The latest officially reported population of Samoa was 218,019 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Samoa's population is 220,288 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 390 times bigger than Samoa's.
- Samoa is ranked the 177th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.04% of the world: 0.003% for Samoa vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Samoa has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Samoa has increased from 187K people to 220K (17.8% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- Samoa is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 384K people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
Samoa vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
220288
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85914550
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| Population rank | 177/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
6.46 hours
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.59 hours
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
6.57 hours
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
3.18 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,754 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,356 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.63% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 126/197 | 153/197 |
Samoa and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 112,490 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 115,496 | 29,119,238 | 2.67% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 118,597 | 29,916,147 | 2.68% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 121,764 | 30,726,841 | 2.67% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 124,894 | 31,543,072 | 2.57% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 127,978 | 32,345,220 | 2.47% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 131,073 | 33,177,672 | 2.42% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 133,764 | 34,050,421 | 2.05% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 136,020 | 34,921,684 | 1.69% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 138,233 | 35,787,774 | 1.63% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 140,400 | 36,638,465 | 1.57% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 142,503 | 37,518,611 | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 144,538 | 38,430,221 | 1.43% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 146,516 | 39,329,533 | 1.37% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 149,431 | 40,210,234 | 1.99% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 153,344 | 41,053,126 | 2.62% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 157,113 | 41,899,984 | 2.46% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 159,753 | 42,773,298 | 1.68% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 161,375 | 43,645,306 | 1.02% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 162,882 | 44,510,429 | 0.93% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 164,322 | 45,408,815 | 0.88% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 165,678 | 46,321,190 | 0.83% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 166,484 | 47,322,096 | 0.49% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 166,714 | 48,447,410 | 0.14% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 166,796 | 49,574,069 | 0.05% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 166,849 | 50,687,115 | 0.03% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 167,061 | 51,777,772 | 0.13% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 167,661 | 52,843,670 | 0.36% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 168,346 | 53,909,626 | 0.41% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 168,768 | 54,976,723 | 0.25% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 169,042 | 56,015,628 | 0.16% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 169,368 | 57,009,887 | 0.19% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 170,331 | 57,990,118 | 0.57% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 171,774 | 58,999,167 | 0.85% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 173,159 | 60,033,836 | 0.81% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 174,571 | 61,024,503 | 0.82% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 176,071 | 61,951,134 | 0.86% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 177,547 | 62,852,966 | 0.84% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 178,905 | 63,734,383 | 0.76% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 180,275 | 64,591,923 | 0.77% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 181,685 | 65,425,961 | 0.78% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 183,166 | 66,245,128 | 0.82% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 184,471 | 67,048,795 | 0.71% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 185,430 | 67,831,730 | 0.52% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 186,249 | 68,592,617 | 0.44% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 186,978 | 69,329,557 | 0.39% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 187,709 | 70,045,349 | 0.39% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 188,753 | 70,158,112 | 0.56% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 190,107 | 71,051,678 | 0.72% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 191,513 | 72,039,206 | 0.74% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 193,023 | 73,142,150 | 0.79% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 194,713 | 74,223,629 | 0.88% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 196,498 | 75,175,827 | 0.92% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 198,268 | 76,147,624 | 0.9% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 200,037 | 77,181,884 | 0.89% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 201,782 | 78,218,479 | 0.87% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 203,499 | 79,277,962 | 0.85% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 205,415 | 80,312,698 | 0.94% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 207,582 | 81,407,204 | 1.05% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 209,780 | 82,579,440 | 1.06% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 211,944 | 83,384,680 | 1.03% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 213,779 | 84,147,318 | 0.87% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 215,261 | 84,979,913 | 0.69% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 216,663 | 85,325,965 | 0.65% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 218,019 | 85,518,661 | 0.63% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 219,302 | 85,725,557 | 0.59% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 220,530 | 85,960,835 | 0.56% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 221,772 | 86,227,115 | 0.56% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 223,104 | 86,502,744 | 0.6% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 224,504 | 86,771,652 | 0.63% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 225,968 | 87,037,680 | 0.65% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 227,581 | 87,297,191 | 0.71% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 229,298 | 87,537,075 | 0.75% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 231,110 | 87,762,403 | 0.79% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 233,061 | 87,974,138 | 0.84% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 235,172 | 88,172,739 | 0.91% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 237,415 | 88,364,318 | 0.95% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 239,730 | 88,545,669 | 0.98% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 242,155 | 88,707,268 | 1.01% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 244,653 | 88,849,956 | 1.03% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 247,196 | 88,975,510 | 1.04% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 249,796 | 89,083,304 | 1.05% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 252,427 | 89,177,769 | 1.05% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 255,023 | 89,254,147 | 1.03% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 257,609 | 89,311,458 | 1.01% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 260,250 | 89,349,806 | 1.03% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 262,849 | 89,375,429 | 1% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 265,365 | 89,383,765 | 0.96% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 267,836 | 89,361,174 | 0.93% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 270,291 | 89,306,566 | 0.92% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 272,711 | 89,218,346 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Samoa increased by 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Samoa gained 18,506 (a 9.17% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Samoa was ranked 176th most populous country in 2005 and is 177th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Samoa and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 71.9 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 26.9 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 20.9 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.4:49.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.83 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 203.1 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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