Samoa
Population 2026
220,541
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.56%
- Density
- 79 per km²
- Land area
- 2,780 km²
- Capital
- Apia
- Currency
- Tala (WST)
- Official languages
- SM, EN-WS
- Urban population
- 17.5%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 5,3732026
- Deaths
- 1,3702026
- Birth rate
- 25.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.2per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.80
- Life expectancy
- 71.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 19.8
- Net migration
- -2,815
Age distribution
- 0–1438.1%
- 15–6455.9%
- 65+6.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $1.3B
- GDP per capita
- $5.9K
- GDP growth
- +4.2%
- Inflation
- 2.2%
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Exports
- $356M
- Imports
- $554M
- Tourism receipts
- 19.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture9.1%
- Industry10.2%
- Manufacturing4.9%
- Services72.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture26.9%
- Industry15.9%
- Services57.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ApiaTuamasaga | 40,4072019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 220,541 | 5.4K | 1.4K |
| 2020 | 211,957 | 5.8K | 1.4K |
| 2010 | 193,035 | 5.9K | 1.1K |
| 2000 | 181,695 | 5.8K | 968 |
| 1990 | 169,061 | 5.8K | 1.0K |
| 1980 | 164,335 | 5.8K | 1.1K |
| 1970 | 140,420 | 5.8K | 1.2K |
| 1960 | 112,508 | 5.7K | 1.4K |
| 1950 | 88,299 | 4.7K | 1.5K |