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People of Samoa

Population:214265
note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but a highly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance in the sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction in the female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993 number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 38.1% (male 41,551/female 40,085)
15-64 years: 56.3% (male 63,320/female 57,277)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male 5,416/female 6,616) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 20.4 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 20.2 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:1.291% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:28.28 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:5.88 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:-9.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.037 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.106 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.819 male(s)/female
total population: 1.061 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 25.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 71.3 years
male: 68.49 years
female: 74.26 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:4.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Samoan(s)
adjective: Samoan
Ethnic groups:Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%
Religions:Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Languages:Samoan (Polynesian), English
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)

Samoa Quickstats

  • Population: 214,265
  • Area: 2,944 sq km
  • Density: 65 /km² (126th)
  • GDP (total): $1.16 billion (166th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,344 (94th)
  • Literacy: 99.7%

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  • Currency: Tala (WST)
  • Dial code: +685

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