Marshall Islands vs Samoa statistics compared

The Marshall Islands has a population of 37.5K (ranked 192/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). The Marshall Islands' land area is 69.5 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 191st vs. 168th).

By GDP, The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Marshall Islands and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Marshall Islands and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1970	$8,408,486	$45,208,338
1971	$9,116,810	$53,719,569
1972	$9,973,652	$62,566,116
1973	$11,607,366	$82,452,985
1974	$15,217,532	$93,549,611
1975	$16,691,301	$93,489,283
1976	$18,153,647	$85,003,078
1977	$20,210,069	$98,295,671
1978	$22,209,370	$108,223,444
1979	$25,545,346	$122,257,393
1980	$26,710,653	$125,747,038
1981	$31,020,000	$118,190,655
1982	$34,918,000	$121,221,652
1983	$41,749,000	$111,862,824
1984	$45,144,000	$109,200,934
1985	$43,879,000	$95,572,173
1986	$55,989,000	$100,947,849
1987	$62,983,000	$111,713,922
1988	$70,688,000	$133,016,065
1989	$72,798,000	$122,888,610
1990	$78,476,000	$125,766,270
1991	$82,507,000	$125,597,205
1992	$91,063,000	$132,303,041
1993	$99,461,000	$133,122,897
1994	$108,071,000	$221,098,107
1995	$120,230,000	$224,865,731
1996	$110,858,000	$249,907,869
1997	$109,884,700	$285,475,592
1998	$112,070,100	$269,485,244
1999	$113,352,100	$255,408,060
2000	$114,838,500	$258,856,140
2001	$122,406,100	$266,299,591
2002	$131,960,000	$281,790,134
2003	$131,128,500	$333,426,188
2004	$132,900,000	$407,747,565
2005	$138,000,000	$476,801,793
2006	$143,200,000	$499,923,758
2007	$150,500,000	$573,548,460
2008	$146,600,000	$641,346,192
2009	$151,200,000	$628,006,115
2010	$161,100,000	$680,260,907
2011	$172,300,000	$744,097,050
2012	$180,700,000	$773,141,661
2013	$186,400,000	$797,736,334
2014	$186,000,000	$796,683,520
2015	$183,700,000	$824,150,499
2016	$201,800,000	$843,924,797
2017	$213,700,000	$884,844,384
2018	$220,000,000	$878,448,433
2019	$232,900,000	$912,950,466
2020	$241,800,000	$868,898,358
2021	$258,900,000	$843,923,639
2022	$253,400,000	$832,945,206
2023	$259,300,000	$938,189,444
2024	$280,357,844	$1,068,025,244

Marshall Islands and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1970	$373	$322
1971	$390	$377
1972	$416	$433
1973	$472	$563
1974	$602	$626
1975	$638	$610
1976	$672	$541
1977	$724	$615
1978	$771	$671
1979	$859	$751
1980	$868	$765
1981	$969	$713
1982	$1,046	$728
1983	$1,199	$671
1984	$1,245	$655
1985	$1,162	$573
1986	$1,425	$604
1987	$1,543	$666
1988	$1,670	$790
1989	$1,670	$728
1990	$1,758	$744
1991	$1,811	$742
1992	$1,963	$777
1993	$2,112	$775
1994	$2,265	$1,277
1995	$2,491	$1,288
1996	$2,273	$1,419
1997	$2,231	$1,608
1998	$2,254	$1,506
1999	$2,258	$1,417
2000	$2,265	$1,425
2001	$2,394	$1,454
2002	$2,566	$1,528
2003	$2,539	$1,798
2004	$2,566	$2,189
2005	$2,659	$2,550
2006	$2,754	$2,663
2007	$2,892	$3,039
2008	$2,818	$3,374
2009	$2,907	$3,279
2010	$3,095	$3,524
2011	$3,319	$3,822
2012	$3,514	$3,935
2013	$3,678	$4,024
2014	$3,735	$3,983
2015	$3,764	$4,084
2016	$4,230	$4,147
2017	$4,593	$4,308
2018	$4,858	$4,232
2019	$5,292	$4,352
2020	$5,662	$4,100
2021	$6,259	$3,948
2022	$6,323	$3,869
2023	$6,678	$4,330
2024	$7,467	$4,899

Marshall Islands vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1950	52.6	49.2
1951	52.7	49.8
1952	52.7	50.4
1953	52.8	51
1954	52.9	51.6
1955	53	52.2
1956	53.2	52.8
1957	53.4	53.4
1958	53.6	54
1959	54	54.6
1960	54.4	55.2
1961	54.7	55.7
1962	55.2	56.3
1963	55.7	56.9
1964	56.3	54
1965	56.8	57.9
1966	57.3	58.2
1967	57.8	58.9
1968	58.2	59.4
1969	58.5	59.9
1970	58.8	60.4
1971	59.1	60.9
1972	59.5	61.4
1973	59.8	61.9
1974	60.1	62.3
1975	60.3	62.8
1976	60.4	63.3
1977	60.6	63.7
1978	60.7	64.1
1979	60.8	64.5
1980	61	65
1981	61.1	65.3
1982	61.3	65.6
1983	61.5	66
1984	61.6	66.3
1985	61.7	66.6
1986	61.8	66.8
1987	61.8	67
1988	61.8	67.3
1989	61.7	67.6
1990	61.8	67.8
1991	61.8	68
1992	61.9	68.5
1993	62.1	68.8
1994	62.3	69.2
1995	62.5	69.5
1996	62.8	69.8
1997	63	70
1998	63.2	70.3
1999	63.4	70.6
2000	63.3	70.8
2001	63.7	71
2002	63.8	71.2
2003	64	71.4
2004	64	71.5
2005	64.1	71.5
2006	64.2	71.6
2007	64.3	71.6
2008	64.3	71.5
2009	64.4	69.5
2010	64.5	71.5
2011	64.6	71.4
2012	64.8	71.2
2013	65	71.2
2014	65.1	71.1
2015	65.3	71.1
2016	65.5	71
2017	65.7	71
2018	65.9	71.1
2019	66	70.3
2020	65.4	70.7
2021	65.4	71.1
2022	66.7	71.6
2023	66.9	71.7
2024	67.1	71.8
2025	67.2	71.9

Marshall Islands and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1960	14,703	112,490
1961	15,219	115,496
1962	15,755	118,597
1963	16,302	121,764
1964	16,852	124,894
1965	17,402	127,978
1966	17,927	131,073
1967	18,655	133,764
1968	19,862	136,020
1969	21,305	138,233
1970	22,530	140,400
1971	23,366	142,503
1972	23,992	144,538
1973	24,581	146,516
1974	25,296	149,431
1975	26,154	153,344
1976	27,021	157,113
1977	27,906	159,753
1978	28,809	161,375
1979	29,738	162,882
1980	30,774	164,322
1981	32,017	165,678
1982	33,397	166,484
1983	34,811	166,714
1984	36,264	166,796
1985	37,761	166,849
1986	39,286	167,061
1987	40,828	167,661
1988	42,321	168,346
1989	43,586	168,768
1990	44,629	169,042
1991	45,568	169,368
1992	46,388	170,331
1993	47,093	171,774
1994	47,712	173,159
1995	48,266	174,571
1996	48,775	176,071
1997	49,259	177,547
1998	49,717	178,905
1999	50,202	180,275
2000	50,706	181,685
2001	51,123	183,166
2002	51,425	184,471
2003	51,639	185,430
2004	51,791	186,249
2005	51,906	186,978
2006	51,992	187,709
2007	52,035	188,753
2008	52,030	190,107
2009	52,019	191,513
2010	52,044	193,023
2011	51,907	194,713
2012	51,419	196,498
2013	50,681	198,268
2014	49,796	200,037
2015	48,800	201,782
2016	47,709	203,499
2017	46,529	205,415
2018	45,285	207,582
2019	44,007	209,780
2020	42,706	211,944
2021	41,367	213,779
2022	40,077	215,261
2023	38,827	216,663
2024	37,548	218,019

Fertility rates in Marshall Islands and Samoa

Fertility rate

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1960	8.08	7.78
1961	8.12	7.77
1962	8.12	7.76
1963	8.12	7.73
1964	8.14	7.7
1965	8.16	7.65
1966	8.2	7.6
1967	8.17	7.55
1968	8.14	7.5
1969	8.11	7.43
1970	8.07	7.34
1971	8.04	7.22
1972	8	7.07
1973	7.95	6.91
1974	7.9	6.75
1975	7.83	6.61
1976	7.76	6.47
1977	7.67	6.31
1978	7.58	6.15
1979	7.47	5.99
1980	7.37	5.86
1981	7.27	5.75
1982	7.18	5.68
1983	7.08	5.62
1984	6.99	5.55
1985	6.87	5.49
1986	6.73	5.42
1987	6.57	5.32
1988	6.38	5.21
1989	6.18	5.11
1990	5.97	5.01
1991	5.76	4.91
1992	5.55	4.87
1993	5.38	4.83
1994	5.23	4.79
1995	5.09	4.77
1996	5.02	4.74
1997	4.96	4.7
1998	4.87	4.64
1999	4.78	4.57
2000	4.7	4.52
2001	4.58	4.48
2002	4.49	4.44
2003	4.42	4.39
2004	4.34	4.34
2005	4.28	4.32
2006	4.2	4.32
2007	4.09	4.36
2008	3.97	4.42
2009	3.83	4.47
2010	3.67	4.52
2011	3.53	4.56
2012	3.38	4.55
2013	3.25	4.49
2014	3.18	4.42
2015	3.13	4.34
2016	3.09	4.26
2017	3.06	4.2
2018	3.04	4.14
2019	3.01	4.06
2020	2.99	4
2021	2.96	3.94
2022	2.94	3.88
2023	2.92	3.83

Marshall Islands and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Marshall Islands

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Marshall Islands	Samoa
1960	17.4	15
1961	17	14.9
1962	16.7	14.8
1963	16.4	14.6
1964	16.3	14.6
1965	16.3	14.5
1966	16.4	14.5
1967	16.6	14.5
1968	16.9	14.5
1969	17.2	14.5
1970	17.4	14.6
1971	17.1	14.7
1972	16.6	14.8
1973	16.2	14.9
1974	16	15
1975	15.9	15.3
1976	15.7	15.5
1977	15.5	15.8
1978	15.3	16
1979	15.1	16.2
1980	15	16.4
1981	14.9	16.6
1982	14.9	16.8
1983	14.9	17.1
1984	14.8	17.4
1985	14.8	17.6
1986	14.7	17.8
1987	14.7	18
1988	14.7	18.2
1989	14.8	18.3
1990	14.9	18.4
1991	15.2	18.5
1992	15.4	18.7
1993	15.8	19
1994	16.1	19.3
1995	16.5	19.6
1996	16.9	19.7
1997	17.2	19.8
1998	17.6	19.9
1999	17.9	19.9
2000	18.2	19.8
2001	18.5	19.7
2002	18.8	19.7
2003	19.1	19.9
2004	19.4	20.1
2005	19.7	20.3
2006	19.9	20.4
2007	20.2	20.6
2008	20.4	20.7
2009	20.5	20.8
2010	20.6	20.8
2011	20.6	20.8
2012	20.8	20.8
2013	21	21
2014	21.3	21.1
2015	21.6	21.2
2016	21.9	21.3
2017	22.2	21.4
2018	22.4	21.4
2019	22.6	21.5
2020	22.6	21.4
2021	22.5	21.4
2022	22.2	21.1
2023	21.9	21
2024	21.8	20.9

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