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Other pages in this profile of Samoa:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 217,083 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 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 74 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 37.9% (male 41,834/female 40,343) 15-64 years: 56.5% (male 64,402/female 58,257) 65 years and over: 5.6% (male 5,481/female 6,766) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 20.6 years male: 20.8 years female: 20.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.322% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 28.2 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.84 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -9.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 25.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 71.58 years male: 68.76 years female: 74.55 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.18 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition NA |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4% (2001 census) |
Religions |
Definition 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 |
Definition Samoan (Polynesian), English |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
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