Nauru vs Samoa statistics compared

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 195th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Nauru and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Nauru and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Nauru	Samoa
1970	$17,570,366	$45,208,338
1971	$19,009,433	$53,719,569
1972	$21,734,269	$62,566,116
1973	$26,529,817	$82,452,985
1974	$35,994,511	$93,549,611
1975	$40,106,776	$93,489,283
1976	$40,287,427	$85,003,078
1977	$40,444,702	$98,295,671
1978	$41,754,147	$108,223,444
1979	$44,431,330	$122,257,393
1980	$46,947,124	$125,747,038
1981	$51,689,637	$118,190,655
1982	$52,877,742	$121,221,652
1983	$48,439,093	$111,862,824
1984	$47,363,231	$109,200,934
1985	$41,548,741	$95,572,173
1986	$39,939,391	$100,947,849
1987	$40,118,410	$111,713,922
1988	$45,931,134	$133,016,065
1989	$53,736,786	$122,888,610
1990	$55,572,376	$125,766,270
1991	$52,533,789	$125,597,205
1992	$51,133,123	$132,303,041
1993	$43,542,088	$133,122,897
1994	$39,742,511	$221,098,107
1995	$39,969,706	$224,865,731
1996	$37,458,801	$249,907,869
1997	$37,331,507	$285,475,592
1998	$29,664,451	$269,485,244
1999	$27,328,613	$255,408,060
2000	$26,930,980	$258,856,140
2001	$22,613,288	$266,299,591
2002	$21,017,424	$281,790,134
2003	$24,778,160	$333,426,188
2004	$30,587,566	$407,747,565
2005	$30,282,840	$476,801,793
2006	$29,183,627	$499,923,758
2007	$23,068,623	$573,548,460
2008	$37,184,925	$641,346,192
2009	$44,024,970	$628,006,115
2010	$47,442,299	$680,260,907
2011	$65,444,174	$744,097,050
2012	$100,794,925	$773,141,661
2013	$94,385,015	$797,736,334
2014	$98,752,257	$796,683,520
2015	$84,383,389	$824,150,499
2016	$97,276,023	$843,924,797
2017	$108,862,279	$884,844,384
2018	$130,937,590	$878,448,433
2019	$124,871,111	$912,950,466
2020	$124,530,027	$868,898,358
2021	$175,513,985	$843,923,639
2022	$152,190,819	$832,945,206
2023	$151,455,968	$938,189,444
2024	$160,350,640	$1,068,025,244

Nauru and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nauru	Samoa
1970	$2,619	$322
1971	$2,811	$377
1972	$3,191	$433
1973	$3,864	$563
1974	$5,199	$626
1975	$5,740	$610
1976	$5,703	$541
1977	$5,646	$615
1978	$5,721	$671
1979	$5,950	$751
1980	$6,138	$765
1981	$6,594	$713
1982	$6,577	$728
1983	$5,896	$671
1984	$5,654	$655
1985	$4,859	$573
1986	$4,569	$604
1987	$4,485	$666
1988	$5,012	$790
1989	$5,723	$728
1990	$5,776	$744
1991	$5,333	$742
1992	$5,103	$777
1993	$4,310	$775
1994	$3,921	$1,277
1995	$3,932	$1,288
1996	$3,679	$1,419
1997	$3,661	$1,608
1998	$2,909	$1,506
1999	$2,683	$1,417
2000	$2,649	$1,425
2001	$2,232	$1,454
2002	$2,085	$1,528
2003	$2,463	$1,798
2004	$3,041	$2,189
2005	$3,014	$2,550
2006	$2,908	$2,663
2007	$2,302	$3,039
2008	$3,715	$3,374
2009	$4,395	$3,279
2010	$4,724	$3,524
2011	$6,481	$3,822
2012	$9,817	$3,935
2013	$8,975	$4,024
2014	$9,193	$3,983
2015	$7,703	$4,084
2016	$8,724	$4,147
2017	$9,613	$4,308
2018	$11,409	$4,232
2019	$10,777	$4,352
2020	$10,696	$4,100
2021	$14,990	$3,948
2022	$12,896	$3,869
2023	$12,754	$4,330
2024	$13,422	$4,899

Nauru vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nauru	Samoa
1950	56.6	49.2
1951	56.8	49.8
1952	57	50.4
1953	57.2	51
1954	57.4	51.6
1955	57.5	52.2
1956	57.6	52.8
1957	57.7	53.4
1958	57.8	54
1959	57.9	54.6
1960	57.9	55.2
1961	58	55.7
1962	58	56.3
1963	58.1	56.9
1964	58.2	54
1965	58.3	57.9
1966	58.4	58.2
1967	58.6	58.9
1968	58.6	59.4
1969	58.4	59.9
1970	58.4	60.4
1971	58.4	60.9
1972	58.4	61.4
1973	58.4	61.9
1974	58.3	62.3
1975	58.3	62.8
1976	58.2	63.3
1977	58.1	63.7
1978	58.3	64.1
1979	58.4	64.5
1980	58.5	65
1981	58.6	65.3
1982	58.6	65.6
1983	58.7	66
1984	58.7	66.3
1985	58.6	66.6
1986	58.6	66.8
1987	58.6	67
1988	58.7	67.3
1989	58.9	67.6
1990	59.1	67.8
1991	59.3	68
1992	59.5	68.5
1993	59.8	68.8
1994	60	69.2
1995	60.1	69.5
1996	60.1	69.8
1997	60	70
1998	59.9	70.3
1999	59.7	70.6
2000	59.6	70.8
2001	59.5	71
2002	59.4	71.2
2003	59.4	71.4
2004	59.3	71.5
2005	59.4	71.5
2006	59.4	71.6
2007	59.5	71.6
2008	59.7	71.5
2009	59.9	69.5
2010	60.1	71.5
2011	60.3	71.4
2012	60.5	71.2
2013	60.7	71.2
2014	60.8	71.1
2015	60.9	71.1
2016	61	71
2017	61.1	71
2018	61.2	71.1
2019	61.4	70.3
2020	61.5	70.7
2021	61.3	71.1
2022	61.9	71.6
2023	62.1	71.7
2024	62.3	71.8
2025	62.4	71.9

Nauru and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Nauru	Samoa
1960	4,607	112,490
1961	4,774	115,496
1962	4,979	118,597
1963	5,226	121,764
1964	5,515	124,894
1965	5,832	127,978
1966	6,043	131,073
1967	6,135	133,764
1968	6,328	136,020
1969	6,581	138,233
1970	6,710	140,400
1971	6,762	142,503
1972	6,812	144,538
1973	6,866	146,516
1974	6,923	149,431
1975	6,987	153,344
1976	7,064	157,113
1977	7,163	159,753
1978	7,298	161,375
1979	7,468	162,882
1980	7,649	164,322
1981	7,839	165,678
1982	8,040	166,484
1983	8,216	166,714
1984	8,377	166,796
1985	8,551	166,849
1986	8,742	167,061
1987	8,946	167,661
1988	9,165	168,346
1989	9,390	168,768
1990	9,622	169,042
1991	9,850	169,368
1992	10,021	170,331
1993	10,102	171,774
1994	10,137	173,159
1995	10,165	174,571
1996	10,183	176,071
1997	10,197	177,547
1998	10,198	178,905
1999	10,187	180,275
2000	10,168	181,685
2001	10,130	183,166
2002	10,082	184,471
2003	10,059	185,430
2004	10,060	186,249
2005	10,049	186,978
2006	10,034	187,709
2007	10,020	188,753
2008	10,009	190,107
2009	10,016	191,513
2010	10,043	193,023
2011	10,098	194,713
2012	10,267	196,498
2013	10,517	198,268
2014	10,742	200,037
2015	10,954	201,782
2016	11,150	203,499
2017	11,324	205,415
2018	11,477	207,582
2019	11,587	209,780
2020	11,643	211,944
2021	11,709	213,779
2022	11,801	215,261
2023	11,875	216,663
2024	11,947	218,019

Fertility rates in Nauru and Samoa

Fertility rate

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nauru	Samoa
1960	5.34	7.78
1961	5.38	7.77
1962	5.42	7.76
1963	5.44	7.73
1964	5.47	7.7
1965	5.48	7.65
1966	5.41	7.6
1967	5.29	7.55
1968	5.14	7.5
1969	4.94	7.43
1970	4.74	7.34
1971	4.54	7.22
1972	4.36	7.07
1973	4.19	6.91
1974	4.07	6.75
1975	3.97	6.61
1976	3.9	6.47
1977	3.86	6.31
1978	3.84	6.15
1979	3.85	5.99
1980	3.88	5.86
1981	3.94	5.75
1982	3.99	5.68
1983	4.06	5.62
1984	4.11	5.55
1985	4.14	5.49
1986	4.15	5.42
1987	4.14	5.32
1988	4.11	5.21
1989	4.07	5.11
1990	4.02	5.01
1991	3.99	4.91
1992	3.95	4.87
1993	3.89	4.83
1994	3.84	4.79
1995	3.81	4.77
1996	3.78	4.74
1997	3.74	4.7
1998	3.68	4.64
1999	3.64	4.57
2000	3.54	4.52
2001	3.46	4.48
2002	3.4	4.44
2003	3.39	4.39
2004	3.38	4.34
2005	3.38	4.32
2006	3.4	4.32
2007	3.5	4.36
2008	3.67	4.42
2009	3.85	4.47
2010	4.02	4.52
2011	4.12	4.56
2012	4.12	4.55
2013	4.1	4.49
2014	4.09	4.42
2015	4.08	4.34
2016	4.03	4.26
2017	3.88	4.2
2018	3.68	4.14
2019	3.53	4.06
2020	3.47	4
2021	3.43	3.94
2022	3.38	3.88
2023	3.33	3.83

Nauru and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Nauru

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nauru	Samoa
1960	23.8	15
1961	24	14.9
1962	23.9	14.8
1963	23.7	14.6
1964	23.4	14.6
1965	23.1	14.5
1966	22.9	14.5
1967	22.9	14.5
1968	21.2	14.5
1969	18.9	14.5
1970	18.7	14.6
1971	19.1	14.7
1972	19.4	14.8
1973	19.8	14.9
1974	20.4	15
1975	21	15.3
1976	21.5	15.5
1977	22.1	15.8
1978	22.9	16
1979	23.6	16.2
1980	24.2	16.4
1981	24.7	16.6
1982	25.1	16.8
1983	25.2	17.1
1984	24.5	17.4
1985	23.7	17.6
1986	22.8	17.8
1987	22.1	18
1988	21.4	18.2
1989	20.8	18.3
1990	20.2	18.4
1991	19.7	18.5
1992	19.4	18.7
1993	19.3	19
1994	19.3	19.3
1995	19.3	19.6
1996	19.4	19.7
1997	19.5	19.8
1998	19.6	19.9
1999	19.8	19.9
2000	20.1	19.8
2001	20.4	19.7
2002	20.6	19.7
2003	20.8	19.9
2004	21	20.1
2005	21.2	20.3
2006	21.3	20.4
2007	21.5	20.6
2008	21.7	20.7
2009	21.8	20.8
2010	21.8	20.8
2011	21.8	20.8
2012	21.7	20.8
2013	21.6	21
2014	21.5	21.1
2015	21.4	21.2
2016	21.5	21.3
2017	21.6	21.4
2018	21.8	21.4
2019	21.9	21.5
2020	21.8	21.4
2021	21.7	21.4
2022	21.6	21.1
2023	21.5	21
2024	21.4	20.9

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