Country or area · Polynesia · Oceania · UN WPP 2024

American Samoa population

American Samoa population now

45,147

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 42,803–47,020.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 47,521

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 45,320; 95% range, 31 Dec: 42,803–47,020
Median age: 30.1
Aged 65+: 9.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 20 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

ASM · 1950–2100 · in brief

American Samoa in numbers

The UN counts 47,521 people in American Samoa in mid-2023, which makes it the 211th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 2.5 times its 1950 population of 19,042.

Its population peaked in 2002 at 57,061 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 32,293 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 8,457 to 266 thousand.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2084 and staying above them from then on. Deaths also outnumber births in 2054–2070.

The median age was 16.5 in 1950 and 29.4 in 2023; the projection has 46.6 in 2100. 7.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 25.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2012 at 33,983; in 2023 it was 30,862.

By size it is the 211th country in 2023; the projection puts it 218th in 2050 and 217th in 2100. It is overtaken by Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2025 and Sint Maarten in 2027.

Population, mid-2023: 47,521
Rank by population, 2023: 211 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −1.70% · −821 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 238
Land area, 2023: 200 km²
Births, 2023: 731
Deaths, 2023: 334
Net migration, 2023: −1,159
Children per woman, 2023: 2.29
Median age, 2023: 29.4 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 72.8 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 19,042
Projected, mid-2050: 37,545
Projected, mid-2100: 32,293

ASM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: American Samoa, 1950–2100

American Samoa: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	18,717		845	186	6.22	59.2
1951	estimate	19,368		868	184	6.17	59.6
1952	estimate	19,483		858	178	6.11	60.2
1953	estimate	19,623		847	172	6.09	60.8
1954	estimate	19,709		839	167	6.09	61.3
1955	estimate	19,810		834	163	6.14	61.8
1956	estimate	19,907		830	160	6.20	62.3
1957	estimate	19,966		836	155	6.30	62.9
1958	estimate	19,950		845	149	6.42	63.5
1959	estimate	19,911		847	141	6.54	64.3
1960	estimate	19,906		835	135	6.58	65.0
1961	estimate	20,359		848	132	6.58	65.7
1962	estimate	20,972		878	132	6.60	66.0
1963	estimate	21,624		916	134	6.69	66.2
1964	estimate	22,309		955	137	6.78	66.1
1965	estimate	23,037		975	142	6.73	66.0
1966	estimate	23,774		986	239	6.62	58.3
1967	estimate	24,497		991	149	6.46	65.8
1968	estimate	25,230		991	151	6.28	65.8
1969	estimate	25,998		994	153	6.12	66.0
1970	estimate	26,751		994	153	5.95	66.4
1971	estimate	27,300		997	151	5.76	66.8
1972	estimate	27,766		986	149	5.52	67.2
1973	estimate	28,225		986	147	5.30	67.6
1974	estimate	28,648		988	147	5.14	68.0
1975	estimate	29,102		993	146	5.01	68.3
1976	estimate	29,677		1,006	148	4.93	68.5
1977	estimate	30,241		1,028	149	4.95	68.7
1978	estimate	30,801		1,051	151	4.87	68.9
1979	estimate	31,350		1,068	153	4.76	69.1
1980	estimate	31,872		1,085	153	4.63	69.4
1981	estimate	32,933		1,115	155	4.50	69.7
1982	estimate	34,236		1,149	159	4.37	70.0
1983	estimate	35,582		1,181	163	4.27	70.2
1984	estimate	36,960		1,238	168	4.25	70.3
1985	estimate	38,374		1,303	173	4.25	70.5
1986	estimate	39,833		1,373	179	4.28	70.7
1987	estimate	41,309		1,446	186	4.30	70.8
1988	estimate	42,835		1,535	194	4.31	70.9
1989	estimate	44,395		1,645	203	4.41	70.9
1990	estimate	45,987		1,741	210	4.47	71.1
1991	estimate	47,293		1,808	214	4.53	71.3
1992	estimate	48,471		1,846	217	4.56	71.5
1993	estimate	49,606		1,894	222	4.61	71.5
1994	estimate	50,712		1,826	226	4.38	71.6
1995	estimate	51,790		1,731	230	4.12	71.6
1996	estimate	52,842		1,664	234	3.94	71.6
1997	estimate	53,865		1,643	238	3.89	71.6
1998	estimate	54,859		1,649	243	3.88	71.5
1999	estimate	55,808		1,660	247	3.89	71.5
2000	estimate	56,688		1,662	251	3.89	71.4
2001	estimate	57,021		1,643	254	3.87	71.6
2002	estimate	57,086		1,624	256	3.87	71.8
2003	estimate	57,037		1,624	263	3.91	71.7
2004	estimate	56,904		1,618	256	3.94	72.3
2005	estimate	56,732		1,561	258	3.86	72.4
2006	estimate	56,502		1,467	261	3.69	72.4
2007	estimate	56,247		1,374	265	3.51	72.4
2008	estimate	55,979		1,319	266	3.42	72.4
2009	estimate	55,677		1,276	302	3.36	70.8
2010	estimate	55,379		1,235	267	3.29	72.6
2011	estimate	55,078		1,196	270	3.17	72.7
2012	estimate	54,713		1,159	275	3.04	72.7
2013	estimate	54,265		1,120	280	2.93	72.8
2014	estimate	53,747		1,086	288	2.85	72.7
2015	estimate	53,185		1,048	295	2.78	72.7
2016	estimate	52,571		1,000	300	2.70	72.6
2017	estimate	51,918		939	302	2.60	72.8
2018	estimate	51,254		876	306	2.49	72.8
2019	estimate	50,563		819	311	2.40	72.8
2020	estimate	49,855		779	316	2.36	72.7
2021	estimate	49,668		770	324	2.33	72.7
2022	estimate	48,782		750	329	2.31	72.8
2023	estimate	47,901		731	334	2.29	72.8
2024	estimate	47,141		701	341	2.27	73.0
2025	projection	46,389	45,783–46,984	678	345	2.25	73.1
2026	projection	45,668	44,334–46,940	657	350	2.22	73.3
2027	projection	44,969	42,803–47,020	639	354	2.20	73.4
2028	projection	44,340	41,341–47,296	624	359	2.19	73.5
2029	projection	43,779	39,887–47,661	612	365	2.17	73.7
2030	projection	43,203	38,093–48,156	603	370	2.15	73.8
2031	projection	42,713	36,774–48,808	598	376	2.13	73.9
2032	projection	42,241	35,401–49,425	595	382	2.11	74.1
2033	projection	41,810	33,923–50,137	594	388	2.10	74.2
2034	projection	41,391	32,569–50,943	596	394	2.08	74.3
2035	projection	41,018	31,129–51,840	599	399	2.07	74.5
2036	projection	40,668	29,757–52,868	602	405	2.05	74.6
2037	projection	40,352	28,437–54,154	603	411	2.03	74.8
2038	projection	40,061	27,217–54,986	603	416	2.02	74.9
2039	projection	39,788	26,149–56,003	601	421	2.00	75.0
2040	projection	39,512	25,117–57,307	599	427	2.00	75.2
2041	projection	39,259	23,977–58,409	594	431	1.99	75.3
2042	projection	39,035	22,806–59,932	587	435	1.97	75.5
2043	projection	38,835	21,769–60,880	581	440	1.96	75.6
2044	projection	38,647	20,863–62,416	575	444	1.95	75.8
2045	projection	38,450	20,034–63,625	568	448	1.95	75.9
2046	projection	38,292	19,242–65,169	560	452	1.94	76.0
2047	projection	38,118	18,358–66,927	550	455	1.93	76.2
2048	projection	37,935	17,327–68,608	539	457	1.92	76.3
2049	projection	37,793	16,695–70,727	527	460	1.91	76.4
2050	projection	37,623	15,912–72,331	512	461	1.90	76.6
2051	projection	37,467	15,432–73,451	498	462	1.89	76.7
2052	projection	37,307	14,667–74,185	483	462	1.89	76.9
2053	projection	37,136	14,189–75,970	468	461	1.88	77.0
2054	projection	36,963	13,509–77,417	454	461	1.88	77.2
2055	projection	36,785	13,032–79,792	440	459	1.87	77.3
2056	projection	36,598	12,396–81,561	429	457	1.87	77.4
2057	projection	36,401	11,777–82,419	418	454	1.86	77.6
2058	projection	36,197	11,305–83,609	409	450	1.85	77.7
2059	projection	36,014	10,988–86,233	402	447	1.85	77.9
2060	projection	35,826	10,555–89,047	396	443	1.85	78.0
2061	projection	35,656	10,271–92,318	391	439	1.84	78.1
2062	projection	35,481	9,857–94,428	388	434	1.84	78.3
2063	projection	35,313	9,598–97,332	385	429	1.83	78.4
2064	projection	35,156	9,345–99,465	384	425	1.83	78.5
2065	projection	35,011	9,016–101,298	384	420	1.82	78.7
2066	projection	34,878	8,724–104,258	385	414	1.82	78.8
2067	projection	34,751	8,247–106,496	387	409	1.81	79.0
2068	projection	34,631	7,978–108,851	389	404	1.81	79.1
2069	projection	34,537	7,926–111,225	390	399	1.81	79.2
2070	projection	34,454	7,778–112,812	391	394	1.80	79.4
2071	projection	34,376	7,714–115,784	392	389	1.80	79.5
2072	projection	34,309	7,761–122,141	393	385	1.80	79.7
2073	projection	34,241	7,667–126,307	393	380	1.79	79.8
2074	projection	34,194	7,590–129,641	392	376	1.79	79.9
2075	projection	34,152	7,618–131,660	391	372	1.79	80.1
2076	projection	34,121	7,547–134,281	389	369	1.79	80.2
2077	projection	34,080	7,644–140,224	387	366	1.78	80.3
2078	projection	34,046	7,305–142,697	384	363	1.78	80.5
2079	projection	34,022	7,324–147,331	380	361	1.78	80.6
2080	projection	34,003	7,469–152,868	375	359	1.77	80.7
2081	projection	33,968	7,281–157,060	370	358	1.77	80.9
2082	projection	33,940	7,429–162,154	365	358	1.77	81.0
2083	projection	33,911	7,328–166,972	359	359	1.76	81.1
2084	projection	33,875	7,462–174,156	353	360	1.76	81.3
2085	projection	33,831	7,526–178,658	348	362	1.76	81.4
2086	projection	33,787	7,547–182,786	342	366	1.76	81.5
2087	projection	33,737	7,494–188,427	336	369	1.76	81.7
2088	projection	33,685	7,611–192,750	331	374	1.76	81.8
2089	projection	33,627	7,753–198,658	327	379	1.76	81.9
2090	projection	33,562	7,805–202,550	322	386	1.75	82.1
2091	projection	33,470	7,858–208,538	317	392	1.75	82.2
2092	projection	33,380	7,946–215,438	314	399	1.75	82.3
2093	projection	33,282	7,896–220,034	311	406	1.75	82.5
2094	projection	33,167	8,018–225,049	308	413	1.74	82.6
2095	projection	33,048	8,217–228,080	307	421	1.74	82.7
2096	projection	32,927	8,333–234,068	305	427	1.74	82.8
2097	projection	32,796	8,341–243,462	305	433	1.74	83.0
2098	projection	32,659	8,356–248,532	304	438	1.74	83.1
2099	projection	32,505	8,357–258,886	304	442	1.74	83.2
2100	projection	32,369	8,457–265,966	305	444	1.74	83.3

Show the numbers: American Samoa, mid-2026, by single year of age

American Samoa: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	328	310
1	326	308
2	330	311
3	339	318
4	347	327
5	352	334
6	373	379
7	399	422
8	410	424
9	420	428
10	430	433
11	440	436
12	448	440
13	456	446
14	464	451
15	469	456
16	472	460
17	470	458
18	467	453
19	462	446
20	454	430
21	444	412
22	430	390
23	403	361
24	366	328
25	320	292
26	268	251
27	226	220
28	202	200
29	191	194
30	200	206
31	218	228
32	240	251
33	258	265
34	266	274
35	273	278
36	272	271
37	269	264
38	268	260
39	265	256
40	262	252
41	266	250
42	271	252
43	271	252
44	270	256
45	275	269
46	288	274
47	292	284
48	291	291
49	295	292
50	296	294
51	294	288
52	289	280
53	288	280
54	291	274
55	290	270
56	296	273
57	298	270
58	290	262
59	281	259
60	272	257
61	258	249
62	240	244
63	216	236
64	199	224
65	194	206
66	184	195
67	169	186
68	156	164
69	144	148
70	133	140
71	120	132
72	108	121
73	97	108
74	84	100
75	74	91
76	66	84
77	60	79
78	56	72
79	46	62
80	39	54
81	33	44
82	28	35
83	23	32
84	19	28
85	16	24
86	13	20
87	11	16
88	8	14
89	7	12
90	5	10
91	4	7
92	3	5
93	2	3
94	1	2
95	1	2
96	1	1
97	0	1
98	0	0
99	0	0
100+	0	0

ASM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

American Samoa, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

ASM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in American Samoa

American Samoa had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2012: 33,984 people aged 15–64, against 30,860 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

42 children

12 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 6 years: 2065–2070.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

ASM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in American Samoa, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 American Samoa loses 1,154 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 214 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 20 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 365 (1983), and a loss of 1,544 (2004).

In 2024, 23,684 people living in American Samoa had been born in another country, 51 of every 100 people there, against 46 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

ASM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in American Samoa

Of every 100 babies born in American Samoa in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 7 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
7 · 79 · 14

2023
11 · 70 · 19

2050 · projected
8 · 63 · 29

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 731
Average age when women have a baby: 29.4 years; 29.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 34; 59 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in American Samoa by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1	1	2	1	1	0
15–19	61	67	120	81	39	15
20–24	268	289	415	169	66	36
25–29	264	301	476	154	79	65
30–34	134	180	388	188	178	108
35–39	94	106	211	102	105	59
40–44	18	43	49	35	43	21
45–49	5	6	1	1	1	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	845	993	1,662	731	512	305

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

ASM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in American Samoa

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from American Samoa at the end of 2025.

An empty row is not the same as a zero. These figures cover the people one agency works with, so a country it has no operation in has nothing to report here.

How the world's displacement is counted

ASM · of every 100 people

How people live in American Samoa

Of every 100 people in American Samoa in 2025, 76 lived in a town or suburb and 24 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

ASM · cities · 2025

Cities in American Samoa

No place in American Samoa is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for American Samoa are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.