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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Samoa	Tanzania	Samoa	Tanzania
1960	112,490	9,901,419	-	-
1961	115,496	10,187,886	2.67%	2.89%
1962	118,597	10,487,756	2.68%	2.94%
1963	121,764	10,799,528	2.67%	2.97%
1964	124,894	11,127,826	2.57%	3.04%
1965	127,978	11,470,728	2.47%	3.08%
1966	131,073	11,827,459	2.42%	3.11%
1967	133,764	12,200,109	2.05%	3.15%
1968	136,020	12,602,076	1.69%	3.29%
1969	138,233	13,036,700	1.63%	3.45%
1970	140,400	13,492,677	1.57%	3.5%
1971	142,503	13,971,451	1.5%	3.55%
1972	144,538	14,479,308	1.43%	3.63%
1973	146,516	15,010,101	1.37%	3.67%
1974	149,431	15,561,630	1.99%	3.67%
1975	153,344	16,138,361	2.62%	3.71%
1976	157,113	16,736,211	2.46%	3.7%
1977	159,753	17,352,929	1.68%	3.68%
1978	161,375	17,976,566	1.02%	3.59%
1979	162,882	18,592,038	0.93%	3.42%
1980	164,322	19,189,769	0.88%	3.21%
1981	165,678	19,784,703	0.83%	3.1%
1982	166,484	20,398,571	0.49%	3.1%
1983	166,714	21,079,874	0.14%	3.34%
1984	166,796	21,779,066	0.05%	3.32%
1985	166,849	22,501,693	0.03%	3.32%
1986	167,061	23,258,959	0.13%	3.37%
1987	167,661	24,030,378	0.36%	3.32%
1988	168,346	24,769,686	0.41%	3.08%
1989	168,768	25,438,759	0.25%	2.7%
1990	169,042	26,110,207	0.16%	2.64%
1991	169,368	26,780,436	0.19%	2.57%
1992	170,331	27,457,588	0.57%	2.53%
1993	171,774	28,332,692	0.85%	3.19%
1994	173,159	29,442,356	0.81%	3.92%
1995	174,571	30,383,497	0.82%	3.2%
1996	176,071	30,945,762	0.86%	1.85%
1997	177,547	31,578,089	0.84%	2.04%
1998	178,905	32,420,458	0.76%	2.67%
1999	180,275	33,300,330	0.77%	2.71%
2000	181,685	34,260,139	0.78%	2.88%
2001	183,166	35,198,299	0.82%	2.74%
2002	184,471	36,121,304	0.71%	2.62%
2003	185,430	37,089,555	0.52%	2.68%
2004	186,249	38,109,668	0.44%	2.75%
2005	186,978	39,182,076	0.39%	2.81%
2006	187,709	40,294,902	0.39%	2.84%
2007	188,753	41,435,512	0.56%	2.83%
2008	190,107	42,570,728	0.72%	2.74%
2009	191,513	43,633,982	0.74%	2.5%
2010	193,023	44,758,488	0.79%	2.58%
2011	194,713	46,029,367	0.88%	2.84%
2012	196,498	47,374,260	0.92%	2.92%
2013	198,268	48,824,128	0.9%	3.06%
2014	200,037	50,351,512	0.89%	3.13%
2015	201,782	52,020,962	0.87%	3.32%
2016	203,499	53,824,013	0.85%	3.47%
2017	205,415	55,652,890	0.94%	3.4%
2018	207,582	57,437,145	1.05%	3.21%
2019	209,780	59,174,891	1.06%	3.03%
2020	211,944	60,972,798	1.03%	3.04%
2021	213,779	62,830,412	0.87%	3.05%
2022	215,261	64,711,821	0.69%	2.99%
2023	216,663	66,617,606	0.65%	2.95%
2024	218,019	68,560,157	0.63%	2.92%
2025	219,302	70,545,858	0.59%	2.9%
2026	220,530	72,563,773	0.56%	2.86%
2027	221,772	74,604,804	0.56%	2.81%
2028	223,104	76,670,483	0.6%	2.77%
2029	224,504	78,773,192	0.63%	2.74%
2030	225,968	80,913,118	0.65%	2.72%
2031	227,581	83,087,927	0.71%	2.69%
2032	229,298	85,293,126	0.75%	2.65%
2033	231,110	87,520,491	0.79%	2.61%
2034	233,061	89,788,673	0.84%	2.59%
2035	235,172	92,091,418	0.91%	2.56%
2036	237,415	94,420,808	0.95%	2.53%
2037	239,730	96,775,766	0.98%	2.49%
2038	242,155	99,156,465	1.01%	2.46%
2039	244,653	101,567,525	1.03%	2.43%
2040	247,196	103,999,350	1.04%	2.39%
2041	249,796	106,448,475	1.05%	2.35%
2042	252,427	108,926,272	1.05%	2.33%
2043	255,023	111,433,788	1.03%	2.3%
2044	257,609	113,966,263	1.01%	2.27%
2045	260,250	116,525,463	1.03%	2.25%
2046	262,849	119,109,670	1%	2.22%
2047	265,365	121,721,018	0.96%	2.19%
2048	267,836	124,351,294	0.93%	2.16%
2049	270,291	126,981,394	0.92%	2.12%
2050	272,711	129,621,083	0.9%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Samoa increased by 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Samoa gained 18,506 (a 9.17% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Samoa was ranked 176th most populous country in 2005 and is 177th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Samoa's population will grow by 23.8% to 272,711 people with a rank change from 177th to 176th. The population of Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.