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American Samoa

46,029

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change-7362024 to 2025
Growth since 2000-19.0%from 56.86K
Life expectancy73.0 years2024
Fertility rate2.27births per woman · 2024
Urban population80.5%2025
RegionEast Asia & PacificHigh income

A country at every age

How American Samoa is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1426.3%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6465.1%Working-age population
Ages 65+8.5%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate15.0births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate7.3deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance+7.7births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration-1.05Knet people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could American Samoa look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 37.55K in 2050—19.7% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 202446.77K
  2. 205037.55K
  3. 210032.29K
Median age in 205035.6years
Births in 2050512during the year
Deaths in 2050461during the year
Life expectancy76.6years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 196020.13K
  2. 197027.03K
  3. 198032.4K
  4. 199046.64K
  5. 200056.86K
  6. 201055.23K
  7. 202049.76K
  8. 202546.03K
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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