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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Samoa	Vietnam	Samoa	Vietnam
1960	112,490	32,531,933	-	-
1961	115,496	33,409,059	2.67%	2.7%
1962	118,597	34,288,560	2.68%	2.63%
1963	121,764	35,249,101	2.67%	2.8%
1964	124,894	36,201,563	2.57%	2.7%
1965	127,978	37,129,656	2.47%	2.56%
1966	131,073	38,024,836	2.42%	2.41%
1967	133,764	38,895,080	2.05%	2.29%
1968	136,020	39,734,609	1.69%	2.16%
1969	138,233	40,582,096	1.63%	2.13%
1970	140,400	41,475,230	1.57%	2.2%
1971	142,503	42,449,276	1.5%	2.35%
1972	144,538	43,429,168	1.43%	2.31%
1973	146,516	44,409,861	1.37%	2.26%
1974	149,431	45,413,537	1.99%	2.26%
1975	153,344	46,482,903	2.62%	2.35%
1976	157,113	47,684,931	2.46%	2.59%
1977	159,753	48,954,872	1.68%	2.66%
1978	161,375	50,249,552	1.02%	2.64%
1979	162,882	51,378,211	0.93%	2.25%
1980	164,322	52,490,101	0.88%	2.16%
1981	165,678	53,738,141	0.83%	2.38%
1982	166,484	55,011,289	0.49%	2.37%
1983	166,714	56,337,921	0.14%	2.41%
1984	166,796	57,706,067	0.05%	2.43%
1985	166,849	59,060,622	0.03%	2.35%
1986	167,061	60,347,048	0.13%	2.18%
1987	167,661	61,584,651	0.36%	2.05%
1988	168,346	62,843,228	0.41%	2.04%
1989	168,768	64,147,348	0.25%	2.08%
1990	169,042	65,504,552	0.16%	2.12%
1991	169,368	66,891,775	0.19%	2.12%
1992	170,331	68,260,337	0.57%	2.05%
1993	171,774	69,586,384	0.85%	1.94%
1994	173,159	70,854,391	0.81%	1.82%
1995	174,571	72,049,940	0.82%	1.69%
1996	176,071	73,156,447	0.86%	1.54%
1997	177,547	74,226,889	0.84%	1.46%
1998	178,905	75,299,660	0.76%	1.45%
1999	180,275	76,287,452	0.77%	1.31%
2000	181,685	77,154,011	0.78%	1.14%
2001	183,166	77,969,361	0.82%	1.06%
2002	184,471	78,772,224	0.71%	1.03%
2003	185,430	79,563,777	0.52%	1%
2004	186,249	80,338,971	0.44%	0.97%
2005	186,978	81,088,313	0.39%	0.93%
2006	187,709	82,167,897	0.39%	1.33%
2007	188,753	83,633,375	0.56%	1.78%
2008	190,107	85,175,788	0.72%	1.84%
2009	191,513	86,460,018	0.74%	1.51%
2010	193,023	87,455,152	0.79%	1.15%
2011	194,713	88,468,314	0.88%	1.16%
2012	196,498	89,510,356	0.92%	1.18%
2013	198,268	90,573,104	0.9%	1.19%
2014	200,037	91,679,578	0.89%	1.22%
2015	201,782	92,823,254	0.87%	1.25%
2016	203,499	94,000,117	0.85%	1.27%
2017	205,415	95,176,977	0.94%	1.25%
2018	207,582	96,237,319	1.05%	1.11%
2019	209,780	97,173,776	1.06%	0.97%
2020	211,944	98,079,191	1.03%	0.93%
2021	213,779	98,935,098	0.87%	0.87%
2022	215,261	99,680,655	0.69%	0.75%
2023	216,663	100,352,192	0.65%	0.67%
2024	218,019	100,987,686	0.63%	0.63%
2025	219,302	101,598,531	0.59%	0.6%
2026	220,530	102,177,434	0.56%	0.57%
2027	221,772	102,727,392	0.56%	0.54%
2028	223,104	103,255,746	0.6%	0.51%
2029	224,504	103,761,151	0.63%	0.49%
2030	225,968	104,254,900	0.65%	0.48%
2031	227,581	104,737,913	0.71%	0.46%
2032	229,298	105,204,401	0.75%	0.45%
2033	231,110	105,656,307	0.79%	0.43%
2034	233,061	106,097,515	0.84%	0.42%
2035	235,172	106,530,671	0.91%	0.41%
2036	237,415	106,945,842	0.95%	0.39%
2037	239,730	107,346,046	0.98%	0.37%
2038	242,155	107,732,019	1.01%	0.36%
2039	244,653	108,097,653	1.03%	0.34%
2040	247,196	108,437,634	1.04%	0.31%
2041	249,796	108,752,199	1.05%	0.29%
2042	252,427	109,040,314	1.05%	0.26%
2043	255,023	109,292,559	1.03%	0.23%
2044	257,609	109,506,274	1.01%	0.2%
2045	260,250	109,685,396	1.03%	0.16%
2046	262,849	109,827,664	1%	0.13%
2047	265,365	109,930,243	0.96%	0.09%
2048	267,836	109,994,024	0.93%	0.06%
2049	270,291	110,018,017	0.92%	0.02%
2050	272,711	110,008,910	0.9%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Samoa increased by 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Samoa gained 18,506 (a 9.17% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Samoa was ranked 176th most populous country in 2005 and is 177th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.