Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa
Samoa: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre was 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
48th
of 190 countries
All-time high
0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa peaked at 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1961.
Samoa ranks 48th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0331 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0342 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0352 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0362 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0372 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0381 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0389 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0397 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0403 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0408 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0413 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0417 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.042 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0423 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0425 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0427 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0429 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0431 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0433 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0436 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0438 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0441 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0444 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0446 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0447 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0448 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0449 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0451 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0453 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0457 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0461 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0465 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0469 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0472 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0474 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0476 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0478 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.048 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0481 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0483 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0487 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0492 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0496 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0501 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0506 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.051 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0515 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0521 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0526 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0531 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0537 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0543 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0549 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0555 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0561 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0576 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0581 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0586 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0591 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0596 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.06 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0247 1000 No per square kilometre, 2.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0361 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0397 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.042 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0403 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0431 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0443 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0433 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0451 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0468 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0453 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.048 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0499 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0481 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0521 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0555 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0526 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0586 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0598 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0591 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 45 Marshall Islands 0.0627 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 46 Egypt 0.0618 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 47 Indonesia 0.0613 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 49 Lebanon 0.0597 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 50 Ghana 0.0585 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 51 Myanmar 0.0584 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More work & labour data for Samoa
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3243 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.3169 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.332 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0409 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 52.37 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 191.01 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 187.95 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 195.61 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 383.56 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa?
- Population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre in Samoa was 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0604 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0321 1000 No per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre?
- Samoa ranks 48th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.