Canada vs Samoa: World population growth
Canada
0.3%
in 2100
Samoa
0.3%
in 2100
Canada rank
40th
Samoa rank
41st
World population growth over time
- Canada
- Samoa
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Samoa, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Samoa ahead.
Canada ranks 40th and Samoa ranks 41st of 239 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 10 and Samoa in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Samoa |
| 1800s | 2.1% | 0.2% | 1.8% | Canada |
| 1900s | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | Canada |
| 1910s | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.1% | Canada |
| 1920s | 1.8% | 3.0% | 1.1% | Samoa |
| 1930s | 1.3% | 2.7% | 1.4% | Samoa |
| 1940s | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | Samoa |
| 1950s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 1960s | 1.8% | 2.3% | 0.5% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 2030s | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Samoa |
| 2040s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Samoa |
| 2050s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Samoa |
| 2060s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Samoa |
| 2070s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Samoa |
| 2080s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Samoa |
| 2090s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Samoa |
| 2100s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Canada or Samoa?
- Canada, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Samoa as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Canada and Samoa?
- 0.0%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Samoa?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Canada and Samoa rank globally for world population growth?
- Canada ranks 40th and Samoa ranks 41st of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.