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How many babies are born in Samoa?

5.37 thousand babies born in Samoa in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 178th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Samoa: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Samoa’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~0 ~8 44.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~22 ~490 44.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~170 ~3.7K 44.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~2.27K ~47.3K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~1.68K ~35.1K 48.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 4.72K 88.3K 53.4 UN estimate
2000 5.82K 182K 32.1 UN estimate
2023 5.5K 217K 25.4 UN estimate
2026 5.37K 221K 24.4 UN projection
2050 6.02K 273K 22.1 UN projection
2075 5.79K 336K 17.3 UN projection
2100 5.13K 384K 13.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Samoa among estimates through 2023 were in 2013, at about 6.05K. That is roughly 17,088 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.70 children per woman, fertility in Samoa is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Samoa each year?

An estimated 5.37 thousand babies are born in Samoa in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 15 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Samoa?

Samoa has an estimated 24.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.70 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.