Samoa
Population in Samoa
Population in Samoa: 88,280 people in 1950 and 216,700 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 216,700 people
- Since 1950
- +128,420 people
- Rank, 2023
- 184 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 8.09 billion people
- Projected, 2100
- 383,600 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 383,600 people in 2100, between 75,890 people and 1.7 million people (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 47,300 people.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 216,700 | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 215,300 | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 213,800 | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 211,900 | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 209,800 | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 207,600 | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 205,400 | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 203,500 | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 201,800 | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 200,000 | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 198,300 | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 196,500 | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 194,700 | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 193,000 | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 191,500 | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 190,100 | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 188,800 | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 187,700 | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 187,000 | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 186,200 | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 185,400 | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 184,500 | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 183,200 | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 181,700 | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 180,300 | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 178,900 | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 177,500 | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 176,100 | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 174,600 | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 173,200 | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 171,800 | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 170,300 | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 169,400 | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 169,000 | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 168,800 | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 168,300 | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 167,700 | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 167,100 | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 166,800 | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 166,800 | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 166,700 | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 166,500 | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 165,700 | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 164,300 | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 162,900 | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 161,400 | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 159,800 | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 157,100 | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 153,300 | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 149,400 | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 146,500 | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 144,500 | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 142,500 | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 140,400 | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 138,200 | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 136,000 | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 133,800 | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 131,100 | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 128,000 | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 124,900 | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 121,800 | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 118,600 | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 115,500 | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 112,500 | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 109,600 | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 106,700 | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 103,900 | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 101,300 | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 99,040 | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 96,880 | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 94,770 | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 92,700 | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 90,510 | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 88,280 | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 85,940 | – |
| 1948 | 84,170 | – |
| 1947 | 82,620 | – |
| 1946 | 81,100 | – |
| 1945 | 79,610 | – |
| 1944 | 78,150 | – |
| 1943 | 76,710 | – |
| 1942 | 75,300 | – |
| 1941 | 73,910 | – |
| 1940 | 72,530 | – |
| 1939 | 71,160 | – |
| 1938 | 69,800 | – |
| 1937 | 68,460 | – |
| 1936 | 67,140 | – |
| 1935 | 65,850 | – |
| 1934 | 64,580 | – |
| 1933 | 63,340 | – |
| 1932 | 62,120 | – |
| 1931 | 60,640 | – |
| 1930 | 58,920 | – |
| 1929 | 56,960 | – |
| 1928 | 54,790 | – |
| 1927 | 52,420 | – |
| 1926 | 50,160 | – |
| 1925 | 47,990 | – |
| 1924 | 45,920 | – |
| 1923 | 43,930 | – |
| 1922 | 42,030 | – |
| 1921 | 40,590 | – |
| 1920 | 39,580 | – |
| 1919 | 39,000 | – |
| 1918 | 38,820 | – |
| 1917 | 39,030 | – |
| 1916 | 39,210 | – |
| 1915 | 39,380 | – |
| 1914 | 39,560 | – |
| 1913 | 39,740 | – |
| 1912 | 39,910 | – |
| 1911 | 39,940 | – |
| 1910 | 39,800 | – |
| 1909 | 39,520 | – |
| 1908 | 39,080 | – |
| 1907 | 38,500 | – |
| 1906 | 37,930 | – |
| 1905 | 37,360 | – |
| 1904 | 36,800 | – |
| 1903 | 36,250 | – |
| 1902 | 35,710 | – |
| 1901 | 35,320 | – |
| 1900 | 35,090 | – |
| 1899 | 35,000 | – |
| 1898 | 35,070 | – |
| 1897 | 35,280 | – |
| 1896 | 35,500 | – |
| 1895 | 35,710 | – |
| 1894 | 35,930 | – |
| 1893 | 36,150 | – |
| 1892 | 36,370 | – |
| 1891 | 36,590 | – |
| 1890 | 36,820 | – |
| 1889 | 37,040 | – |
| 1888 | 37,270 | – |
| 1887 | 37,490 | – |
| 1886 | 37,720 | – |
| 1885 | 37,950 | – |
| 1884 | 38,180 | – |
| 1883 | 38,410 | – |
| 1882 | 38,650 | – |
| 1881 | 38,880 | – |
| 1880 | 39,120 | – |
| 1879 | 39,360 | – |
| 1878 | 39,600 | – |
| 1877 | 39,840 | – |
| 1876 | 40,080 | – |
| 1875 | 40,320 | – |
| 1874 | 40,570 | – |
| 1873 | 40,810 | – |
| 1872 | 41,060 | – |
| 1871 | 41,310 | – |
| 1870 | 41,560 | – |
| 1869 | 41,810 | – |
| 1868 | 42,070 | – |
| 1867 | 42,320 | – |
| 1866 | 42,580 | – |
| 1865 | 42,840 | – |
| 1864 | 43,100 | – |
| 1863 | 43,360 | – |
| 1862 | 43,620 | – |
| 1861 | 43,890 | – |
| 1860 | 44,150 | – |
| 1859 | 44,420 | – |
| 1858 | 44,690 | – |
| 1857 | 44,960 | – |
| 1856 | 45,230 | – |
| 1855 | 45,510 | – |
| 1854 | 45,780 | – |
| 1853 | 46,060 | – |
| 1852 | 46,340 | – |
| 1851 | 46,560 | – |
| 1850 | 46,710 | – |
| 1849 | 46,840 | – |
| 1848 | 46,920 | – |
| 1847 | 46,920 | – |
| 1846 | 46,930 | – |
| 1845 | 46,940 | – |
| 1844 | 46,950 | – |
| 1843 | 46,960 | – |
| 1842 | 46,960 | – |
| 1841 | 46,970 | – |
| 1840 | 46,980 | – |
| 1839 | 46,990 | – |
| 1838 | 47,000 | – |
| 1837 | 47,000 | – |
| 1836 | 47,010 | – |
| 1835 | 47,020 | – |
| 1834 | 47,030 | – |
| 1833 | 47,040 | – |
| 1832 | 47,040 | – |
| 1831 | 47,050 | – |
| 1830 | 47,060 | – |
| 1829 | 47,070 | – |
| 1828 | 47,080 | – |
| 1827 | 47,080 | – |
| 1826 | 47,090 | – |
| 1825 | 47,100 | – |
| 1824 | 47,110 | – |
| 1823 | 47,120 | – |
| 1822 | 47,120 | – |
| 1821 | 47,130 | – |
| 1820 | 47,140 | – |
| 1819 | 47,150 | – |
| 1818 | 47,160 | – |
| 1817 | 47,160 | – |
| 1816 | 47,170 | – |
| 1815 | 47,180 | – |
| 1814 | 47,190 | – |
| 1813 | 47,200 | – |
| 1812 | 47,200 | – |
| 1811 | 47,210 | – |
| 1810 | 47,220 | – |
| 1809 | 47,230 | – |
| 1808 | 47,240 | – |
| 1807 | 47,240 | – |
| 1806 | 47,250 | – |
| 1805 | 47,260 | – |
| 1804 | 47,270 | – |
| 1803 | 47,280 | – |
| 1802 | 47,280 | – |
| 1801 | 47,290 | – |
| 1800 | 47,300 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Samoa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 218,000217,100–218,900 | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 219,300216,500–221,900 | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 220,500215,700–225,200 | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 221,800214,400–228,900 | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 223,100212,800–233,000 | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 224,500211,100–237,200 | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 226,000209,200–241,700 | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 227,600207,400–246,800 | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 229,300205,700–252,300 | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 231,100203,500–257,900 | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 233,100201,300–264,200 | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 235,200199,800–271,100 | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 237,400198,100–277,600 | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 239,700196,000–284,200 | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 242,200193,900–291,800 | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 244,700191,600–299,400 | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 247,200189,500–306,600 | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 249,800187,200–314,000 | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 252,400184,700–322,200 | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 255,000182,800–331,300 | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 257,600180,700–341,200 | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 260,300178,400–351,100 | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 262,900176,800–360,800 | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 265,400174,700–370,500 | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 267,800172,300–381,000 | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 270,300170,700–392,600 | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 272,700168,700–404,300 | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 275,100166,600–416,700 | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 277,500163,100–427,500 | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 279,700159,400–439,000 | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 282,000156,400–452,600 | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 284,200152,900–465,700 | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 286,400149,700–480,300 | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 288,600147,100–494,900 | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 290,900144,300–508,100 | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 293,400141,000–523,000 | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 295,800137,800–541,000 | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 298,200134,300–559,500 | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 300,600131,200–576,200 | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 303,200128,100–591,200 | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 305,800125,000–608,600 | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 308,400121,700–627,300 | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 311,100118,700–641,700 | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 313,800116,200–657,700 | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 316,600113,300–675,500 | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 319,300110,700–691,200 | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 322,100109,000–712,300 | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 324,900107,900–737,200 | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 327,700106,100–757,100 | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 330,400103,900–775,600 | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 333,000102,500–801,500 | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 335,600100,800–829,000 | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 338,20098,940–858,500 | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 340,80098,100–887,500 | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 343,30096,500–910,700 | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 345,70095,220–936,300 | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 348,00094,250–965,500 | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 350,30093,130–996,800 | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 352,60091,690–1.02 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 354,70090,090–1.05 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 356,80088,420–1.08 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 358,90087,210–1.12 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 360,90085,910–1.15 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 362,80084,190–1.18 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 364,80083,740–1.21 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 366,70082,370–1.24 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 368,50080,130–1.26 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 370,20078,600–1.29 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 372,00078,560–1.32 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 373,70078,880–1.36 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 375,30078,360–1.4 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 376,80077,660–1.44 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 378,30078,020–1.49 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 379,70078,360–1.55 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 381,00077,020–1.59 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 382,30076,000–1.65 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 383,60075,890–1.7 million | 10.2 billion |
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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