Guyana vs Samoa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Guyana
0.6412 % change on previous year
in 2025
Samoa
0.6103 % change on previous year
in 2025
Guyana rank
149th
Samoa rank
151st
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Guyana
- Samoa
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 0.6412 % change on previous year against 0.6103 % change on previous year in Samoa, a difference of 0.0309 % change on previous year.
That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Samoa ahead.
Guyana ranks 149th and Samoa ranks 151st of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.5 % change on previous year | 7.05 % change on previous year | 3.56 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 1960s | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2.99 % change on previous year | 0.3313 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.9012 % change on previous year | 2.22 % change on previous year | 1.32 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 1980s | -0.181 % change on previous year | 0.164 % change on previous year | 0.345 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 1990s | -0.1006 % change on previous year | 1.19 % change on previous year | 1.29 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 2000s | -0.9794 % change on previous year | -0.2508 % change on previous year | 0.7286 % change on previous year | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.6478 % change on previous year | 0.0339 % change on previous year | 0.6139 % change on previous year | Guyana |
| 2020s | 0.618 % change on previous year | -0.0982 % change on previous year | 0.7162 % change on previous year | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Guyana or Samoa?
- Guyana, at 0.6412 % change on previous year against 0.6103 % change on previous year in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Guyana and Samoa?
- 0.0309 % change on previous year, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Samoa?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Guyana and Samoa rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Guyana ranks 149th and Samoa ranks 151st of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.