American Samoa
Urban population in American Samoa
Urban population in American Samoa: 37.9% in 1950 and 80.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 80.5%
- Since 1950
- +42.6 percentage points
- Projected, 2050
- 67.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 67.9% in 2050.
- The highest was 88.6% in 2000, the lowest 37.6% in 1960.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | American Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.5 |
| 2024 | 80.9 |
| 2023 | 81.4 |
| 2022 | 81.8 |
| 2021 | 82.2 |
| 2020 | 82.6 |
| 2019 | 83.1 |
| 2018 | 83.5 |
| 2017 | 83.9 |
| 2016 | 84.3 |
| 2015 | 84.7 |
| 2014 | 85 |
| 2013 | 85.4 |
| 2012 | 85.7 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2010 | 86.3 |
| 2009 | 86.6 |
| 2008 | 86.9 |
| 2007 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 87.5 |
| 2005 | 87.8 |
| 2004 | 88 |
| 2003 | 88.3 |
| 2002 | 88.4 |
| 2001 | 88.6 |
| 2000 | 88.6 |
| 1999 | 88.5 |
| 1998 | 87.9 |
| 1997 | 86.9 |
| 1996 | 85.5 |
| 1995 | 84 |
| 1994 | 82.3 |
| 1993 | 80.6 |
| 1992 | 78.8 |
| 1991 | 77.2 |
| 1990 | 75.8 |
| 1989 | 74.5 |
| 1988 | 73.2 |
| 1987 | 72 |
| 1986 | 70.7 |
| 1985 | 69.5 |
| 1984 | 68.2 |
| 1983 | 67 |
| 1982 | 65.9 |
| 1981 | 64.8 |
| 1980 | 63.7 |
| 1979 | 62.7 |
| 1978 | 61.8 |
| 1977 | 60.9 |
| 1976 | 60.1 |
| 1975 | 59.2 |
| 1974 | 58.4 |
| 1973 | 57.6 |
| 1972 | 56.7 |
| 1971 | 55.7 |
| 1970 | 54.6 |
| 1969 | 53.3 |
| 1968 | 51.5 |
| 1967 | 49.5 |
| 1966 | 47.3 |
| 1965 | 45 |
| 1964 | 42.9 |
| 1963 | 40.9 |
| 1962 | 39.3 |
| 1961 | 38.2 |
| 1960 | 37.6 |
| 1959 | 37.7 |
| 1958 | 38 |
| 1957 | 38.2 |
| 1956 | 38.4 |
| 1955 | 38.4 |
| 1954 | 38.3 |
| 1953 | 38.3 |
| 1952 | 38.2 |
| 1951 | 38.1 |
| 1950 | 37.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | American Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 80.1 |
| 2027 | 79.6 |
| 2028 | 79.2 |
| 2029 | 78.7 |
| 2030 | 78.3 |
| 2031 | 77.8 |
| 2032 | 77.3 |
| 2033 | 76.9 |
| 2034 | 76.4 |
| 2035 | 75.9 |
| 2036 | 75.4 |
| 2037 | 74.9 |
| 2038 | 74.4 |
| 2039 | 73.9 |
| 2040 | 73.4 |
| 2041 | 72.9 |
| 2042 | 72.3 |
| 2043 | 71.8 |
| 2044 | 71.3 |
| 2045 | 70.7 |
| 2046 | 70.2 |
| 2047 | 69.6 |
| 2048 | 69 |
| 2049 | 68.5 |
| 2050 | 67.9 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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