Palau vs Samoa statistics compared

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 180th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Palau and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Palau and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Palau	Samoa
1970	$11,563,041	$45,208,338
1971	$12,706,874	$53,719,569
1972	$13,956,474	$62,566,116
1973	$15,331,889	$82,452,985
1974	$16,848,759	$93,549,611
1975	$18,521,112	$93,489,283
1976	$20,364,420	$85,003,078
1977	$22,308,104	$98,295,671
1978	$24,530,015	$108,223,444
1979	$27,004,251	$122,257,393
1980	$29,728,054	$125,747,038
1981	$32,726,594	$118,190,655
1982	$36,027,583	$121,221,652
1983	$39,661,530	$111,862,824
1984	$44,814,259	$109,200,934
1985	$51,030,637	$95,572,173
1986	$58,109,314	$100,947,849
1987	$66,169,905	$111,713,922
1988	$75,348,615	$133,016,065
1989	$85,800,543	$122,888,610
1990	$97,702,303	$125,766,270
1991	$106,555,300	$125,597,205
1992	$104,771,300	$132,303,041
1993	$96,455,700	$133,122,897
1994	$106,138,500	$221,098,107
1995	$121,018,500	$224,865,731
1996	$137,494,600	$249,907,869
1997	$143,860,800	$285,475,592
1998	$149,079,600	$269,485,244
1999	$144,206,500	$255,408,060
2000	$149,535,800	$258,856,140
2001	$159,453,500	$266,299,591
2002	$162,665,500	$281,790,134
2003	$154,559,900	$333,426,188
2004	$166,391,600	$407,747,565
2005	$191,048,400	$476,801,793
2006	$193,679,700	$499,923,758
2007	$200,903,600	$573,548,460
2008	$201,167,300	$641,346,192
2009	$189,998,000	$628,006,115
2010	$188,174,300	$680,260,907
2011	$198,873,900	$744,097,050
2012	$215,762,400	$773,141,661
2013	$225,345,700	$797,736,334
2014	$243,156,500	$796,683,520
2015	$278,824,800	$824,150,499
2016	$298,323,500	$843,924,797
2017	$285,600,000	$884,844,384
2018	$288,546,300	$878,448,433
2019	$281,941,600	$912,950,466
2020	$258,990,800	$868,898,358
2021	$235,752,900	$843,923,639
2022	$255,591,100	$832,945,206
2023	$281,849,100	$938,189,444
2024	-	$1,068,025,244

Palau and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Palau	Samoa
1970	$1,017	$322
1971	$1,081	$377
1972	$1,145	$433
1973	$1,221	$563
1974	$1,328	$626
1975	$1,464	$610
1976	$1,616	$541
1977	$1,781	$615
1978	$1,972	$671
1979	$2,189	$751
1980	$2,423	$765
1981	$2,639	$713
1982	$2,838	$728
1983	$3,049	$671
1984	$3,360	$655
1985	$3,728	$573
1986	$4,144	$604
1987	$4,616	$666
1988	$5,145	$790
1989	$5,741	$728
1990	$6,403	$744
1991	$6,824	$742
1992	$6,553	$777
1993	$5,892	$775
1994	$6,329	$1,277
1995	$7,038	$1,288
1996	$7,788	$1,419
1997	$7,945	$1,608
1998	$8,048	$1,506
1999	$7,630	$1,417
2000	$7,797	$1,425
2001	$8,240	$1,454
2002	$8,341	$1,528
2003	$7,862	$1,798
2004	$8,395	$2,189
2005	$9,640	$2,550
2006	$9,885	$2,663
2007	$10,408	$3,039
2008	$10,583	$3,374
2009	$10,155	$3,279
2010	$10,229	$3,524
2011	$11,001	$3,822
2012	$12,145	$3,935
2013	$12,769	$4,024
2014	$13,726	$3,983
2015	$15,691	$4,084
2016	$16,763	$4,147
2017	$16,034	$4,308
2018	$16,198	$4,232
2019	$15,841	$4,352
2020	$14,557	$4,100
2021	$13,257	$3,948
2022	$14,392	$3,869
2023	$15,899	$4,330
2024	-	$4,899

Palau vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Palau	Samoa
1950	52.7	49.2
1951	52.9	49.8
1952	53.1	50.4
1953	53.3	51
1954	53.5	51.6
1955	53.7	52.2
1956	53.9	52.8
1957	54.1	53.4
1958	54.4	54
1959	54.6	54.6
1960	54.9	55.2
1961	55.1	55.7
1962	55.4	56.3
1963	55.6	56.9
1964	55.8	54
1965	55.9	57.9
1966	56.2	58.2
1967	56.5	58.9
1968	56.9	59.4
1969	57.3	59.9
1970	57.7	60.4
1971	58.1	60.9
1972	58.6	61.4
1973	59	61.9
1974	59.5	62.3
1975	60	62.8
1976	60.5	63.3
1977	60.9	63.7
1978	61.3	64.1
1979	61.6	64.5
1980	61.9	65
1981	62.1	65.3
1982	62.3	65.6
1983	62.5	66
1984	62.6	66.3
1985	62.7	66.6
1986	62.8	66.8
1987	62.8	67
1988	62.8	67.3
1989	62.8	67.6
1990	62.8	67.8
1991	62.8	68
1992	62.9	68.5
1993	63	68.8
1994	63.1	69.2
1995	63.3	69.5
1996	63.5	69.8
1997	63.7	70
1998	64	70.3
1999	64.2	70.6
2000	64.5	70.8
2001	64.8	71
2002	65.1	71.2
2003	65.4	71.4
2004	65.8	71.5
2005	66.2	71.5
2006	66.6	71.6
2007	67.1	71.6
2008	67.6	71.5
2009	68	69.5
2010	68.3	71.5
2011	68.6	71.4
2012	68.9	71.2
2013	69	71.2
2014	69.1	71.1
2015	69.1	71.1
2016	69	71
2017	69	71
2018	69	71.1
2019	69	70.3
2020	68.7	70.7
2021	68.6	71.1
2022	68.9	71.6
2023	69.3	71.7
2024	69.4	71.8
2025	69.5	71.9

Palau and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Palau	Samoa
1960	9,328	112,490
1961	9,555	115,496
1962	9,793	118,597
1963	10,037	121,764
1964	10,292	124,894
1965	10,547	127,978
1966	10,805	131,073
1967	10,988	133,764
1968	11,080	136,020
1969	11,159	138,233
1970	11,368	140,400
1971	11,759	142,503
1972	12,194	144,538
1973	12,552	146,516
1974	12,687	149,431
1975	12,655	153,344
1976	12,598	157,113
1977	12,525	159,753
1978	12,440	161,375
1979	12,337	162,882
1980	12,271	164,322
1981	12,402	165,678
1982	12,694	166,484
1983	13,006	166,714
1984	13,337	166,796
1985	13,688	166,849
1986	14,024	167,061
1987	14,334	167,661
1988	14,645	168,346
1989	14,945	168,768
1990	15,259	169,042
1991	15,614	169,368
1992	15,989	170,331
1993	16,372	171,774
1994	16,770	173,159
1995	17,195	174,571
1996	17,654	176,071
1997	18,108	177,547
1998	18,524	178,905
1999	18,901	180,275
2000	19,178	181,685
2001	19,352	183,166
2002	19,503	184,471
2003	19,659	185,430
2004	19,820	186,249
2005	19,819	186,978
2006	19,593	187,709
2007	19,302	188,753
2008	19,009	190,107
2009	18,709	191,513
2010	18,396	193,023
2011	18,078	194,713
2012	17,765	196,498
2013	17,648	198,268
2014	17,715	200,037
2015	17,770	201,782
2016	17,797	203,499
2017	17,812	205,415
2018	17,814	207,582
2019	17,798	209,780
2020	17,792	211,944
2021	17,783	213,779
2022	17,759	215,261
2023	17,727	216,663
2024	17,695	218,019

Fertility rates in Palau and Samoa

Fertility rate

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	Samoa
1960	7.19	7.78
1961	7.17	7.77
1962	7.15	7.76
1963	7.12	7.73
1964	7.08	7.7
1965	7.01	7.65
1966	6.93	7.6
1967	6.84	7.55
1968	6.71	7.5
1969	6.58	7.43
1970	6.39	7.34
1971	6.16	7.22
1972	5.9	7.07
1973	5.59	6.91
1974	5.26	6.75
1975	4.9	6.61
1976	4.53	6.47
1977	4.09	6.31
1978	3.74	6.15
1979	3.49	5.99
1980	3.35	5.86
1981	3.28	5.75
1982	3.22	5.68
1983	3.14	5.62
1984	3.08	5.55
1985	3.01	5.49
1986	2.98	5.42
1987	2.93	5.32
1988	2.91	5.21
1989	2.92	5.11
1990	2.88	5.01
1991	2.74	4.91
1992	2.71	4.87
1993	2.73	4.83
1994	2.66	4.79
1995	2.55	4.77
1996	2.39	4.74
1997	2.19	4.7
1998	2.01	4.64
1999	1.91	4.57
2000	1.82	4.52
2001	1.87	4.48
2002	1.92	4.44
2003	1.96	4.39
2004	1.99	4.34
2005	2.02	4.32
2006	2	4.32
2007	1.97	4.36
2008	1.95	4.42
2009	1.94	4.47
2010	1.94	4.52
2011	1.97	4.56
2012	2.01	4.55
2013	2.05	4.49
2014	2.03	4.42
2015	2	4.34
2016	2.06	4.26
2017	2.02	4.2
2018	1.97	4.14
2019	1.98	4.06
2020	1.97	4
2021	1.95	3.94
2022	1.93	3.88
2023	1.91	3.83

Palau and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Palau

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Palau	Samoa
1960	16.7	15
1961	16.1	14.9
1962	15.5	14.8
1963	15.1	14.6
1964	15	14.6
1965	14.9	14.5
1966	14.9	14.5
1967	15.2	14.5
1968	15.7	14.5
1969	16.1	14.5
1970	16.5	14.6
1971	16.6	14.7
1972	16.6	14.8
1973	16.8	14.9
1974	17.1	15
1975	17.4	15.3
1976	17.8	15.5
1977	18.1	15.8
1978	18.3	16
1979	18.6	16.2
1980	18.9	16.4
1981	19.3	16.6
1982	19.9	16.8
1983	20.5	17.1
1984	21.1	17.4
1985	21.6	17.6
1986	22.2	17.8
1987	23.1	18
1988	24	18.2
1989	24.9	18.3
1990	25.6	18.4
1991	26	18.5
1992	26.4	18.7
1993	26.9	19
1994	27.4	19.3
1995	27.8	19.6
1996	28.3	19.7
1997	28.8	19.8
1998	29.4	19.9
1999	30.2	19.9
2000	30.8	19.8
2001	31.2	19.7
2002	31.5	19.7
2003	31.8	19.9
2004	32	20.1
2005	32.3	20.3
2006	32.7	20.4
2007	33.1	20.6
2008	33.5	20.7
2009	33.9	20.8
2010	34.2	20.8
2011	34.6	20.8
2012	35	20.8
2013	35.3	21
2014	35.6	21.1
2015	36	21.2
2016	36.3	21.3
2017	36.7	21.4
2018	37	21.4
2019	37.4	21.5
2020	37.8	21.4
2021	38.1	21.4
2022	38.5	21.1
2023	38.8	21
2024	39.2	20.9

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