Fertility & birth rates in Samoa and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Samoa vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Samoa vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	7.78	2.69
1961	7.77	2.78
1962	7.76	2.86
1963	7.73	2.88
1964	7.7	2.93
1965	7.65	2.86
1966	7.6	2.78
1967	7.55	2.68
1968	7.5	2.6
1969	7.43	2.51
1970	7.34	2.44
1971	7.22	2.41
1972	7.07	2.2
1973	6.91	2.04
1974	6.75	1.92
1975	6.61	1.81
1976	6.47	1.74
1977	6.31	1.69
1978	6.15	1.75
1979	5.99	1.86
1980	5.86	1.9
1981	5.75	1.82
1982	5.68	1.78
1983	5.62	1.77
1984	5.55	1.77
1985	5.49	1.79
1986	5.42	1.78
1987	5.32	1.81
1988	5.21	1.82
1989	5.11	1.79
1990	5.01	1.83
1991	4.91	1.82
1992	4.87	1.79
1993	4.83	1.76
1994	4.79	1.74
1995	4.77	1.71
1996	4.74	1.73
1997	4.7	1.72
1998	4.64	1.71
1999	4.57	1.68
2000	4.52	1.64
2001	4.48	1.63
2002	4.44	1.63
2003	4.39	1.7
2004	4.34	1.75
2005	4.32	1.76
2006	4.32	1.82
2007	4.36	1.86
2008	4.42	1.91
2009	4.47	1.89
2010	4.52	1.92
2011	4.56	1.91
2012	4.55	1.92
2013	4.49	1.83
2014	4.42	1.81
2015	4.34	1.8
2016	4.26	1.79
2017	4.2	1.74
2018	4.14	1.68
2019	4.06	1.63
2020	4	1.57
2021	3.94	1.58
2022	3.88	1.56
2023	3.83	1.56
2024	3.8	1.55
2025	3.75	1.54
2026	3.7	1.53
2027	3.66	1.53
2028	3.62	1.53
2029	3.58	1.52
2030	3.54	1.52
2031	3.5	1.52
2032	3.46	1.53
2033	3.42	1.53
2034	3.39	1.53
2035	3.35	1.53
2036	3.31	1.53
2037	3.27	1.53
2038	3.24	1.53
2039	3.21	1.53
2040	3.17	1.53
2041	3.13	1.54
2042	3.1	1.54
2043	3.06	1.54
2044	3.04	1.54
2045	3.01	1.54
2046	2.98	1.54
2047	2.95	1.54
2048	2.92	1.54
2049	2.89	1.55
2050	2.86	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Samoa	United Kingdom
1960	50.1%	23.3%
1961	50.2%	23.3%
1962	50.6%	23.2%
1963	50.9%	23.2%
1964	51.2%	23.3%
1965	51.3%	23.4%
1966	51.3%	23.5%
1967	51.4%	23.7%
1968	51.4%	23.9%
1969	51.4%	24%
1970	51.2%	24.1%
1971	51%	24.1%
1972	50.8%	24%
1973	50.4%	23.9%
1974	49.9%	23.6%
1975	49.3%	23.3%
1976	48.6%	22.9%
1977	48%	22.4%
1978	47.4%	21.9%
1979	46.9%	21.4%
1980	46.4%	21%
1981	45.9%	20.6%
1982	45.2%	20.2%
1983	44.4%	19.8%
1984	43.7%	19.5%
1985	43.1%	19.3%
1986	42.6%	19.1%
1987	42.2%	18.9%
1988	42%	18.9%
1989	41.8%	19.1%
1990	41.5%	19.1%
1991	41.2%	19.3%
1992	40.8%	19.4%
1993	40.3%	19.5%
1994	40%	19.6%
1995	39.9%	19.5%
1996	39.9%	19.4%
1997	40.1%	19.3%
1998	40.2%	19.3%
1999	40.3%	19.2%
2000	40.5%	18.9%
2001	40.7%	18.7%
2002	40.5%	18.5%
2003	40.2%	18.4%
2004	39.9%	18.3%
2005	39.6%	18.2%
2006	39.4%	18%
2007	39%	17.9%
2008	38.7%	17.8%
2009	38.5%	17.8%
2010	38.4%	17.8%
2011	38.4%	17.7%
2012	38.3%	17.8%
2013	38.1%	17.8%
2014	38.1%	17.8%
2015	38.1%	17.9%
2016	38.1%	18%
2017	38.2%	18%
2018	38.3%	18.1%
2019	38.5%	18%
2020	38.6%	18%
2021	38.7%	17.8%
2022	38.8%	17.6%
2023	38.7%	17.4%
2024	38.5%	17.2%
2025	38.1%	17%
2026	37.5%	16.7%
2027	36.9%	16.5%
2028	36.3%	16.2%
2029	35.8%	16%
2030	35.2%	15.7%
2031	34.7%	15.5%
2032	34.2%	15.3%
2033	33.7%	15.2%
2034	33.3%	15.1%
2035	33%	15%
2036	32.7%	14.9%
2037	32.6%	14.9%
2038	32.6%	14.8%
2039	32.7%	14.8%
2040	32.7%	14.8%
2041	32.8%	14.8%
2042	32.9%	14.8%
2043	33%	14.9%
2044	33.1%	14.9%
2045	33.1%	14.9%
2046	33.1%	15%
2047	33%	15%
2048	32.9%	15%
2049	32.7%	15%
2050	32.5%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.5% of the population in Samoa and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Samoa and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Samoa vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.18% in Samoa and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	4,298	314,400
1961	4,399	311,519
1962	4,498	340,800
1963	4,544	337,995
1964	4,326	405,000
1965	4,605	364,132
1966	4,593	333,356
1967	4,621	346,145
1968	4,605	292,622
1969	4,592	260,577
1970	4,567	244,918
1971	4,534	257,123
1972	4,487	162,650
1973	4,446	112,389
1974	4,411	67,476
1975	4,465	33,735
1976	4,519	-5,621
1977	4,555	0
1978	4,587	16,859
1979	4,624	61,872
1980	4,672	95,734
1981	4,720	73,234
1982	4,808	56,314
1983	4,914	61,966
1984	4,979	84,633
1985	4,998	79,170
1986	4,983	90,690
1987	4,909	136,325
1988	4,889	136,628
1989	4,845	119,861
1990	4,759	154,569
1991	4,655	143,562
1992	4,652	149,709
1993	4,769	103,893
1994	4,880	127,304
1995	4,976	87,028
1996	5,038	98,884
1997	5,053	99,138
1998	5,022	87,730
1999	4,937	64,551
2000	4,855	70,671
2001	4,759	65,032
2002	4,672	65,308
2003	4,622	89,471
2004	4,554	131,974
2005	4,503	144,963
2006	4,473	176,455
2007	4,480	196,232
2008	4,581	216,325
2009	4,525	230,422
2010	4,779	251,066
2011	4,860	259,361
2012	4,863	248,473
2013	4,875	198,830
2014	4,849	206,784
2015	4,795	175,738
2016	4,720	177,139
2017	4,661	145,125
2018	4,637	119,321
2019	4,495	108,342
2020	4,442	-4,272
2021	4,379	30,612
2022	4,288	39,751
2023	4,170	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Samoa vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Samoa	United Kingdom
1985	160	2
1986	153	2
1987	147	3
1988	143	4
1989	136	5
1990	135	6
1991	131	7
1992	124	7
1993	117	8
1994	112	9
1995	105	9
1996	103	8
1997	98	9
1998	96	10
1999	94	11
2000	93	12
2001	93	13
2002	89	13
2003	87	14
2004	86	13
2005	87	12
2006	86	12
2007	85	11
2008	87	11
2009	94	11
2010	92	10
2011	93	10
2012	101	9
2013	100	9
2014	106	9
2015	108	9
2016	108	9
2017	111	9
2018	110	9
2019	111	9
2020	114	14
2021	115	13
2022	110	15
2023	101	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.57% in Samoa and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	10.7%	2.66%
1961	10.3%	2.61%
1962	9.93%	2.56%
1963	9.56%	2.49%
1964	11.1%	2.42%
1965	8.9%	2.34%
1966	8.57%	2.28%
1967	8.23%	2.22%
1968	7.89%	2.18%
1969	7.53%	2.14%
1970	7.19%	2.1%
1971	6.85%	2.06%
1972	6.52%	2%
1973	6.2%	1.94%
1974	5.9%	1.87%
1975	5.62%	1.8%
1976	5.34%	1.72%
1977	5.07%	1.64%
1978	4.82%	1.57%
1979	4.59%	1.49%
1980	4.38%	1.41%
1981	4.19%	1.34%
1982	4.01%	1.27%
1983	3.85%	1.22%
1984	3.7%	1.17%
1985	3.56%	1.14%
1986	3.42%	1.11%
1987	3.3%	1.08%
1988	3.18%	1.04%
1989	3.08%	0.99%
1990	2.98%	0.93%
1991	2.89%	0.87%
1992	2.8%	0.82%
1993	2.7%	0.77%
1994	2.61%	0.74%
1995	2.52%	0.72%
1996	2.44%	0.7%
1997	2.35%	0.69%
1998	2.27%	0.68%
1999	2.19%	0.67%
2000	2.12%	0.65%
2001	2.06%	0.64%
2002	2%	0.63%
2003	1.97%	0.63%
2004	1.94%	0.61%
2005	1.93%	0.6%
2006	1.93%	0.59%
2007	1.93%	0.58%
2008	1.93%	0.56%
2009	2.54%	0.54%
2010	1.93%	0.52%
2011	1.92%	0.5%
2012	1.91%	0.48%
2013	1.89%	0.46%
2014	1.87%	0.45%
2015	1.85%	0.45%
2016	1.83%	0.44%
2017	1.81%	0.44%
2018	1.78%	0.44%
2019	2.02%	0.44%
2020	1.7%	0.44%
2021	1.66%	0.44%
2022	1.62%	0.45%
2023	1.57%	0.45%