Samoa vs Taiwan: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Samoa
0.0%
in 2025
Taiwan
0.0%
in 2025
Samoa rank
194th
Taiwan rank
196th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Samoa
- Taiwan
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 194th and Taiwan ranks 196th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Taiwan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.2% | 1.0% | 3.2% | Samoa |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 2.6% | 2.2% | Taiwan |
| 1980s | -0.2% | 0.9% | 1.1% | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Samoa |
| 2000s | -0.9% | 0.2% | 1.1% | Taiwan |
| 2010s | -0.9% | -0.0% | 0.9% | Taiwan |
| 2020s | -0.7% | -0.1% | 0.6% | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Samoa or Taiwan?
- Samoa, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Samoa and Taiwan?
- 0.0%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Taiwan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Taiwan rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Samoa ranks 194th and Taiwan ranks 196th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.