Population: 190,346 (July 1991), growth rate 2.3% (1991)

Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 4 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 47 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 69 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 4.5 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Western Samoan(s); adjective--Western Samoan

Ethnic divisions: Samoan; Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) about 7%, Europeans 0.4%

Religion: Christian 99.7% (about half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Language: Samoan (Polynesian), English

Literacy: 97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

Labor force: 38,000; 22,000 employed in agriculture (1987 est.)

Organized labor: Public Service Association (PSA)

NOTE: The information regarding Western Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Samoa People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Samoa People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.