2 in 1994 to 77.9 in 2023.
Samoa's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.2 % in 1996 to 49.6 % in 2025.
Samoa's urbanisation fell from 21.7 % in 1996 to 17.5 % in 2025.
Samoa's urban population rose from 38,143 in 1996 to 38,393 in 2025.
Samoa's rural population rose from 137,928 in 1996 to 180,913 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %31st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.7 %52nd of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.0 %154th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.0 %140th of 217
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- Median agedown −0.2 yrs177th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts32nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts202nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts137th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts16th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts124th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.2 %125th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts154th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %160th of 175*
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs139th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs148th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs126th of 217