Population in Samoa compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Samoa and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Samoa	United States	Samoa	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	112,490	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	115,496	183,691,481	2.67%	1.67%
1962	118,597	186,537,737	2.68%	1.55%
1963	121,764	189,241,798	2.67%	1.45%
1964	124,894	191,888,791	2.57%	1.4%
1965	127,978	194,302,963	2.47%	1.26%
1966	131,073	196,560,338	2.42%	1.16%
1967	133,764	198,712,056	2.05%	1.09%
1968	136,020	200,706,052	1.69%	1%
1969	138,233	202,676,946	1.63%	0.98%
1970	140,400	205,052,174	1.57%	1.17%
1971	142,503	207,660,677	1.5%	1.27%
1972	144,538	209,896,021	1.43%	1.08%
1973	146,516	211,908,788	1.37%	0.96%
1974	149,431	213,853,928	1.99%	0.92%
1975	153,344	215,973,199	2.62%	0.99%
1976	157,113	218,035,164	2.46%	0.95%
1977	159,753	220,239,425	1.68%	1.01%
1978	161,375	222,584,545	1.02%	1.06%
1979	162,882	225,055,487	0.93%	1.11%
1980	164,322	226,542,250	0.88%	0.66%
1981	165,678	229,465,744	0.83%	1.29%
1982	166,484	231,664,432	0.49%	0.96%
1983	166,714	233,792,014	0.14%	0.92%
1984	166,796	235,824,908	0.05%	0.87%
1985	166,849	237,923,734	0.03%	0.89%
1986	167,061	240,132,831	0.13%	0.93%
1987	167,661	242,288,936	0.36%	0.9%
1988	168,346	244,499,004	0.41%	0.91%
1989	168,768	246,819,222	0.25%	0.95%
1990	169,042	250,131,894	0.16%	1.34%
1991	169,368	253,492,503	0.19%	1.34%
1992	170,331	256,894,189	0.57%	1.34%
1993	171,774	260,255,352	0.85%	1.31%
1994	173,159	263,435,673	0.81%	1.22%
1995	174,571	266,557,091	0.82%	1.18%
1996	176,071	269,667,391	0.86%	1.17%
1997	177,547	272,911,760	0.84%	1.2%
1998	178,905	276,115,288	0.76%	1.17%
1999	180,275	279,294,713	0.77%	1.15%
2000	181,685	282,162,411	0.78%	1.03%
2001	183,166	284,968,955	0.82%	0.99%
2002	184,471	287,625,193	0.71%	0.93%
2003	185,430	290,107,933	0.52%	0.86%
2004	186,249	292,805,298	0.44%	0.93%
2005	186,978	295,516,599	0.39%	0.93%
2006	187,709	298,379,912	0.39%	0.97%
2007	188,753	301,231,207	0.56%	0.96%
2008	190,107	304,093,966	0.72%	0.95%
2009	191,513	306,771,529	0.74%	0.88%
2010	193,023	309,327,143	0.79%	0.83%
2011	194,713	311,583,481	0.88%	0.73%
2012	196,498	313,877,662	0.92%	0.74%
2013	198,268	316,059,947	0.9%	0.7%
2014	200,037	318,386,329	0.89%	0.74%
2015	201,782	320,738,994	0.87%	0.74%
2016	203,499	323,071,755	0.85%	0.73%
2017	205,415	325,122,128	0.94%	0.63%
2018	207,582	326,838,199	1.05%	0.53%
2019	209,780	328,329,953	1.06%	0.46%
2020	211,944	331,526,933	1.03%	0.97%
2021	213,779	331,893,745	0.87%	0.11%
2022	215,261	333,271,411	0.69%	0.42%
2023	216,663	334,914,895	0.65%	0.49%
2024	218,019	340,110,988	0.63%	1.55%
2025	219,302	341,931,772	0.59%	0.54%
2026	220,530	343,664,369	0.56%	0.51%
2027	221,772	345,331,185	0.56%	0.49%
2028	223,104	346,981,137	0.6%	0.48%
2029	224,504	348,601,982	0.63%	0.47%
2030	225,968	350,176,974	0.65%	0.45%
2031	227,581	351,725,612	0.71%	0.44%
2032	229,298	353,249,060	0.75%	0.43%
2033	231,110	354,749,644	0.79%	0.42%
2034	233,061	356,234,239	0.84%	0.42%
2035	235,172	357,694,316	0.91%	0.41%
2036	237,415	359,119,002	0.95%	0.4%
2037	239,730	360,517,853	0.98%	0.39%
2038	242,155	361,895,407	1.01%	0.38%
2039	244,653	363,229,908	1.03%	0.37%
2040	247,196	364,512,364	1.04%	0.35%
2041	249,796	365,753,139	1.05%	0.34%
2042	252,427	366,969,419	1.05%	0.33%
2043	255,023	368,146,925	1.03%	0.32%
2044	257,609	369,258,123	1.01%	0.3%
2045	260,250	370,318,770	1.03%	0.29%
2046	262,849	371,328,255	1%	0.27%
2047	265,365	372,299,116	0.96%	0.26%
2048	267,836	373,230,539	0.93%	0.25%
2049	270,291	374,119,803	0.92%	0.24%
2050	272,711	374,986,259	0.9%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Samoa increased by 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Samoa gained 17,044 (a 8.38% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Samoa was ranked 176th most populous country in 2006 and is 177th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Samoa's population will grow by 23.7% to 272,711 people with a rank change from 177th to 176th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.