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Samoa vs Turkey statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 168th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Main facts and rankings

Samoa Turkey
Population
220288
85914550
Population rank 177/197 18/197
GDP
$1.07B
2024
$1.32T
2024
GDP rank 187/197 17/197
GDP per capita
$4,899
2024
$15,473
2024
GDP per capita rank 120/197 68/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,837
2024
$43,932
2024
Government debt
$296M
2024
$344B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
22.5%
2025
26.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,357
2024
$4,019
2024
Government debt per person rank 134/185 91/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,507
2025
$9,587
2025
Land area
1,073 sq mi
2025
297,156 sq mi
2025
Population density
203.1 ppl/mi²
2024
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.83
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
20.9 years
2024
34 years
2024
Life expectancy
71.9 years
2025
77.8 years
2025

Samoa and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Turkey economies compared

GDP
Samoa

Turkey
Year GDP
Samoa Turkey
1960 - $7,566,666,667
1961 - $7,988,888,889
1962 - $8,922,222,222
1963 - $10,355,555,556
1964 - $11,177,777,778
1965 - $11,966,666,667
1966 - $14,100,000,000
1967 - $15,644,444,444
1968 - $17,500,000,000
1969 - $19,466,666,667
1970 $45,208,338 $17,863,636,364
1971 $53,719,569 $16,166,666,667
1972 $62,566,116 $20,650,000,000
1973 $82,452,985 $26,000,000,000
1974 $93,549,611 $35,414,285,714
1975 $93,489,283 $46,042,857,143
1976 $85,003,078 $51,450,000,000
1977 $98,295,671 $58,683,333,333
1978 $108,223,444 $65,912,500,000
1979 $122,257,393 $89,616,129,032
1980 $125,747,038 $68,823,684,211
1981 $118,190,655 $71,180,180,180
1982 $121,221,652 $64,369,325,153
1983 $111,862,824 $61,803,555,556
1984 $109,200,934 $59,937,602,180
1985 $95,572,173 $67,232,758,621
1986 $100,947,849 $75,673,037,037
1987 $111,713,922 $87,190,081,680
1988 $133,016,065 $90,875,175,809
1989 $122,888,610 $107,127,191,329
1990 $125,766,270 $150,655,500,192
1991 $125,597,205 $151,034,731,544
1992 $132,303,041 $159,104,772,992
1993 $133,122,897 $180,415,757,852
1994 $221,098,107 $130,650,447,499
1995 $224,865,731 $169,319,579,016
1996 $249,907,869 $181,464,408,820
1997 $285,475,592 $189,878,399,895
1998 $269,485,244 $275,941,990,764
1999 $255,408,060 $256,395,932,738
2000 $258,856,140 $274,294,623,164
2001 $266,299,591 $201,753,123,807
2002 $281,790,134 $240,249,071,871
2003 $333,426,188 $314,595,572,146
2004 $407,747,565 $408,865,430,220
2005 $476,801,793 $506,314,717,662
2006 $499,923,758 $557,076,157,773
2007 $573,548,460 $681,321,124,296
2008 $641,346,192 $770,449,132,861
2009 $628,006,115 $649,289,324,628
2010 $680,260,907 $776,967,266,306
2011 $744,097,050 $838,785,289,694
2012 $773,141,661 $880,555,885,492
2013 $797,736,334 $957,799,120,008
2014 $796,683,520 $938,934,609,297
2015 $824,150,499 $864,313,810,469
2016 $843,924,797 $869,682,881,593
2017 $884,844,384 $858,988,492,854
2018 $878,448,433 $778,972,108,041
2019 $912,950,466 $761,005,915,751
2020 $868,898,358 $720,338,490,327
2021 $843,923,639 $819,865,223,976
2022 $832,945,206 $907,118,434,654
2023 $938,189,444 $1,118,252,958,514
2024 $1,068,025,244 $1,323,254,808,059

Samoa and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita
Samoa

Turkey
Year GDP per capita
Samoa Turkey
1960 - $267.1
1961 - $274.4
1962 - $298.2
1963 - $337
1964 - $354
1965 - $370
1966 - $425
1967 - $459
1968 - $501
1969 - $544
1970 $322 $488
1971 $377 $431
1972 $433 $537
1973 $563 $661
1974 $626 $881
1975 $610 $1,122
1976 $541 $1,228
1977 $615 $1,372
1978 $671 $1,510
1979 $751 $2,013
1980 $765 $1,516
1981 $713 $1,537
1982 $728 $1,360
1983 $671 $1,276
1984 $655 $1,209
1985 $573 $1,326
1986 $604 $1,461
1987 $666 $1,650
1988 $790 $1,686
1989 $728 $1,949
1990 $744 $2,690
1991 $742 $2,649
1992 $777 $2,744
1993 $775 $3,058
1994 $1,277 $2,176
1995 $1,288 $2,775
1996 $1,419 $2,929
1997 $1,608 $3,021
1998 $1,506 $4,330
1999 $1,417 $3,969
2000 $1,425 $4,192
2001 $1,454 $3,046
2002 $1,528 $3,583
2003 $1,798 $4,638
2004 $2,189 $5,961
2005 $2,550 $7,303
2006 $2,663 $7,953
2007 $3,039 $9,711
2008 $3,374 $10,844
2009 $3,279 $9,013
2010 $3,524 $10,623
2011 $3,822 $11,301
2012 $3,935 $11,713
2013 $4,024 $12,578
2014 $3,983 $12,165
2015 $4,084 $11,050
2016 $4,147 $10,970
2017 $4,308 $10,696
2018 $4,232 $9,569
2019 $4,352 $9,215
2020 $4,100 $8,639
2021 $3,948 $9,743
2022 $3,869 $10,675
2023 $4,330 $13,106
2024 $4,899 $15,473

Samoa vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Samoa

Turkey
Year Life expectancy, years
Samoa Turkey
1950 49.2 47.3
1951 49.8 47.6
1952 50.4 48.1
1953 51 48.2
1954 51.6 48.8
1955 52.2 49.1
1956 52.8 49.5
1957 53.4 49.2
1958 54 49.2
1959 54.6 50.1
1960 55.2 50.8
1961 55.7 51.6
1962 56.3 52.3
1963 56.9 53.1
1964 54 53.6
1965 57.9 54.1
1966 58.2 54.6
1967 58.9 55.2
1968 59.4 55.6
1969 59.9 56.2
1970 60.4 56.7
1971 60.9 57.2
1972 61.4 58
1973 61.9 58.5
1974 62.3 59
1975 62.8 59.5
1976 63.3 60
1977 63.7 60.8
1978 64.1 61.6
1979 64.5 62.2
1980 65 62.7
1981 65.3 63.2
1982 65.6 63.7
1983 66 64.3
1984 66.3 64.8
1985 66.6 65.3
1986 66.8 65.9
1987 67 66.4
1988 67.3 66.9
1989 67.6 67.4
1990 67.8 67.8
1991 68 68.3
1992 68.5 68.6
1993 68.8 69
1994 69.2 69.4
1995 69.5 69.7
1996 69.8 70.2
1997 70 70.7
1998 70.3 71.1
1999 70.6 70.8
2000 70.8 71.9
2001 71 72.3
2002 71.2 72.6
2003 71.4 72.9
2004 71.5 73.2
2005 71.5 73.5
2006 71.6 73.8
2007 71.6 74.1
2008 71.5 74.4
2009 69.5 74.7
2010 71.5 75
2011 71.4 74.8
2012 71.2 75.6
2013 71.2 76.2
2014 71.1 76.5
2015 71.1 76.5
2016 71 76.6
2017 71 77
2018 71.1 77.5
2019 70.3 77.7
2020 70.7 76.5
2021 71.1 75.7
2022 71.6 77.6
2023 71.7 77.2
2024 71.8 77.4
2025 71.9 77.8

Samoa and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population
Samoa

Turkey
Year Population
Samoa Turkey
1960 112,490 28,329,898
1961 115,496 29,119,238
1962 118,597 29,916,147
1963 121,764 30,726,841
1964 124,894 31,543,072
1965 127,978 32,345,220
1966 131,073 33,177,672
1967 133,764 34,050,421
1968 136,020 34,921,684
1969 138,233 35,787,774
1970 140,400 36,638,465
1971 142,503 37,518,611
1972 144,538 38,430,221
1973 146,516 39,329,533
1974 149,431 40,210,234
1975 153,344 41,053,126
1976 157,113 41,899,984
1977 159,753 42,773,298
1978 161,375 43,645,306
1979 162,882 44,510,429
1980 164,322 45,408,815
1981 165,678 46,321,190
1982 166,484 47,322,096
1983 166,714 48,447,410
1984 166,796 49,574,069
1985 166,849 50,687,115
1986 167,061 51,777,772
1987 167,661 52,843,670
1988 168,346 53,909,626
1989 168,768 54,976,723
1990 169,042 56,015,628
1991 169,368 57,009,887
1992 170,331 57,990,118
1993 171,774 58,999,167
1994 173,159 60,033,836
1995 174,571 61,024,503
1996 176,071 61,951,134
1997 177,547 62,852,966
1998 178,905 63,734,383
1999 180,275 64,591,923
2000 181,685 65,425,961
2001 183,166 66,245,128
2002 184,471 67,048,795
2003 185,430 67,831,730
2004 186,249 68,592,617
2005 186,978 69,329,557
2006 187,709 70,045,349
2007 188,753 70,158,112
2008 190,107 71,051,678
2009 191,513 72,039,206
2010 193,023 73,142,150
2011 194,713 74,223,629
2012 196,498 75,175,827
2013 198,268 76,147,624
2014 200,037 77,181,884
2015 201,782 78,218,479
2016 203,499 79,277,962
2017 205,415 80,312,698
2018 207,582 81,407,204
2019 209,780 82,579,440
2020 211,944 83,384,680
2021 213,779 84,147,318
2022 215,261 84,979,913
2023 216,663 85,325,965
2024 218,019 85,518,661

Fertility rates in Samoa and Turkey

Fertility rate
Samoa

Turkey
Year Fertility rate
Samoa Turkey
1960 7.78 6.38
1961 7.77 6.42
1962 7.76 6.38
1963 7.73 6.34
1964 7.7 6.29
1965 7.65 6.22
1966 7.6 6.15
1967 7.55 6.06
1968 7.5 5.96
1969 7.43 5.87
1970 7.34 5.78
1971 7.22 5.67
1972 7.07 5.55
1973 6.91 5.41
1974 6.75 5.24
1975 6.61 5.09
1976 6.47 4.93
1977 6.31 4.78
1978 6.15 4.69
1979 5.99 4.58
1980 5.86 4.45
1981 5.75 4.35
1982 5.68 4.21
1983 5.62 4.06
1984 5.55 3.91
1985 5.49 3.78
1986 5.42 3.66
1987 5.32 3.54
1988 5.21 3.45
1989 5.11 3.34
1990 5.01 3.11
1991 4.91 3
1992 4.87 2.94
1993 4.83 2.92
1994 4.79 2.87
1995 4.77 2.84
1996 4.74 2.78
1997 4.7 2.74
1998 4.64 2.71
1999 4.57 2.63
2000 4.52 2.49
2001 4.48 2.39
2002 4.44 2.27
2003 4.39 2.2
2004 4.34 2.2
2005 4.32 2.2
2006 4.32 2.19
2007 4.36 2.16
2008 4.42 2.15
2009 4.47 2.1
2010 4.52 2.08
2011 4.56 2.05
2012 4.55 2.11
2013 4.49 2.11
2014 4.42 2.19
2015 4.34 2.16
2016 4.26 2.11
2017 4.2 2.08
2018 4.14 2
2019 4.06 1.89
2020 4 1.77
2021 3.94 1.71
2022 3.88 1.63
2023 3.83 1.51

Samoa and Turkey demographics compared

Median age
Samoa

Turkey
Year Median age, years
Samoa Turkey
1960 15 19.4
1961 14.9 19.3
1962 14.8 19.1
1963 14.6 19
1964 14.6 18.9
1965 14.5 18.9
1966 14.5 18.8
1967 14.5 18.7
1968 14.5 18.6
1969 14.5 18.6
1970 14.6 18.6
1971 14.7 18.7
1972 14.8 18.8
1973 14.9 18.9
1974 15 19
1975 15.3 19.1
1976 15.5 19.3
1977 15.8 19.4
1978 16 19.5
1979 16.2 19.7
1980 16.4 19.8
1981 16.6 19.9
1982 16.8 20
1983 17.1 20.2
1984 17.4 20.4
1985 17.6 20.6
1986 17.8 20.9
1987 18 21.1
1988 18.2 21.3
1989 18.3 21.6
1990 18.4 21.8
1991 18.5 22.1
1992 18.7 22.4
1993 19 22.7
1994 19.3 23
1995 19.6 23.3
1996 19.7 23.6
1997 19.8 24
1998 19.9 24.3
1999 19.9 24.7
2000 19.8 25
2001 19.7 25.4
2002 19.7 25.8
2003 19.9 26.2
2004 20.1 26.6
2005 20.3 27
2006 20.4 27.5
2007 20.6 27.9
2008 20.7 28.3
2009 20.8 28.6
2010 20.8 29.1
2011 20.8 29.5
2012 20.8 29.8
2013 21 30.1
2014 21.1 30.4
2015 21.2 30.6
2016 21.3 30.9
2017 21.4 31.2
2018 21.4 31.5
2019 21.5 31.8
2020 21.4 32.3
2021 21.4 32.7
2022 21.1 33.1
2023 21 33.5
2024 20.9 34

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Samoa Turkey
GNI, Atlas method
$1.01B
2024
$1.12T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
33.1%
2025
32.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.46%
2024
3.1%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
512,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.11%
2025
-4.33%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.05%
2022
8.71%
2024
Services, % of GDP
72.5%
2024
56.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.9%
2024
25.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.6
2025
56.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.3%
2013
35.2%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2013
2.1%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
60,787
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.1%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
32
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
551
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$379B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$508M
2024
$155B
2024
Personal remittances received
$282M
2024
$982M
2024
International tourist arrivals
23,899
2020
15,971,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
19.8%
2020
6.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.6%
2024

Energy

Samoa Turkey
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
307 kg
2007
1,850 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.3
2007
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.47 megatons
2023
438 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.16 tons
2023
5.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
81.4%
2023
Renewable energy use share
35.9%
2022
12%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
15.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
72%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,581 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
49.1%
2021
35.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
28.8%
2021
19.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Samoa Turkey
% of world population
0.003%
2024
1.05%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,754
2024
-275,952
2024
Urban population
17.4%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.37 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
44.2
2025
56.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
48
2025
34
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
75
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.2
2018
3.23
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13
2019
6.7
2019
Visa free countries
131
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2021
97.3%
2021
English speaking
49.9%
2023
15%
2023
People using the Internet
58.1%
2023
87.3%
2024

Health

Samoa Turkey
Government health expenditure per capita
$236.2
2022
$386
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$29.5
2022
$75.2
2022
Life expectancy
71.9 years
2025
77.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
7.14%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2021
2.17
2021
Age at first childbirth
23.6 years
2021
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
101
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
15.7
2023
12.8
2023
Obesity rate
63.7%
2022
34.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
25.4%
2024
16.5%
2024
Air quality index
92
2025
48
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.5%
2022
30.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.35 liters
2020
1.69 liters
2020

Territory

Samoa Turkey
% of world land
0.002%
2025
0.52%
2025
Land area per capita
4,923 sq mi
2024
3,475 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
188.5 sq mi
2025
148,989 sq mi
2025
Forest area
619 sq mi
2025
87,600 sq mi
2025
Roads length
715 mi
2018
272,554 mi
2024

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