Fertility & birth rates in Samoa and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Samoa vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Samoa was 3.83 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Samoa vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	UAE
1960	7.78	6.5
1961	7.77	6.49
1962	7.76	6.49
1963	7.73	6.5
1964	7.7	6.49
1965	7.65	6.5
1966	7.6	6.5
1967	7.55	6.51
1968	7.5	6.53
1969	7.43	6.52
1970	7.34	6.52
1971	7.22	6.52
1972	7.07	6.5
1973	6.91	6.46
1974	6.75	6.41
1975	6.61	6.35
1976	6.47	6.29
1977	6.31	6.22
1978	6.15	6.15
1979	5.99	6.06
1980	5.86	5.95
1981	5.75	5.81
1982	5.68	5.66
1983	5.62	5.48
1984	5.55	5.3
1985	5.49	5.13
1986	5.42	5
1987	5.32	4.88
1988	5.21	4.77
1989	5.11	4.65
1990	5.01	4.51
1991	4.91	4.25
1992	4.87	4.09
1993	4.83	3.82
1994	4.79	3.76
1995	4.77	3.28
1996	4.74	3.06
1997	4.7	2.83
1998	4.64	2.77
1999	4.57	2.79
2000	4.52	2.73
2001	4.48	2.62
2002	4.44	2.54
2003	4.39	2.49
2004	4.34	2.38
2005	4.32	2.23
2006	4.32	1.96
2007	4.36	1.79
2008	4.42	1.52
2009	4.47	1.58
2010	4.52	1.57
2011	4.56	1.54
2012	4.55	1.53
2013	4.49	1.53
2014	4.42	1.48
2015	4.34	1.42
2016	4.26	1.37
2017	4.2	1.35
2018	4.14	1.29
2019	4.06	1.25
2020	4	1.29
2021	3.94	1.16
2022	3.88	1.15
2023	3.83	1.2
2024	3.8	1.21
2025	3.75	1.21
2026	3.7	1.21
2027	3.66	1.21
2028	3.62	1.22
2029	3.58	1.22
2030	3.54	1.23
2031	3.5	1.23
2032	3.46	1.24
2033	3.42	1.25
2034	3.39	1.25
2035	3.35	1.26
2036	3.31	1.26
2037	3.27	1.27
2038	3.24	1.28
2039	3.21	1.28
2040	3.17	1.28
2041	3.13	1.29
2042	3.1	1.29
2043	3.06	1.3
2044	3.04	1.3
2045	3.01	1.31
2046	2.98	1.31
2047	2.95	1.31
2048	2.92	1.32
2049	2.89	1.32
2050	2.86	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Samoa	UAE
1960	50.1%	37.8%
1961	50.2%	36.7%
1962	50.6%	35.8%
1963	50.9%	35.1%
1964	51.2%	34.5%
1965	51.3%	33.9%
1966	51.3%	33.2%
1967	51.4%	32.1%
1968	51.4%	31.2%
1969	51.4%	30.6%
1970	51.2%	29.8%
1971	51%	29%
1972	50.8%	28.3%
1973	50.4%	27.8%
1974	49.9%	27.4%
1975	49.3%	27.2%
1976	48.6%	26.9%
1977	48%	26.8%
1978	47.4%	26.9%
1979	46.9%	27.1%
1980	46.4%	27.4%
1981	45.9%	28%
1982	45.2%	28.8%
1983	44.4%	29.5%
1984	43.7%	30.2%
1985	43.1%	30.7%
1986	42.6%	31.2%
1987	42.2%	31.2%
1988	42%	30.9%
1989	41.8%	30.3%
1990	41.5%	29.6%
1991	41.2%	28.8%
1992	40.8%	28.1%
1993	40.3%	27.4%
1994	40%	26.7%
1995	39.9%	25.9%
1996	39.9%	25.2%
1997	40.1%	24.3%
1998	40.2%	23.1%
1999	40.3%	22%
2000	40.5%	20.8%
2001	40.7%	19.8%
2002	40.5%	18.9%
2003	40.2%	18.3%
2004	39.9%	17.8%
2005	39.6%	17.5%
2006	39.4%	17.2%
2007	39%	17%
2008	38.7%	16.9%
2009	38.5%	16.9%
2010	38.4%	16.9%
2011	38.4%	16.8%
2012	38.3%	16.8%
2013	38.1%	16.8%
2014	38.1%	16.8%
2015	38.1%	16.8%
2016	38.1%	16.8%
2017	38.2%	16.8%
2018	38.3%	16.7%
2019	38.5%	16.6%
2020	38.6%	16.6%
2021	38.7%	16.5%
2022	38.8%	16.5%
2023	38.7%	16.3%
2024	38.5%	16.1%
2025	38.1%	16%
2026	37.5%	15.9%
2027	36.9%	15.9%
2028	36.3%	15.9%
2029	35.8%	15.9%
2030	35.2%	16%
2031	34.7%	16.1%
2032	34.2%	16.3%
2033	33.7%	16.5%
2034	33.3%	16.7%
2035	33%	16.9%
2036	32.7%	17.1%
2037	32.6%	17.3%
2038	32.6%	17.5%
2039	32.7%	17.7%
2040	32.7%	17.9%
2041	32.8%	18%
2042	32.9%	18.1%
2043	33%	18.2%
2044	33.1%	18.3%
2045	33.1%	18.3%
2046	33.1%	18.3%
2047	33%	18.3%
2048	32.9%	18.3%
2049	32.7%	18.2%
2050	32.5%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.5% of the population in Samoa and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Samoa and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Samoa vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.18% in Samoa and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Samoa	UAE
1960	4,298	3,418
1961	4,399	3,657
1962	4,498	3,901
1963	4,544	4,157
1964	4,326	4,410
1965	4,605	4,675
1966	4,593	4,955
1967	4,621	5,264
1968	4,605	5,588
1969	4,592	6,138
1970	4,567	6,922
1971	4,534	7,839
1972	4,487	8,818
1973	4,446	9,822
1974	4,411	10,835
1975	4,465	11,859
1976	4,519	12,876
1977	4,555	15,787
1978	4,587	18,879
1979	4,624	21,987
1980	4,672	25,005
1981	4,720	27,560
1982	4,808	29,585
1983	4,914	31,480
1984	4,979	33,250
1985	4,998	34,855
1986	4,983	36,829
1987	4,909	37,741
1988	4,889	38,861
1989	4,845	40,148
1990	4,759	41,339
1991	4,655	41,409
1992	4,652	42,119
1993	4,769	41,324
1994	4,880	42,976
1995	4,976	38,685
1996	5,038	37,886
1997	5,053	38,207
1998	5,022	41,176
1999	4,937	46,198
2000	4,855	49,993
2001	4,759	52,789
2002	4,672	55,922
2003	4,622	59,118
2004	4,554	60,344
2005	4,503	60,046
2006	4,473	54,338
2007	4,480	55,048
2008	4,581	55,426
2009	4,525	66,521
2010	4,779	69,907
2011	4,860	73,496
2012	4,863	78,682
2013	4,875	82,977
2014	4,849	84,277
2015	4,795	85,044
2016	4,720	87,028
2017	4,661	89,382
2018	4,637	86,840
2019	4,495	86,296
2020	4,442	87,871
2021	4,379	76,802
2022	4,288	81,758
2023	4,170	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Samoa vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 101 deaths per 100,000 live births in Samoa, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Samoa	UAE
1985	160	19
1986	153	19
1987	147	19
1988	143	19
1989	136	19
1990	135	19
1991	131	19
1992	124	19
1993	117	19
1994	112	19
1995	105	18
1996	103	16
1997	98	14
1998	96	12
1999	94	10
2000	93	8
2001	93	7
2002	89	5
2003	87	5
2004	86	4
2005	87	4
2006	86	3
2007	85	3
2008	87	3
2009	94	3
2010	92	3
2011	93	4
2012	101	4
2013	100	4
2014	106	3
2015	108	3
2016	108	3
2017	111	3
2018	110	3
2019	111	3
2020	114	6
2021	115	6
2022	110	2
2023	101	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.57% in Samoa and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Samoa	UAE
1960	10.7%	20.1%
1961	10.3%	19%
1962	9.93%	18%
1963	9.56%	16.9%
1964	11.1%	15.8%
1965	8.9%	14.8%
1966	8.57%	13.7%
1967	8.23%	12.6%
1968	7.89%	11.6%
1969	7.53%	10.6%
1970	7.19%	9.62%
1971	6.85%	8.72%
1972	6.52%	7.89%
1973	6.2%	7.12%
1974	5.9%	6.43%
1975	5.62%	5.8%
1976	5.34%	5.23%
1977	5.07%	4.7%
1978	4.82%	4.22%
1979	4.59%	3.78%
1980	4.38%	3.4%
1981	4.19%	3.06%
1982	4.01%	2.77%
1983	3.85%	2.52%
1984	3.7%	2.31%
1985	3.56%	2.12%
1986	3.42%	1.97%
1987	3.3%	1.83%
1988	3.18%	1.71%
1989	3.08%	1.61%
1990	2.98%	1.51%
1991	2.89%	1.43%
1992	2.8%	1.37%
1993	2.7%	1.31%
1994	2.61%	1.26%
1995	2.52%	1.21%
1996	2.44%	1.18%
1997	2.35%	1.15%
1998	2.27%	1.12%
1999	2.19%	1.09%
2000	2.12%	1.07%
2001	2.06%	1.05%
2002	2%	1.03%
2003	1.97%	1.01%
2004	1.94%	1%
2005	1.93%	0.98%
2006	1.93%	0.96%
2007	1.93%	0.94%
2008	1.93%	0.92%
2009	2.54%	0.9%
2010	1.93%	0.88%
2011	1.92%	0.86%
2012	1.91%	0.84%
2013	1.89%	0.82%
2014	1.87%	0.79%
2015	1.85%	0.77%
2016	1.83%	0.73%
2017	1.81%	0.7%
2018	1.78%	0.67%
2019	2.02%	0.63%
2020	1.7%	0.6%
2021	1.66%	0.56%
2022	1.62%	0.53%
2023	1.57%	0.5%