Samoa vs Tonga statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 168th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Samoa and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	Tonga
1970	$45,208,338	-
1971	$53,719,569	-
1972	$62,566,116	-
1973	$82,452,985	-
1974	$93,549,611	-
1975	$93,489,283	$32,506,742
1976	$85,003,078	$30,036,417
1977	$98,295,671	$34,139,388
1978	$108,223,444	$41,567,472
1979	$122,257,393	$44,667,002
1980	$125,747,038	$53,260,077
1981	$118,190,655	$62,242,013
1982	$121,221,652	$62,068,161
1983	$111,862,824	$60,863,964
1984	$109,200,934	$64,248,355
1985	$95,572,173	$60,058,663
1986	$100,947,849	$68,195,856
1987	$111,713,922	$81,667,133
1988	$133,016,065	$106,657,267
1989	$122,888,610	$106,344,855
1990	$125,766,270	$113,563,822
1991	$125,597,205	$132,201,141
1992	$132,303,041	$137,066,291
1993	$133,122,897	$138,489,884
1994	$221,098,107	$195,990,986
1995	$224,865,731	$208,871,666
1996	$249,907,869	$222,100,576
1997	$285,475,592	$214,991,452
1998	$269,485,244	$191,504,893
1999	$255,408,060	$199,208,718
2000	$258,856,140	$204,848,488
2001	$266,299,591	$181,117,230
2002	$281,790,134	$182,764,281
2003	$333,426,188	$202,246,591
2004	$407,747,565	$230,678,011
2005	$476,801,793	$261,823,805
2006	$499,923,758	$292,232,703
2007	$573,548,460	$298,519,623
2008	$641,346,192	$344,438,844
2009	$628,006,115	$312,415,028
2010	$680,260,907	$366,887,375
2011	$744,097,050	$414,143,828
2012	$773,141,661	$471,122,971
2013	$797,736,334	$451,788,498
2014	$796,683,520	$440,997,735
2015	$824,150,499	$437,525,539
2016	$843,924,797	$420,828,255
2017	$884,844,384	$459,976,847
2018	$878,448,433	$489,714,530
2019	$912,950,466	$494,197,854
2020	$868,898,358	$496,856,304
2021	$843,923,639	$518,228,029
2022	$832,945,206	$518,180,029
2023	$938,189,444	$508,735,107
2024	$1,068,025,244	-

Samoa and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	Tonga
1970	$322	-
1971	$377	-
1972	$433	-
1973	$563	-
1974	$626	-
1975	$610	$349
1976	$541	$315
1977	$615	$353
1978	$671	$428
1979	$751	$458
1980	$765	$545
1981	$713	$636
1982	$728	$633
1983	$671	$621
1984	$655	$656
1985	$573	$613
1986	$604	$696
1987	$666	$830
1988	$790	$1,078
1989	$728	$1,070
1990	$744	$1,139
1991	$742	$1,323
1992	$777	$1,370
1993	$775	$1,383
1994	$1,277	$1,957
1995	$1,288	$2,084
1996	$1,419	$2,215
1997	$1,608	$2,136
1998	$1,506	$1,889
1999	$1,417	$1,952
2000	$1,425	$1,995
2001	$1,454	$1,754
2002	$1,528	$1,759
2003	$1,798	$1,936
2004	$2,189	$2,195
2005	$2,550	$2,478
2006	$2,663	$2,750
2007	$3,039	$2,797
2008	$3,374	$3,218
2009	$3,279	$2,914
2010	$3,524	$3,416
2011	$3,822	$3,850
2012	$3,935	$4,384
2013	$4,024	$4,219
2014	$3,983	$4,137
2015	$4,084	$4,124
2016	$4,147	$3,988
2017	$4,308	$4,366
2018	$4,232	$4,639
2019	$4,352	$4,677
2020	$4,100	$4,700
2021	$3,948	$4,913
2022	$3,869	$4,933
2023	$4,330	$4,864
2024	$4,899	-

Samoa vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	Tonga
1950	49.2	48.4
1951	49.8	49.8
1952	50.4	51.2
1953	51	52.4
1954	51.6	53.6
1955	52.2	54.7
1956	52.8	55.7
1957	53.4	56.5
1958	54	57.2
1959	54.6	57.8
1960	55.2	58.3
1961	55.7	58.8
1962	56.3	59.3
1963	56.9	59.8
1964	54	60.3
1965	57.9	60.7
1966	58.2	61.2
1967	58.9	61.7
1968	59.4	62.2
1969	59.9	62.7
1970	60.4	63.2
1971	60.9	63.6
1972	61.4	64.1
1973	61.9	64.4
1974	62.3	64.8
1975	62.8	65.1
1976	63.3	65.4
1977	63.7	65.6
1978	64.1	65.9
1979	64.5	66
1980	65	66.2
1981	65.3	66.4
1982	65.6	66.3
1983	66	66.7
1984	66.3	66.8
1985	66.6	66.9
1986	66.8	67.1
1987	67	67.2
1988	67.3	67.3
1989	67.6	67.4
1990	67.8	67.5
1991	68	67.7
1992	68.5	67.9
1993	68.8	68.2
1994	69.2	68.4
1995	69.5	68.6
1996	69.8	68.8
1997	70	69
1998	70.3	69.2
1999	70.6	69.4
2000	70.8	69.6
2001	71	69.8
2002	71.2	70
2003	71.4	70.2
2004	71.5	70.4
2005	71.5	70.6
2006	71.6	70.7
2007	71.6	70.9
2008	71.5	71
2009	69.5	70.9
2010	71.5	71.3
2011	71.4	71.4
2012	71.2	71.5
2013	71.2	71.6
2014	71.1	71.7
2015	71.1	71.9
2016	71	72
2017	71	72.1
2018	71.1	72.2
2019	70.3	72.3
2020	70.7	72.4
2021	71.1	72.1
2022	71.6	72.6
2023	71.7	72.9
2024	71.8	73.1
2025	71.9	73.2

Samoa and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	Tonga
1960	112,490	66,170
1961	115,496	68,037
1962	118,597	69,940
1963	121,764	71,885
1964	124,894	73,879
1965	127,978	75,924
1966	131,073	78,002
1967	133,764	79,814
1968	136,020	81,353
1969	138,233	82,885
1970	140,400	84,401
1971	142,503	85,896
1972	144,538	87,356
1973	146,516	88,805
1974	149,431	90,683
1975	153,344	93,017
1976	157,113	95,325
1977	159,753	96,725
1978	161,375	97,204
1979	162,882	97,544
1980	164,322	97,769
1981	165,678	97,909
1982	166,484	97,980
1983	166,714	97,998
1984	166,796	97,990
1985	166,849	97,984
1986	167,061	98,010
1987	167,661	98,376
1988	168,346	98,969
1989	168,768	99,403
1990	169,042	99,700
1991	169,368	99,895
1992	170,331	100,022
1993	171,774	100,103
1994	173,159	100,166
1995	174,571	100,225
1996	176,071	100,275
1997	177,547	100,674
1998	178,905	101,388
1999	180,275	102,046
2000	181,685	102,677
2001	183,166	103,288
2002	184,471	103,874
2003	185,430	104,464
2004	186,249	105,071
2005	186,978	105,671
2006	187,709	106,253
2007	188,753	106,726
2008	190,107	107,020
2009	191,513	107,203
2010	193,023	107,400
2011	194,713	107,570
2012	196,498	107,460
2013	198,268	107,078
2014	200,037	106,609
2015	201,782	106,095
2016	203,499	105,524
2017	205,415	105,356
2018	207,582	105,567
2019	209,780	105,669
2020	211,944	105,704
2021	213,779	105,490
2022	215,261	105,042
2023	216,663	104,597
2024	218,019	104,175

Fertility rates in Samoa and Tonga

Fertility rate

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	Tonga
1960	7.78	6.65
1961	7.77	6.61
1962	7.76	6.57
1963	7.73	6.52
1964	7.7	6.46
1965	7.65	6.41
1966	7.6	6.35
1967	7.55	6.29
1968	7.5	6.23
1969	7.43	6.17
1970	7.34	6.07
1971	7.22	5.96
1972	7.07	5.86
1973	6.91	5.8
1974	6.75	5.77
1975	6.61	5.75
1976	6.47	5.73
1977	6.31	5.7
1978	6.15	5.68
1979	5.99	5.65
1980	5.86	5.6
1981	5.75	5.55
1982	5.68	5.5
1983	5.62	5.45
1984	5.55	5.41
1985	5.49	5.34
1986	5.42	5.27
1987	5.32	5.19
1988	5.21	5.1
1989	5.11	5.01
1990	5.01	4.93
1991	4.91	4.85
1992	4.87	4.79
1993	4.83	4.73
1994	4.79	4.66
1995	4.77	4.56
1996	4.74	4.46
1997	4.7	4.38
1998	4.64	4.31
1999	4.57	4.23
2000	4.52	4.16
2001	4.48	4.13
2002	4.44	4.14
2003	4.39	4.18
2004	4.34	4.19
2005	4.32	4.2
2006	4.32	4.14
2007	4.36	4.09
2008	4.42	4.01
2009	4.47	3.95
2010	4.52	3.88
2011	4.56	3.83
2012	4.55	3.77
2013	4.49	3.7
2014	4.42	3.62
2015	4.34	3.54
2016	4.26	3.46
2017	4.2	3.39
2018	4.14	3.33
2019	4.06	3.27
2020	4	3.23
2021	3.94	3.2
2022	3.88	3.17
2023	3.83	3.13

Samoa and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	Tonga
1960	15	17.1
1961	14.9	17.1
1962	14.8	17.1
1963	14.6	17
1964	14.6	17
1965	14.5	17
1966	14.5	17
1967	14.5	17
1968	14.5	16.9
1969	14.5	16.8
1970	14.6	16.8
1971	14.7	16.7
1972	14.8	16.7
1973	14.9	16.8
1974	15	16.8
1975	15.3	16.7
1976	15.5	16.7
1977	15.8	16.8
1978	16	17.1
1979	16.2	17.3
1980	16.4	17.4
1981	16.6	17.6
1982	16.8	17.8
1983	17.1	17.9
1984	17.4	18
1985	17.6	18.1
1986	17.8	18.2
1987	18	18.3
1988	18.2	18.6
1989	18.3	18.9
1990	18.4	19.1
1991	18.5	19.3
1992	18.7	19.5
1993	19	19.6
1994	19.3	19.6
1995	19.6	19.6
1996	19.7	19.6
1997	19.8	19.7
1998	19.9	19.9
1999	19.9	20.1
2000	19.8	20.3
2001	19.7	20.5
2002	19.7	20.7
2003	19.9	20.8
2004	20.1	20.8
2005	20.3	20.8
2006	20.4	20.8
2007	20.6	20.9
2008	20.7	21
2009	20.8	21.1
2010	20.8	21.2
2011	20.8	21.2
2012	20.8	21.4
2013	21	21.6
2014	21.1	21.7
2015	21.2	21.8
2016	21.3	21.9
2017	21.4	21.9
2018	21.4	22
2019	21.5	22
2020	21.4	22.1
2021	21.4	22.1
2022	21.1	22
2023	21	21.9
2024	20.9	21.9

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