Samoa vs South Africa statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 168th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Samoa and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Samoa and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	$45,208,338	$21,218,391,513
1971	$53,719,569	$23,411,076,638
1972	$62,566,116	$24,515,919,217
1973	$82,452,985	$33,262,772,008
1974	$93,549,611	$41,389,186,095
1975	$93,489,283	$42,906,905,672
1976	$85,003,078	$41,150,460,288
1977	$98,295,671	$45,328,411,332
1978	$108,223,444	$51,607,412,902
1979	$122,257,393	$63,038,658,089
1980	$125,747,038	$89,411,864,402
1981	$118,190,655	$93,141,472,164
1982	$121,221,652	$85,904,057,409
1983	$111,862,824	$96,204,110,942
1984	$109,200,934	$84,870,163,366
1985	$95,572,173	$64,459,376,087
1986	$100,947,849	$73,354,771,399
1987	$111,713,922	$96,535,763,418
1988	$133,016,065	$103,976,831,871
1989	$122,888,610	$108,055,624,082
1990	$125,766,270	$126,048,140,142
1991	$125,597,205	$135,203,698,238
1992	$132,303,041	$146,956,150,987
1993	$133,122,897	$147,194,747,566
1994	$221,098,107	$153,512,712,382
1995	$224,865,731	$171,735,933,897
1996	$249,907,869	$163,234,925,381
1997	$285,475,592	$168,978,057,328
1998	$269,485,244	$152,982,984,557
1999	$255,408,060	$151,516,957,079
2000	$258,856,140	$151,752,757,215
2001	$266,299,591	$135,429,905,923
2002	$281,790,134	$129,087,556,612
2003	$333,426,188	$197,018,965,309
2004	$407,747,565	$255,806,908,595
2005	$476,801,793	$288,867,217,197
2006	$499,923,758	$303,858,675,364
2007	$573,548,460	$333,077,117,254
2008	$641,346,192	$316,131,258,616
2009	$628,006,115	$329,754,060,647
2010	$680,260,907	$417,363,822,802
2011	$744,097,050	$458,199,494,831
2012	$773,141,661	$434,400,545,086
2013	$797,736,334	$400,886,013,596
2014	$796,683,520	$381,198,869,776
2015	$824,150,499	$346,709,790,459
2016	$843,924,797	$323,585,509,674
2017	$884,844,384	$381,448,814,653
2018	$878,448,433	$405,260,723,893
2019	$912,950,466	$389,330,032,224
2020	$868,898,358	$337,974,655,408
2021	$843,923,639	$420,886,877,629
2022	$832,945,206	$406,920,004,594
2023	$938,189,444	$380,699,271,816
2024	$1,068,025,244	$400,260,724,226

Samoa and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$322	$952
1971	$377	$1,020
1972	$433	$1,038
1973	$563	$1,369
1974	$626	$1,656
1975	$610	$1,670
1976	$541	$1,559
1977	$615	$1,671
1978	$671	$1,852
1979	$751	$2,202
1980	$765	$3,029
1981	$713	$3,050
1982	$728	$2,717
1983	$671	$2,938
1984	$655	$2,504
1985	$573	$1,839
1986	$604	$2,027
1987	$666	$2,586
1988	$790	$2,702
1989	$728	$2,727
1990	$744	$3,093
1991	$742	$3,243
1992	$777	$3,462
1993	$775	$3,400
1994	$1,277	$3,489
1995	$1,288	$3,856
1996	$1,419	$3,618
1997	$1,608	$3,700
1998	$1,506	$3,310
1999	$1,417	$3,242
2000	$1,425	$3,218
2001	$1,454	$2,847
2002	$1,528	$2,688
2003	$1,798	$4,062
2004	$2,189	$5,221
2005	$2,550	$5,837
2006	$2,663	$6,077
2007	$3,039	$6,592
2008	$3,374	$6,185
2009	$3,279	$6,375
2010	$3,524	$7,973
2011	$3,822	$8,646
2012	$3,935	$8,077
2013	$4,024	$7,332
2014	$3,983	$6,857
2015	$4,084	$6,112
2016	$4,147	$5,651
2017	$4,308	$6,618
2018	$4,232	$6,914
2019	$4,352	$6,534
2020	$4,100	$5,581
2021	$3,948	$6,843
2022	$3,869	$6,523
2023	$4,330	$6,023
2024	$4,899	$6,253

Samoa vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	South Africa
1950	49.2	43.1
1951	49.8	44.1
1952	50.4	45
1953	51	46.1
1954	51.6	47.1
1955	52.2	48.2
1956	52.8	49.2
1957	53.4	50.2
1958	54	51.1
1959	54.6	51.9
1960	55.2	52.6
1961	55.7	53.1
1962	56.3	53.6
1963	56.9	53.9
1964	54	54.2
1965	57.9	54.4
1966	58.2	54.7
1967	58.9	55
1968	59.4	55.2
1969	59.9	55.4
1970	60.4	55.7
1971	60.9	56
1972	61.4	56.4
1973	61.9	56.7
1974	62.3	57.1
1975	62.8	57.6
1976	63.3	58
1977	63.7	58.5
1978	64.1	59
1979	64.5	59.5
1980	65	60
1981	65.3	60.4
1982	65.6	60.9
1983	66	61.4
1984	66.3	61.8
1985	66.6	62.2
1986	66.8	62.4
1987	67	62.7
1988	67.3	62.9
1989	67.6	63
1990	67.8	62.9
1991	68	63
1992	68.5	62.8
1993	68.8	62.6
1994	69.2	62.1
1995	69.5	61.6
1996	69.8	61.1
1997	70	60.5
1998	70.3	59.9
1999	70.6	59.2
2000	70.8	58.4
2001	71	57.2
2002	71.2	55.6
2003	71.4	54.2
2004	71.5	54
2005	71.5	53.9
2006	71.6	54.2
2007	71.6	54.9
2008	71.5	56
2009	69.5	57.4
2010	71.5	58.9
2011	71.4	60.6
2012	71.2	61.7
2013	71.2	62.4
2014	71.1	63.2
2015	71.1	64.1
2016	71	64.7
2017	71	65.4
2018	71.1	65.7
2019	70.3	66.1
2020	70.7	65.2
2021	71.1	62
2022	71.6	65.5
2023	71.7	66.1
2024	71.8	66.3
2025	71.9	66.5

Samoa and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	South Africa
1960	112,490	16,440,172
1961	115,496	16,908,035
1962	118,597	17,418,522
1963	121,764	17,954,564
1964	124,894	18,511,361
1965	127,978	19,089,380
1966	131,073	19,690,087
1967	133,764	20,314,066
1968	136,020	20,957,287
1969	138,233	21,614,676
1970	140,400	22,279,984
1971	142,503	22,942,143
1972	144,538	23,609,456
1973	146,516	24,294,263
1974	149,431	24,989,108
1975	153,344	25,690,940
1976	157,113	26,395,450
1977	159,753	27,118,952
1978	161,375	27,869,507
1979	162,882	28,634,162
1980	164,322	29,518,857
1981	165,678	30,541,044
1982	166,484	31,615,339
1983	166,714	32,739,304
1984	166,796	33,892,788
1985	166,849	35,042,093
1986	167,061	36,180,515
1987	167,661	37,326,190
1988	168,346	38,480,649
1989	168,768	39,628,575
1990	169,042	40,746,268
1991	169,368	41,687,898
1992	170,331	42,443,509
1993	171,774	43,297,156
1994	173,159	44,004,139
1995	174,571	44,541,554
1996	176,071	45,123,018
1997	177,547	45,666,838
1998	178,905	46,223,880
1999	180,275	46,730,335
2000	181,685	47,159,719
2001	183,166	47,566,800
2002	184,471	48,019,415
2003	185,430	48,500,348
2004	186,249	48,991,421
2005	186,978	49,490,033
2006	187,709	49,998,277
2007	188,753	50,528,584
2008	190,107	51,114,599
2009	191,513	51,728,516
2010	193,023	52,344,051
2011	194,713	52,995,205
2012	196,498	53,782,567
2013	198,268	54,678,791
2014	200,037	55,594,838
2015	201,782	56,723,537
2016	203,499	57,259,551
2017	205,415	57,635,162
2018	207,582	58,613,001
2019	209,780	59,587,885
2020	211,944	60,562,381
2021	213,779	61,502,603
2022	215,261	62,378,410
2023	216,663	63,212,384
2024	218,019	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Samoa and South Africa

Fertility rate

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	South Africa
1960	7.78	6.11
1961	7.77	6.08
1962	7.76	6.05
1963	7.73	6.01
1964	7.7	5.96
1965	7.65	5.89
1966	7.6	5.91
1967	7.55	5.85
1968	7.5	5.78
1969	7.43	5.72
1970	7.34	5.63
1971	7.22	5.57
1972	7.07	5.49
1973	6.91	5.41
1974	6.75	5.3
1975	6.61	5.19
1976	6.47	5.07
1977	6.31	4.94
1978	6.15	4.85
1979	5.99	4.82
1980	5.86	4.78
1981	5.75	4.71
1982	5.68	4.7
1983	5.62	4.63
1984	5.55	4.57
1985	5.49	4.5
1986	5.42	4.41
1987	5.32	4.35
1988	5.21	4.18
1989	5.11	3.98
1990	5.01	3.72
1991	4.91	3.62
1992	4.87	3.48
1993	4.83	3.37
1994	4.79	3.26
1995	4.77	3.17
1996	4.74	2.99
1997	4.7	2.73
1998	4.64	2.63
1999	4.57	2.56
2000	4.52	2.41
2001	4.48	2.37
2002	4.44	2.32
2003	4.39	2.36
2004	4.34	2.44
2005	4.32	2.51
2006	4.32	2.55
2007	4.36	2.55
2008	4.42	2.68
2009	4.47	2.5
2010	4.52	2.44
2011	4.56	2.44
2012	4.55	2.45
2013	4.49	2.43
2014	4.42	2.42
2015	4.34	2.36
2016	4.26	2.26
2017	4.2	2.28
2018	4.14	2.27
2019	4.06	2.26
2020	4	2.26
2021	3.94	2.25
2022	3.88	2.23
2023	3.83	2.22

Samoa and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	South Africa
1960	15	19
1961	14.9	19
1962	14.8	18.9
1963	14.6	18.9
1964	14.6	18.9
1965	14.5	18.8
1966	14.5	18.8
1967	14.5	18.8
1968	14.5	18.8
1969	14.5	18.8
1970	14.6	18.8
1971	14.7	18.8
1972	14.8	18.8
1973	14.9	18.8
1974	15	18.9
1975	15.3	18.9
1976	15.5	19
1977	15.8	19.1
1978	16	19.2
1979	16.2	19.3
1980	16.4	19.4
1981	16.6	19.6
1982	16.8	19.8
1983	17.1	20
1984	17.4	20.2
1985	17.6	20.4
1986	17.8	20.5
1987	18	20.7
1988	18.2	20.9
1989	18.3	21.1
1990	18.4	21.3
1991	18.5	21.5
1992	18.7	21.5
1993	19	21.9
1994	19.3	22
1995	19.6	21.5
1996	19.7	21.2
1997	19.8	21.2
1998	19.9	21.4
1999	19.9	21.6
2000	19.8	21.9
2001	19.7	22.2
2002	19.7	22.4
2003	19.9	22.8
2004	20.1	23.1
2005	20.3	23.3
2006	20.4	23.5
2007	20.6	23.8
2008	20.7	24
2009	20.8	24.3
2010	20.8	24.6
2011	20.8	25
2012	20.8	25.3
2013	21	25.7
2014	21.1	26
2015	21.2	26.4
2016	21.3	26.7
2017	21.4	27
2018	21.4	27.5
2019	21.5	27.9
2020	21.4	28.3
2021	21.4	28.6
2022	21.1	28.9
2023	21	29.2
2024	20.9	29.5

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