Samoa - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Samoa was 35,494 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,706 in 2002 and a minimum value of 20,559 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 20,559
1961 21,286
1962 22,067
1963 22,883
1964 23,708
1965 24,523
1966 25,327
1967 26,290
1968 27,282
1969 28,235
1970 29,135
1971 29,970
1972 30,567
1973 31,010
1974 31,408
1975 31,772
1976 32,107
1977 32,349
1978 32,542
1979 32,732
1980 32,929
1981 33,148
1982 33,361
1983 33,569
1984 33,760
1985 33,919
1986 34,037
1987 34,124
1988 34,210
1989 34,330
1990 34,513
1991 34,768
1992 35,180
1993 35,674
1994 36,160
1995 36,605
1996 36,999
1997 37,347
1998 37,672
1999 37,995
2000 38,340
2001 38,706
2002 38,706
2003 38,510
2004 38,322
2005 38,133
2006 37,949
2007 37,774
2008 37,614
2009 37,464
2010 37,334
2011 37,226
2012 37,107
2013 36,970
2014 36,808
2015 36,600
2016 36,342
2017 36,047
2018 35,780
2019 35,587
2020 35,494

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Samoa was 17.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.07 in 2001, while its lowest value was 17.89 in 2020.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 18.93
1961 18.99
1962 19.06
1963 19.14
1964 19.22
1965 19.30
1966 19.38
1967 19.59
1968 19.84
1969 20.10
1970 20.35
1971 20.61
1972 20.75
1973 20.83
1974 20.91
1975 20.99
1976 21.07
1977 21.11
1978 21.13
1979 21.15
1980 21.17
1981 21.19
1982 21.20
1983 21.20
1984 21.20
1985 21.20
1986 21.20
1987 21.20
1988 21.20
1989 21.20
1990 21.20
1991 21.20
1992 21.26
1993 21.35
1994 21.44
1995 21.53
1996 21.62
1997 21.71
1998 21.80
1999 21.89
2000 21.98
2001 22.07
2002 21.94
2003 21.70
2004 21.46
2005 21.22
2006 20.98
2007 20.75
2008 20.52
2009 20.30
2010 20.08
2011 19.86
2012 19.62
2013 19.39
2014 19.15
2015 18.91
2016 18.68
2017 18.45
2018 18.24
2019 18.06
2020 17.89

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization