| People | Samoa |
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Population:
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193,161 (July 2011 est.)
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 |
Population density:
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69 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 20% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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APIA (capital) 36,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 35.4% (male 35,233/female 33,060)
15-64 years: 59.4% (male 59,366/female 55,376)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 4,472/female 5,654) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.1 years
male: 22 years
female: 22.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.6% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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22.5 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-11.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.051 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.88 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.4 years
male: 69.55 years
female: 75.39 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.22 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2005) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.97 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 92% of population
rural: 88% of population
total: 89% of population
unimproved:
urban: 8% of population
rural: 12% of population
total: 11% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Samoan(s)
adjective: Samoan |
Ethnic groups:
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Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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Protestant 59.9% (Congregationalist 34.8%, Methodist 15%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, Mormon 12.7%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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Samoan (Polynesian) (official), English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.7% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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