Population in Fiji compared to Samoa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Fiji and Samoa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Samoa	Fiji	Samoa
1960	404,887	112,490	-	-
1961	417,406	115,496	3.09%	2.67%
1962	430,536	118,597	3.15%	2.68%
1963	444,276	121,764	3.19%	2.67%
1964	458,324	124,894	3.16%	2.57%
1965	472,575	127,978	3.11%	2.47%
1966	486,487	131,073	2.94%	2.42%
1967	498,873	133,764	2.55%	2.05%
1968	510,002	136,020	2.23%	1.69%
1969	520,797	138,233	2.12%	1.63%
1970	531,188	140,400	2%	1.57%
1971	541,121	142,503	1.87%	1.5%
1972	550,499	144,538	1.73%	1.43%
1973	559,222	146,516	1.58%	1.37%
1974	567,489	149,431	1.48%	1.99%
1975	575,906	153,344	1.48%	2.62%
1976	585,534	157,113	1.67%	2.46%
1977	597,805	159,753	2.1%	1.68%
1978	612,091	161,375	2.39%	1.02%
1979	626,862	162,882	2.41%	0.93%
1980	641,975	164,322	2.41%	0.88%
1981	657,471	165,678	2.41%	0.83%
1982	673,414	166,484	2.42%	0.49%
1983	689,835	166,714	2.44%	0.14%
1984	706,716	166,796	2.45%	0.05%
1985	723,761	166,849	2.41%	0.03%
1986	739,306	167,061	2.15%	0.13%
1987	750,540	167,661	1.52%	0.36%
1988	758,697	168,346	1.09%	0.41%
1989	766,321	168,768	1%	0.25%
1990	773,316	169,042	0.91%	0.16%
1991	779,656	169,368	0.82%	0.19%
1992	785,346	170,331	0.73%	0.57%
1993	790,369	171,774	0.64%	0.85%
1994	794,771	173,159	0.56%	0.81%
1995	798,746	174,571	0.5%	0.82%
1996	803,789	176,071	0.63%	0.86%
1997	812,139	177,547	1.04%	0.84%
1998	822,258	178,905	1.25%	0.76%
1999	831,828	180,275	1.16%	0.77%
2000	840,909	181,685	1.09%	0.78%
2001	849,596	183,166	1.03%	0.82%
2002	858,049	184,471	0.99%	0.71%
2003	866,286	185,430	0.96%	0.52%
2004	874,366	186,249	0.93%	0.44%
2005	882,379	186,978	0.92%	0.39%
2006	890,365	187,709	0.91%	0.39%
2007	897,832	188,753	0.84%	0.56%
2008	903,399	190,107	0.62%	0.72%
2009	907,239	191,513	0.43%	0.74%
2010	910,419	193,023	0.35%	0.79%
2011	912,989	194,713	0.28%	0.88%
2012	914,918	196,498	0.21%	0.92%
2013	916,352	198,268	0.16%	0.9%
2014	917,585	200,037	0.13%	0.89%
2015	918,578	201,782	0.11%	0.87%
2016	919,166	203,499	0.06%	0.85%
2017	918,759	205,415	-0.04%	0.94%
2018	917,180	207,582	-0.17%	1.05%
2019	914,899	209,780	-0.25%	1.06%
2020	914,963	211,944	0.007%	1.03%
2021	916,711	213,779	0.19%	0.87%
2022	919,422	215,261	0.3%	0.69%
2023	924,145	216,663	0.51%	0.65%
2024	928,784	218,019	0.5%	0.63%
2025	933,141	219,302	0.47%	0.59%
2026	937,268	220,530	0.44%	0.56%
2027	941,304	221,772	0.43%	0.56%
2028	945,347	223,104	0.43%	0.6%
2029	949,269	224,504	0.41%	0.63%
2030	953,095	225,968	0.4%	0.65%
2031	956,685	227,581	0.38%	0.71%
2032	960,056	229,298	0.35%	0.75%
2033	963,339	231,110	0.34%	0.79%
2034	966,516	233,061	0.33%	0.84%
2035	969,613	235,172	0.32%	0.91%
2036	972,641	237,415	0.31%	0.95%
2037	975,643	239,730	0.31%	0.98%
2038	978,533	242,155	0.3%	1.01%
2039	981,270	244,653	0.28%	1.03%
2040	983,842	247,196	0.26%	1.04%
2041	986,409	249,796	0.26%	1.05%
2042	988,810	252,427	0.24%	1.05%
2043	990,851	255,023	0.21%	1.03%
2044	992,731	257,609	0.19%	1.01%
2045	994,437	260,250	0.17%	1.03%
2046	995,957	262,849	0.15%	1%
2047	997,319	265,365	0.14%	0.96%
2048	998,544	267,836	0.12%	0.93%
2049	999,530	270,291	0.1%	0.92%
2050	1,000,244	272,711	0.07%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.