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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Samoa	Liberia	Samoa
1960	1,139,522	112,490	-	-
1961	1,167,717	115,496	2.47%	2.67%
1962	1,197,039	118,597	2.51%	2.68%
1963	1,227,414	121,764	2.54%	2.67%
1964	1,258,745	124,894	2.55%	2.57%
1965	1,291,156	127,978	2.57%	2.47%
1966	1,324,383	131,073	2.57%	2.42%
1967	1,358,435	133,764	2.57%	2.05%
1968	1,393,530	136,020	2.58%	1.69%
1969	1,429,605	138,233	2.59%	1.63%
1970	1,466,676	140,400	2.59%	1.57%
1971	1,504,077	142,503	2.55%	1.5%
1972	1,542,670	144,538	2.57%	1.43%
1973	1,583,588	146,516	2.65%	1.37%
1974	1,626,362	149,431	2.7%	1.99%
1975	1,670,913	153,344	2.74%	2.62%
1976	1,717,060	157,113	2.76%	2.46%
1977	1,766,019	159,753	2.85%	1.68%
1978	1,818,247	161,375	2.96%	1.02%
1979	1,872,713	162,882	3%	0.93%
1980	1,929,253	164,322	3.02%	0.88%
1981	1,986,867	165,678	2.99%	0.83%
1982	2,045,073	166,484	2.93%	0.49%
1983	2,107,113	166,714	3.03%	0.14%
1984	2,173,312	166,796	3.14%	0.05%
1985	2,240,539	166,849	3.09%	0.03%
1986	2,308,511	167,061	3.03%	0.13%
1987	2,377,229	167,661	2.98%	0.36%
1988	2,446,941	168,346	2.93%	0.41%
1989	2,517,858	168,768	2.9%	0.25%
1990	2,223,667	169,042	-11.7%	0.16%
1991	1,956,518	169,368	-12%	0.19%
1992	2,072,461	170,331	5.93%	0.57%
1993	2,155,126	171,774	3.99%	0.85%
1994	2,149,928	173,159	-0.24%	0.81%
1995	2,169,162	174,571	0.89%	0.82%
1996	2,232,289	176,071	2.91%	0.86%
1997	2,412,989	177,547	8.09%	0.84%
1998	2,670,124	178,905	10.7%	0.76%
1999	2,821,684	180,275	5.68%	0.77%
2000	2,928,117	181,685	3.77%	0.78%
2001	3,015,338	183,166	2.98%	0.82%
2002	3,094,782	184,471	2.63%	0.71%
2003	3,119,532	185,430	0.8%	0.52%
2004	3,156,892	186,249	1.2%	0.44%
2005	3,301,015	186,978	4.57%	0.39%
2006	3,490,787	187,709	5.75%	0.39%
2007	3,669,050	188,753	5.11%	0.56%
2008	3,821,003	190,107	4.14%	0.72%
2009	3,943,028	191,513	3.19%	0.74%
2010	4,058,890	193,023	2.94%	0.79%
2011	4,221,178	194,713	4%	0.88%
2012	4,373,043	196,498	3.6%	0.92%
2013	4,470,239	198,268	2.22%	0.9%
2014	4,564,293	200,037	2.1%	0.89%
2015	4,659,431	201,782	2.08%	0.87%
2016	4,755,608	203,499	2.06%	0.85%
2017	4,848,925	205,415	1.96%	0.94%
2018	4,944,726	207,582	1.98%	1.05%
2019	5,043,721	209,780	2%	1.06%
2020	5,149,463	211,944	2.1%	1.03%
2021	5,259,323	213,779	2.13%	0.87%
2022	5,373,294	215,261	2.17%	0.69%
2023	5,493,031	216,663	2.23%	0.65%
2024	5,612,817	218,019	2.18%	0.63%
2025	5,731,211	219,302	2.11%	0.59%
2026	5,853,958	220,530	2.14%	0.56%
2027	5,986,805	221,772	2.27%	0.56%
2028	6,118,769	223,104	2.2%	0.6%
2029	6,245,093	224,504	2.06%	0.63%
2030	6,366,293	225,968	1.94%	0.65%
2031	6,486,749	227,581	1.89%	0.71%
2032	6,614,257	229,298	1.97%	0.75%
2033	6,744,927	231,110	1.98%	0.79%
2034	6,873,688	233,061	1.91%	0.84%
2035	7,003,567	235,172	1.89%	0.91%
2036	7,142,326	237,415	1.98%	0.95%
2037	7,278,759	239,730	1.91%	0.98%
2038	7,408,720	242,155	1.79%	1.01%
2039	7,545,510	244,653	1.85%	1.03%
2040	7,681,693	247,196	1.8%	1.04%
2041	7,817,089	249,796	1.76%	1.05%
2042	7,954,182	252,427	1.75%	1.05%
2043	8,077,173	255,023	1.55%	1.03%
2044	8,194,136	257,609	1.45%	1.01%
2045	8,310,657	260,250	1.42%	1.03%
2046	8,428,924	262,849	1.42%	1%
2047	8,552,033	265,365	1.46%	0.96%
2048	8,673,963	267,836	1.43%	0.93%
2049	8,795,838	270,291	1.41%	0.92%
2050	8,910,539	272,711	1.3%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.