New Zealand vs Samoa statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.29M (ranked 123/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 74th vs. 168th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 52/197 ($260B) and Samoa ranks 185/197 ($1.18B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($49,205), while Samoa ranks 117/197 ($5,393).

New Zealand and Samoa: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Samoa economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Samoa
1960	$5,536,098,360	-
1961	$5,721,994,864	-
1962	$6,133,158,532	-
1963	$6,699,741,645	-
1964	$7,340,766,415	-
1965	$5,706,251,400	-
1966	$5,917,437,693	-
1967	$6,016,017,227	-
1968	$5,228,045,415	-
1969	$5,814,357,709	-
1970	$6,495,605,331	$45,208,338
1971	$7,911,136,757	$53,719,569
1972	$9,567,331,065	$62,566,116
1973	$12,802,281,898	$82,452,985
1974	$13,940,981,798	$93,549,611
1975	$12,861,983,284	$93,489,283
1976	$13,604,832,424	$85,003,078
1977	$15,446,825,318	$98,295,671
1978	$18,530,518,395	$108,223,444
1979	$20,731,243,113	$122,257,393
1980	$23,244,547,385	$125,747,038
1981	$24,417,617,184	$118,190,655
1982	$24,164,603,059	$121,221,652
1983	$24,309,279,706	$111,862,824
1984	$21,665,975,319	$109,200,934
1985	$24,679,795,396	$95,572,173
1986	$30,604,668,357	$100,947,849
1987	$40,376,354,070	$111,713,922
1988	$45,176,811,594	$133,016,065
1989	$43,920,222,525	$122,888,610
1990	$45,495,129,385	$125,766,270
1991	$42,745,329,732	$125,597,205
1992	$41,649,829,860	$132,303,041
1993	$46,775,620,817	$133,122,897
1994	$55,314,732,279	$221,098,107
1995	$63,918,703,507	$224,865,731
1996	$70,140,835,299	$249,907,869
1997	$66,075,143,415	$285,475,592
1998	$56,227,169,851	$269,485,244
1999	$58,762,260,626	$255,408,060
2000	$52,623,281,957	$258,856,140
2001	$53,872,425,917	$266,299,591
2002	$66,627,729,311	$281,790,134
2003	$88,250,885,550	$333,426,188
2004	$103,905,210,084	$407,747,565
2005	$114,720,129,550	$476,801,793
2006	$111,538,810,713	$499,923,758
2007	$137,188,946,866	$573,548,460
2008	$133,437,126,590	$641,346,192
2009	$121,663,439,315	$628,006,115
2010	$146,887,902,524	$680,260,907
2011	$168,484,908,960	$744,097,050
2012	$176,560,711,239	$773,141,661
2013	$191,012,364,177	$797,736,334
2014	$201,518,402,787	$796,683,520
2015	$178,224,167,088	$824,150,499
2016	$189,100,085,275	$843,924,797
2017	$206,745,969,246	$884,844,384
2018	$211,985,631,173	$878,448,433
2019	$213,006,341,102	$912,950,466
2020	$213,029,554,654	$868,884,903
2021	$253,977,931,815	$859,724,936
2022	$249,509,991,440	$889,554,712
2023	$255,194,972,673	$1,044,909,500
2024	$260,172,385,098	$1,175,749,786

New Zealand and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Samoa
1960	$2,334	-
1961	$2,365	-
1962	$2,471	-
1963	$2,646	-
1964	$2,839	-
1965	$2,171	-
1966	$2,211	-
1967	$2,208	-
1968	$1,902	-
1969	$2,097	-
1970	$2,311	$322
1971	$2,773	$377
1972	$3,295	$433
1973	$4,323	$563
1974	$4,611	$626
1975	$4,172	$610
1976	$4,374	$541
1977	$4,951	$615
1978	$5,937	$671
1979	$6,668	$751
1980	$7,467	$765
1981	$7,814	$713
1982	$7,656	$728
1983	$7,598	$671
1984	$6,714	$655
1985	$7,601	$573
1986	$9,428	$604
1987	$12,331	$666
1988	$13,759	$790
1989	$13,312	$728
1990	$13,663	$744
1991	$12,230	$742
1992	$11,793	$777
1993	$13,094	$775
1994	$15,280	$1,277
1995	$17,400	$1,288
1996	$18,794	$1,419
1997	$17,474	$1,608
1998	$14,738	$1,506
1999	$15,322	$1,417
2000	$13,641	$1,425
2001	$13,883	$1,454
2002	$16,874	$1,528
2003	$21,914	$1,798
2004	$25,420	$2,189
2005	$27,751	$2,550
2006	$26,655	$2,663
2007	$32,480	$3,039
2008	$31,325	$3,374
2009	$28,277	$3,279
2010	$33,762	$3,524
2011	$38,432	$3,822
2012	$40,054	$3,935
2013	$43,000	$4,024
2014	$44,618	$3,983
2015	$38,665	$4,084
2016	$40,114	$4,147
2017	$42,950	$4,308
2018	$43,257	$4,232
2019	$42,856	$4,352
2020	$41,998	$4,100
2021	$49,950	$4,022
2022	$49,100	$4,132
2023	$49,076	$4,823
2024	$49,205	$5,393

New Zealand vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Samoa
1950	69.3	49.2
1951	69.1	49.8
1952	69.4	50.4
1953	70.2	51
1954	70.3	51.6
1955	70.5	52.2
1956	70.7	52.8
1957	70.3	53.4
1958	70.9	54
1959	70.8	54.6
1960	71.2	55.2
1961	70.9	55.7
1962	71.2	56.3
1963	71.3	56.9
1964	71.3	54
1965	71.2	57.9
1966	71.1	58.2
1967	71.4	58.9
1968	71.1	59.4
1969	71.5	59.9
1970	71.2	60.4
1971	71.7	60.9
1972	71.8	61.4
1973	71.7	61.9
1974	71.9	62.3
1975	72.2	62.8
1976	72.4	63.3
1977	72.1	63.7
1978	73	64.1
1979	73.1	64.5
1980	72.9	65
1981	73.6	65.3
1982	73.7	65.6
1983	73.8	66
1984	74.4	66.3
1985	73.9	66.6
1986	74.1	66.8
1987	74.2	67
1988	74.5	67.3
1989	74.9	67.6
1990	75.4	67.8
1991	76.1	68
1992	76.2	68.5
1993	76.5	68.8
1994	76.9	69.2
1995	76.8	69.5
1996	76.8	69.8
1997	77.3	70
1998	78.2	70.3
1999	77.9	70.6
2000	78.7	70.8
2001	78.7	71
2002	78.9	71.2
2003	79.1	71.4
2004	79.4	71.5
2005	80	71.5
2006	80	71.6
2007	80.1	71.6
2008	80.2	71.5
2009	80.5	69.5
2010	81.1	71.5
2011	80.8	71.4
2012	81.2	71.2
2013	81.6	71.2
2014	81.4	71.1
2015	81.6	71.1
2016	82	71
2017	81.6	71
2018	81.9	71.1
2019	81.8	70.3
2020	82.7	70.7
2021	82.3	71.1
2022	81	71.6
2023	82.1	71.7
2024	82.2	71.8
2025	82.4	71.9
2026	82.5	72.1

New Zealand and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Samoa
1960	2,371,800	112,490
1961	2,419,700	115,496
1962	2,482,000	118,597
1963	2,531,800	121,764
1964	2,585,400	124,894
1965	2,628,400	127,978
1966	2,675,900	131,073
1967	2,724,100	133,764
1968	2,748,100	136,020
1969	2,772,800	138,233
1970	2,810,700	140,400
1971	2,853,000	142,503
1972	2,903,900	144,538
1973	2,961,300	146,516
1974	3,023,700	149,431
1975	3,083,100	153,344
1976	3,110,500	157,113
1977	3,120,200	159,753
1978	3,121,200	161,375
1979	3,109,000	162,882
1980	3,112,900	164,322
1981	3,124,900	165,678
1982	3,156,100	166,484
1983	3,199,300	166,714
1984	3,227,100	166,796
1985	3,247,100	166,849
1986	3,246,300	167,061
1987	3,274,400	167,661
1988	3,283,400	168,346
1989	3,299,200	168,768
1990	3,329,800	169,042
1991	3,495,100	169,368
1992	3,531,700	170,331
1993	3,572,200	171,774
1994	3,620,000	173,159
1995	3,673,400	174,571
1996	3,732,000	176,071
1997	3,781,300	177,547
1998	3,815,000	178,905
1999	3,835,100	180,275
2000	3,857,700	181,685
2001	3,880,500	183,166
2002	3,948,500	184,471
2003	4,027,200	185,430
2004	4,087,500	186,249
2005	4,133,900	186,978
2006	4,184,600	187,709
2007	4,223,800	188,753
2008	4,259,800	190,107
2009	4,302,600	191,513
2010	4,350,700	193,023
2011	4,384,000	194,713
2012	4,408,100	196,498
2013	4,442,100	198,268
2014	4,516,500	200,037
2015	4,609,400	201,782
2016	4,714,100	203,499
2017	4,813,600	205,415
2018	4,900,600	207,582
2019	4,970,300	209,780
2020	5,072,400	211,944
2021	5,084,600	213,779
2022	5,081,700	215,261
2023	5,200,000	216,663
2024	5,287,500	218,019

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Samoa

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Samoa
1960	4.24	7.78
1961	4.31	7.77
1962	4.19	7.76
1963	4.05	7.73
1964	3.8	7.7
1965	3.54	7.65
1966	3.41	7.6
1967	3.35	7.55
1968	3.34	7.5
1969	3.28	7.43
1970	3.17	7.34
1971	3.18	7.22
1972	3	7.07
1973	2.76	6.91
1974	2.58	6.75
1975	2.37	6.61
1976	2.27	6.47
1977	2.21	6.31
1978	2.07	6.15
1979	2.12	5.99
1980	2.03	5.86
1981	2.01	5.75
1982	1.95	5.68
1983	1.92	5.62
1984	1.93	5.55
1985	1.93	5.49
1986	1.96	5.42
1987	2.03	5.32
1988	2.1	5.21
1989	2.12	5.11
1990	2.18	5.01
1991	2.09	4.91
1992	2.06	4.87
1993	2.04	4.83
1994	1.98	4.79
1995	1.98	4.77
1996	1.96	4.74
1997	1.96	4.7
1998	1.89	4.64
1999	1.97	4.57
2000	1.98	4.52
2001	1.97	4.48
2002	1.89	4.44
2003	1.93	4.39
2004	1.98	4.34
2005	1.97	4.32
2006	2.01	4.32
2007	2.18	4.36
2008	2.19	4.42
2009	2.13	4.47
2010	2.17	4.52
2011	2.09	4.56
2012	2.1	4.55
2013	2.01	4.49
2014	1.92	4.42
2015	1.99	4.34
2016	1.87	4.26
2017	1.81	4.2
2018	1.71	4.14
2019	1.72	4.06
2020	1.61	4
2021	1.64	3.94
2022	1.66	3.88
2023	1.56	3.83

New Zealand and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Samoa
1960	27.5	15
1961	27.1	14.9
1962	26.8	14.8
1963	26.4	14.6
1964	26.2	14.6
1965	26	14.5
1966	25.9	14.5
1967	25.8	14.5
1968	25.7	14.5
1969	25.7	14.5
1970	25.6	14.6
1971	25.7	14.7
1972	25.9	14.8
1973	26	14.9
1974	26.2	15
1975	26.3	15.3
1976	26.5	15.5
1977	26.8	15.8
1978	27.1	16
1979	27.5	16.2
1980	27.9	16.4
1981	28.2	16.6
1982	28.5	16.8
1983	28.8	17.1
1984	29.1	17.4
1985	29.4	17.6
1986	29.8	17.8
1987	30.1	18
1988	30.4	18.2
1989	30.8	18.3
1990	31.1	18.4
1991	31.4	18.5
1992	31.7	18.7
1993	32	19
1994	32.3	19.3
1995	32.6	19.6
1996	32.8	19.7
1997	33.2	19.8
1998	33.6	19.9
1999	34	19.9
2000	34.3	19.8
2001	34.6	19.7
2002	34.8	19.7
2003	35	19.9
2004	35.2	20.1
2005	35.5	20.3
2006	35.8	20.4
2007	36.1	20.6
2008	36.4	20.7
2009	36.6	20.8
2010	36.8	20.8
2011	37	20.8
2012	37.2	20.8
2013	37.4	21
2014	37.5	21.1
2015	37.4	21.2
2016	37.3	21.3
2017	37.2	21.4
2018	37.3	21.4
2019	37.3	21.5
2020	37.5	21.4
2021	37.8	21.4
2022	38.1	21.1
2023	38.3	21
2024	38.6	20.9

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