Samoa vs Taiwan statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 168th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Samoa and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	Taiwan
1961	-	$1,778,000,000
1962	-	$1,960,000,000
1963	-	$2,218,000,000
1964	-	$2,592,000,000
1965	-	$2,869,000,000
1966	-	$3,207,000,000
1967	-	$3,709,000,000
1968	-	$4,325,000,000
1969	-	$5,017,000,000
1970	$45,208,338	$5,785,000,000
1971	$53,719,569	$6,727,000,000
1972	$62,566,116	$8,063,000,000
1973	$82,452,985	$10,940,000,000
1974	$93,549,611	$14,739,000,000
1975	$93,489,283	$15,836,000,000
1976	$85,003,078	$18,988,000,000
1977	$98,295,671	$22,252,000,000
1978	$108,223,444	$27,373,000,000
1979	$122,257,393	$33,875,000,000
1980	$125,747,038	$42,292,000,000
1981	$118,190,655	$49,047,000,000
1982	$121,221,652	$49,540,000,000
1983	$111,862,824	$54,155,000,000
1984	$109,200,934	$61,036,000,000
1985	$95,572,173	$63,599,000,000
1986	$100,947,849	$78,347,000,000
1987	$111,713,922	$104,956,000,000
1988	$133,016,065	$126,378,000,000
1989	$122,888,610	$152,687,000,000
1990	$125,766,270	$166,392,000,000
1991	$125,597,205	$187,100,000,000
1992	$132,303,041	$222,947,000,000
1993	$133,122,897	$234,943,000,000
1994	$221,098,107	$256,213,000,000
1995	$224,865,731	$279,013,000,000
1996	$249,907,869	$292,473,000,000
1997	$285,475,592	$303,315,000,000
1998	$269,485,244	$279,926,000,000
1999	$255,408,060	$303,827,000,000
2000	$258,856,140	$330,725,000,000
2001	$266,299,591	$299,303,000,000
2002	$281,790,134	$307,429,000,000
2003	$333,426,188	$317,374,000,000
2004	$407,747,565	$346,881,000,000
2005	$476,801,793	$374,042,000,000
2006	$499,923,758	$386,492,000,000
2007	$573,548,460	$406,940,000,000
2008	$641,346,192	$415,824,000,000
2009	$628,006,115	$390,788,000,000
2010	$680,260,907	$444,245,000,000
2011	$744,097,050	$483,957,000,000
2012	$773,141,661	$495,536,000,000
2013	$797,736,334	$512,957,000,000
2014	$796,683,520	$535,332,000,000
2015	$824,150,499	$534,474,000,000
2016	$843,924,797	$543,002,000,000
2017	$884,844,384	$591,734,000,000
2018	$878,448,433	$610,744,000,000
2019	$912,950,466	$613,453,000,000
2020	$868,898,358	$676,935,000,000
2021	$843,923,639	$777,062,000,000
2022	$832,945,206	$765,529,000,000
2023	$938,189,444	$757,276,000,000
2024	$1,068,025,244	$796,904,000,000

Samoa and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	Taiwan
1961	-	$161.2
1962	-	$172
1963	-	$188.6
1964	-	$213.6
1965	-	$229.3
1966	-	$249.1
1967	-	$280.8
1968	-	$319
1969	-	$357
1970	$322	$397
1971	$377	$451
1972	$433	$530
1973	$563	$706
1974	$626	$934
1975	$610	$985
1976	$541	$1,158
1977	$615	$1,330
1978	$671	$1,606
1979	$751	$1,950
1980	$765	$2,389
1981	$713	$2,720
1982	$728	$2,699
1983	$671	$2,903
1984	$655	$3,224
1985	$573	$3,314
1986	$604	$4,036
1987	$666	$5,350
1988	$790	$6,370
1989	$728	$7,613
1990	$744	$8,205
1991	$742	$9,125
1992	$777	$10,768
1993	$775	$11,242
1994	$1,277	$12,150
1995	$1,288	$13,119
1996	$1,419	$13,641
1997	$1,608	$14,020
1998	$1,506	$12,820
1999	$1,417	$13,804
2000	$1,425	$14,908
2001	$1,454	$13,397
2002	$1,528	$13,686
2003	$1,798	$14,066
2004	$2,189	$15,317
2005	$2,550	$16,456
2006	$2,663	$16,934
2007	$3,039	$17,757
2008	$3,374	$18,081
2009	$3,279	$16,933
2010	$3,524	$19,197
2011	$3,822	$20,866
2012	$3,935	$21,295
2013	$4,024	$21,973
2014	$3,983	$22,874
2015	$4,084	$22,780
2016	$4,147	$23,091
2017	$4,308	$25,121
2018	$4,232	$25,901
2019	$4,352	$25,998
2020	$4,100	$28,705
2021	$3,948	$33,111
2022	$3,869	$32,827
2023	$4,330	$32,442
2024	$4,899	$34,041

Samoa vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	Taiwan
1950	49.2	56.6
1951	49.8	57.2
1952	50.4	57.9
1953	51	58.6
1954	51.6	58.9
1955	52.2	59.8
1956	52.8	60.3
1957	53.4	61
1958	54	61
1959	54.6	61.6
1960	55.2	62.5
1961	55.7	63
1962	56.3	63.8
1963	56.9	64.5
1964	54	64.9
1965	57.9	65.7
1966	58.2	66.1
1967	58.9	66.7
1968	59.4	66.8
1969	59.9	67.7
1970	60.4	69
1971	60.9	69.4
1972	61.4	69.6
1973	61.9	69.8
1974	62.3	70.3
1975	62.8	70.9
1976	63.3	71.2
1977	63.7	71.3
1978	64.1	71.7
1979	64.5	71.7
1980	65	72
1981	65.3	72
1982	65.6	72.4
1983	66	72.4
1984	66.3	73
1985	66.6	73.3
1986	66.8	73.3
1987	67	73.6
1988	67.3	73.4
1989	67.6	73.7
1990	67.8	73.9
1991	68	74.3
1992	68.5	74.3
1993	68.8	74.6
1994	69.2	74.7
1995	69.5	74.6
1996	69.8	74.9
1997	70	75.3
1998	70.3	75.5
1999	70.6	75.6
2000	70.8	76.1
2001	71	76.5
2002	71.2	76.9
2003	71.4	77
2004	71.5	77.2
2005	71.5	77.1
2006	71.6	77.8
2007	71.6	78
2008	71.5	78.3
2009	69.5	78.7
2010	71.5	79
2011	71.4	78.9
2012	71.2	79.2
2013	71.2	79.6
2014	71.1	79.5
2015	71.1	79.9
2016	71	79.7
2017	71	80.1
2018	71.1	80.4
2019	70.3	80.6
2020	70.7	81.1
2021	71.1	80.8
2022	71.6	80.2
2023	71.7	80.6
2024	71.8	80.7
2025	71.9	80.9

Samoa and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	Taiwan
1960	112,490	-
1961	115,496	11,030,385
1962	118,597	11,392,513
1963	121,764	11,762,101
1964	124,894	12,137,143
1965	127,978	12,511,863
1966	131,073	12,874,153
1967	133,764	13,210,344
1968	136,020	13,548,537
1969	138,233	14,068,984
1970	140,400	14,582,944
1971	142,503	14,913,564
1972	144,538	15,220,495
1973	146,516	15,505,121
1974	149,431	15,784,817
1975	153,344	16,075,128
1976	157,113	16,401,413
1977	159,753	16,730,895
1978	161,375	17,042,272
1979	162,882	17,372,779
1980	164,322	17,704,538
1981	165,678	18,029,982
1982	166,484	18,354,855
1983	166,714	18,653,146
1984	166,796	18,929,866
1985	166,849	19,191,510
1986	167,061	19,411,454
1987	167,661	19,617,046
1988	168,346	19,839,704
1989	168,768	20,055,492
1990	169,042	20,278,946
1991	169,368	20,503,568
1992	170,331	20,704,227
1993	171,774	20,899,019
1994	173,159	21,086,645
1995	174,571	21,267,653
1996	176,071	21,441,432
1997	177,547	21,634,124
1998	178,905	21,835,703
1999	180,275	22,010,489
2000	181,685	22,184,530
2001	183,166	22,341,120
2002	184,471	22,463,172
2003	185,430	22,562,663
2004	186,249	22,646,836
2005	186,978	22,729,753
2006	187,709	22,823,455
2007	188,753	22,917,444
2008	190,107	22,997,696
2009	191,513	23,078,402
2010	193,023	23,140,948
2011	194,713	23,193,518
2012	196,498	23,270,367
2013	198,268	23,344,670
2014	200,037	23,403,635
2015	201,782	23,462,914
2016	203,499	23,515,945
2017	205,415	23,555,522
2018	207,582	23,580,080
2019	209,780	23,596,027
2020	211,944	23,582,179
2021	213,779	23,468,275
2022	215,261	23,319,977
2023	216,663	23,342,541
2024	218,019	23,410,331

Fertility rates in Samoa and Taiwan

Fertility rate

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	7.78	-
1961	7.77	-
1962	7.76	-
1963	7.73	-
1964	7.7	-
1965	7.65	-
1966	7.6	-
1967	7.55	-
1968	7.5	-
1969	7.43	-
1970	7.34	-
1971	7.22	-
1972	7.07	-
1973	6.91	-
1974	6.75	-
1975	6.61	-
1976	6.47	-
1977	6.31	-
1978	6.15	-
1979	5.99	-
1980	5.86	-
1981	5.75	2.46
1982	5.68	-
1983	5.62	-
1984	5.55	-
1985	5.49	-
1986	5.42	-
1987	5.32	-
1988	5.21	-
1989	5.11	-
1990	5.01	-
1991	4.91	1.72
1992	4.87	-
1993	4.83	-
1994	4.79	-
1995	4.77	-
1996	4.74	-
1997	4.7	-
1998	4.64	-
1999	4.57	-
2000	4.52	-
2001	4.48	1.4
2002	4.44	-
2003	4.39	-
2004	4.34	-
2005	4.32	-
2006	4.32	-
2007	4.36	-
2008	4.42	-
2009	4.47	-
2010	4.52	-
2011	4.56	1.07
2012	4.55	-
2013	4.49	-
2014	4.42	-
2015	4.34	1.18
2016	4.26	1.17
2017	4.2	1.13
2018	4.14	1.06
2019	4.06	1.05
2020	4	0.99
2021	3.94	0.98
2022	3.88	0.87
2023	3.83	0.87
2024	-	0.89

Samoa and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	Taiwan
1960	15	-
1961	14.9	-
1962	14.8	-
1963	14.6	-
1964	14.6	-
1965	14.5	-
1966	14.5	-
1967	14.5	-
1968	14.5	-
1969	14.5	-
1970	14.6	-
1971	14.7	-
1972	14.8	-
1973	14.9	-
1974	15	20.8
1975	15.3	21.2
1976	15.5	21.5
1977	15.8	21.9
1978	16	22.3
1979	16.2	22.6
1980	16.4	23
1981	16.6	23.4
1982	16.8	23.8
1983	17.1	24.1
1984	17.4	24.6
1985	17.6	25.1
1986	17.8	25.6
1987	18	26.1
1988	18.2	26.5
1989	18.3	27
1990	18.4	27.5
1991	18.5	28
1992	18.7	28.4
1993	19	28.9
1994	19.3	29.4
1995	19.6	29.8
1996	19.7	30.3
1997	19.8	30.7
1998	19.9	31.2
1999	19.9	31.6
2000	19.8	32.1
2001	19.7	32.6
2002	19.7	33.1
2003	19.9	33.6
2004	20.1	34.1
2005	20.3	34.7
2006	20.4	35.2
2007	20.6	35.8
2008	20.7	36.3
2009	20.8	36.8
2010	20.8	37.4
2011	20.8	37.9
2012	20.8	38.3
2013	21	38.9
2014	21.1	39.3
2015	21.2	39.9
2016	21.3	40.4
2017	21.4	41
2018	21.4	41.5
2019	21.5	42.1
2020	21.4	42.7
2021	21.4	43.3
2022	21.1	43.9
2023	21	44.5
2024	20.9	45.1

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