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Nationality:
noun: Samoan(s)
adjective:
Samoan
Ethnic groups:
Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4% (2001 census)
Languages:
Samoan (Polynesian) (official), English
Religions:
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)
Population:
194,320 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 34.7% (male 34,764/female 32,618)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
20% (male 19,991/female 18,955)
25-54 years:
34.5% (male 34,954/female 32,183)
55-64 years:
5.4% (male 5,326/female 5,229)
65 years and over:
5.3% (male 4,526/female 5,774) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 22.5 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
22.3 years
female:
22.7 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.596% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
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Birth rate:
22.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
5.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
-10.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 20% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
APIA (capital) 36,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
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under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 21.85 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 88
male:
25.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.66 years
country comparison to the world: 128
male:
69.79 years
female:
75.68 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.13 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
7% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
0.97 beds/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
