| People | Samoa |
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Population:
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219,998
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 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 23% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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75 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 37.6% (male 42,117/female 40,603)
15-64 years: 56.7% (male 65,541/female 59,292)
65 years and over: 5.7% (male 5,538/female 6,907) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 20.8 years
male: 21 years
female: 20.5 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.346% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.84 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-8.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 24.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.86 years
male: 69.03 years
female: 74.84 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.16 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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 |
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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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:
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Samoan (Polynesian), 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: 12 years (2001) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.3% of GDP (2002) |
People - note:
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void |
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