Samoa vs Vanuatu statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 168th vs. 157th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 185/197 ($1.18B) and Vanuatu ranks 188/197 ($1.12B). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 117/197 ($5,393), while Vanuatu ranks 137/197 ($3,411).

Samoa and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1970	$45,208,338	-
1971	$53,719,569	-
1972	$62,566,116	-
1973	$82,452,985	-
1974	$93,549,611	-
1975	$93,489,283	-
1976	$85,003,078	-
1977	$98,295,671	-
1978	$108,223,444	-
1979	$122,257,393	$119,258,835
1980	$125,747,038	$121,185,498
1981	$118,190,655	$113,781,796
1982	$121,221,652	$114,501,913
1983	$111,862,824	$117,389,554
1984	$109,200,934	$144,482,515
1985	$95,572,173	$131,856,421
1986	$100,947,849	$126,498,935
1987	$111,713,922	$139,464,174
1988	$133,016,065	$158,351,368
1989	$122,888,610	$154,013,202
1990	$125,766,270	$168,879,207
1991	$125,597,205	$201,334,169
1992	$132,303,041	$209,088,825
1993	$133,122,897	$200,491,853
1994	$221,098,107	$233,701,301
1995	$224,865,731	$249,333,250
1996	$249,907,869	$261,370,044
1997	$285,475,592	$272,771,209
1998	$269,485,244	$262,293,411
1999	$255,408,060	$268,006,973
2000	$258,856,140	$272,014,628
2001	$266,299,591	$257,926,882
2002	$281,790,134	$262,596,536
2003	$333,426,188	$314,471,413
2004	$407,747,565	$364,996,869
2005	$476,801,793	$394,962,433
2006	$499,923,758	$439,358,587
2007	$573,548,460	$516,392,923
2008	$641,346,192	$590,748,429
2009	$628,006,115	$592,622,319
2010	$680,260,907	$670,712,980
2011	$744,097,050	$770,153,588
2012	$773,141,661	$747,839,698
2013	$797,736,334	$758,304,466
2014	$796,683,520	$773,717,011
2015	$824,150,499	$759,690,181
2016	$843,924,797	$804,323,577
2017	$884,844,384	$880,043,284
2018	$878,448,433	$914,727,908
2019	$912,950,466	$936,526,268
2020	$868,884,903	$909,421,044
2021	$859,724,936	$950,394,007
2022	$889,554,712	$1,055,031,361
2023	$1,044,909,500	$1,115,861,056
2024	$1,175,749,786	$1,117,972,034

Samoa and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1970	$322	-
1971	$377	-
1972	$433	-
1973	$563	-
1974	$626	-
1975	$610	-
1976	$541	-
1977	$615	-
1978	$671	-
1979	$751	$1,055
1980	$765	$1,048
1981	$713	$962
1982	$728	$946
1983	$671	$947
1984	$655	$1,137
1985	$573	$1,012
1986	$604	$946
1987	$666	$1,017
1988	$790	$1,125
1989	$728	$1,067
1990	$744	$1,141
1991	$742	$1,326
1992	$777	$1,344
1993	$775	$1,257
1994	$1,277	$1,431
1995	$1,288	$1,492
1996	$1,419	$1,529
1997	$1,608	$1,562
1998	$1,506	$1,471
1999	$1,417	$1,472
2000	$1,425	$1,460
2001	$1,454	$1,350
2002	$1,528	$1,341
2003	$1,798	$1,567
2004	$2,189	$1,774
2005	$2,550	$1,874
2006	$2,663	$2,035
2007	$3,039	$2,334
2008	$3,374	$2,604
2009	$3,279	$2,546
2010	$3,524	$2,815
2011	$3,822	$3,163
2012	$3,935	$3,005
2013	$4,024	$2,980
2014	$3,983	$2,973
2015	$4,084	$2,855
2016	$4,147	$2,956
2017	$4,308	$3,160
2018	$4,232	$3,207
2019	$4,352	$3,207
2020	$4,100	$3,043
2021	$4,022	$3,107
2022	$4,132	$3,370
2023	$4,823	$3,483
2024	$5,393	$3,411

Samoa vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1950	49.2	43.9
1951	49.8	42.2
1952	50.4	45.3
1953	51	45.8
1954	51.6	46.5
1955	52.2	47.1
1956	52.8	47.7
1957	53.4	48.2
1958	54	48.7
1959	54.6	49.3
1960	55.2	49.8
1961	55.7	50.4
1962	56.3	50.9
1963	56.9	51.5
1964	54	52
1965	57.9	52.5
1966	58.2	53.1
1967	58.9	53.7
1968	59.4	54.2
1969	59.9	54.8
1970	60.4	55.3
1971	60.9	55.9
1972	61.4	56.4
1973	61.9	57
1974	62.3	57.6
1975	62.8	58.1
1976	63.3	58.7
1977	63.7	59.2
1978	64.1	59.9
1979	64.5	60.9
1980	65	61.3
1981	65.3	61.9
1982	65.6	62.5
1983	66	63.1
1984	66.3	63.5
1985	66.6	63.9
1986	66.8	64.6
1987	67	64.4
1988	67.3	65.7
1989	67.6	66
1990	67.8	66.7
1991	68	67.1
1992	68.5	67.4
1993	68.8	67.7
1994	69.2	68
1995	69.5	68.1
1996	69.8	68.2
1997	70	68.3
1998	70.3	68.4
1999	70.6	67.9
2000	70.8	68.6
2001	71	68.7
2002	71.2	68.8
2003	71.4	68.9
2004	71.5	69
2005	71.5	69.2
2006	71.6	69.1
2007	71.6	69.1
2008	71.5	69.3
2009	69.5	69.4
2010	71.5	69.6
2011	71.4	69.7
2012	71.2	69.9
2013	71.2	70
2014	71.1	70
2015	71.1	70.2
2016	71	70.4
2017	71	70.5
2018	71.1	70.6
2019	70.3	70.8
2020	70.7	70.4
2021	71.1	70
2022	71.6	71.3
2023	71.7	71.5
2024	71.8	71.7
2025	71.9	71.8
2026	72.1	72

Samoa and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1960	112,490	64,431
1961	115,496	66,264
1962	118,597	68,174
1963	121,764	70,159
1964	124,894	72,219
1965	127,978	74,358
1966	131,073	76,590
1967	133,764	78,921
1968	136,020	81,314
1969	138,233	83,755
1970	140,400	86,266
1971	142,503	88,862
1972	144,538	91,562
1973	146,516	94,362
1974	149,431	97,260
1975	153,344	100,269
1976	157,113	103,388
1977	159,753	106,618
1978	161,375	109,963
1979	162,882	113,040
1980	164,322	115,660
1981	165,678	118,249
1982	166,484	121,035
1983	166,714	123,998
1984	166,796	127,109
1985	166,849	130,356
1986	167,061	133,720
1987	167,661	137,187
1988	168,346	140,756
1989	168,768	144,393
1990	169,042	148,063
1991	169,368	151,793
1992	170,331	155,608
1993	171,774	159,463
1994	173,159	163,314
1995	174,571	167,137
1996	176,071	170,911
1997	177,547	174,626
1998	178,905	178,313
1999	180,275	182,048
2000	181,685	186,281
2001	183,166	191,031
2002	184,471	195,863
2003	185,430	200,746
2004	186,249	205,711
2005	186,978	210,760
2006	187,709	215,923
2007	188,753	221,276
2008	190,107	226,896
2009	191,513	232,731
2010	193,023	238,248
2011	194,713	243,474
2012	196,498	248,883
2013	198,268	254,482
2014	200,037	260,240
2015	201,782	266,101
2016	203,499	272,087
2017	205,415	278,507
2018	207,582	285,259
2019	209,780	291,985
2020	211,944	298,858
2021	213,779	305,868
2022	215,261	313,046
2023	216,663	320,409
2024	218,019	327,777

Fertility rates in Samoa and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1960	7.78	6.78
1961	7.77	6.73
1962	7.76	6.67
1963	7.73	6.62
1964	7.7	6.57
1965	7.65	6.52
1966	7.6	6.51
1967	7.55	6.51
1968	7.5	6.46
1969	7.43	6.41
1970	7.34	6.35
1971	7.22	6.29
1972	7.07	6.23
1973	6.91	6.15
1974	6.75	6.06
1975	6.61	5.98
1976	6.47	5.89
1977	6.31	5.81
1978	6.15	5.77
1979	5.99	5.73
1980	5.86	5.69
1981	5.75	5.65
1982	5.68	5.6
1983	5.62	5.55
1984	5.55	5.49
1985	5.49	5.43
1986	5.42	5.38
1987	5.32	5.33
1988	5.21	5.27
1989	5.11	5.21
1990	5.01	5.17
1991	4.91	5.13
1992	4.87	5.09
1993	4.83	5.02
1994	4.79	4.94
1995	4.77	4.85
1996	4.74	4.75
1997	4.7	4.66
1998	4.64	4.6
1999	4.57	4.56
2000	4.52	4.54
2001	4.48	4.5
2002	4.44	4.38
2003	4.39	4.29
2004	4.34	4.21
2005	4.32	4.13
2006	4.32	4.1
2007	4.36	4.12
2008	4.42	4.16
2009	4.47	4.16
2010	4.52	4.13
2011	4.56	4.09
2012	4.55	4.06
2013	4.49	4.04
2014	4.42	4
2015	4.34	3.95
2016	4.26	3.92
2017	4.2	3.88
2018	4.14	3.83
2019	4.06	3.79
2020	4	3.74
2021	3.94	3.7
2022	3.88	3.65
2023	3.83	3.6

Samoa and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	Vanuatu
1960	15	17.7
1961	14.9	17.6
1962	14.8	17.5
1963	14.6	17.4
1964	14.6	17.3
1965	14.5	17.2
1966	14.5	17.1
1967	14.5	17.1
1968	14.5	17
1969	14.5	17
1970	14.6	17
1971	14.7	17
1972	14.8	17
1973	14.9	17
1974	15	17.1
1975	15.3	17.1
1976	15.5	17.1
1977	15.8	17.2
1978	16	17.3
1979	16.2	17.5
1980	16.4	17.6
1981	16.6	17.7
1982	16.8	17.7
1983	17.1	17.7
1984	17.4	17.7
1985	17.6	17.7
1986	17.8	17.8
1987	18	17.8
1988	18.2	17.8
1989	18.3	17.8
1990	18.4	17.8
1991	18.5	17.9
1992	18.7	17.8
1993	19	17.7
1994	19.3	17.7
1995	19.6	17.8
1996	19.7	18
1997	19.8	18
1998	19.9	18
1999	19.9	18
2000	19.8	18.2
2001	19.7	18.5
2002	19.7	18.7
2003	19.9	18.9
2004	20.1	19.2
2005	20.3	19.4
2006	20.4	19.6
2007	20.6	19.9
2008	20.7	20.1
2009	20.8	20.3
2010	20.8	20.5
2011	20.8	20.6
2012	20.8	20.8
2013	21	20.9
2014	21.1	21
2015	21.2	21.1
2016	21.3	21.1
2017	21.4	21.2
2018	21.4	21.2
2019	21.5	21.2
2020	21.4	21.2
2021	21.4	21.2
2022	21.1	21.2
2023	21	21.2
2024	20.9	21.3

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