207,501 (2023 est.)
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noun: Samoan(s)
adjective: Samoan
Samoan 96%, Samoan/New Zealander 2%, other 1.9% (2011 est.)
note: data represent the population by country of citizenship
Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.)
Protestant 54.9% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%), Roman Catholic 18.8%, Church of Jesus Christ 16.9%, Worship Centre 2.8%, other Christian 3.6%, other 2.9% (includes Baha'i, Muslim), none 0.2% (2016 est.)
0-14 years: 27.33% (male 29,259/female 27,452)
15-64 years: 65.72% (male 69,635/female 66,745)
65 years and over: 6.94% (2023 est.) (male 6,415/female 7,995)
total dependency ratio: 74.9
youth dependency ratio: 66
elderly dependency ratio: 8.9
potential support ratio: 11.2 (2020 est.)
total: 25.6 years
male: 25.3 years
female: 26 years (2020 est.)
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0.65% (2023 est.)
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19.03 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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5.38 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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-7.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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about three-quarters of the population lives on the island of Upolu
urban population: 17.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: -0.03% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
59 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
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total: 17.76 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
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total population: 75.46 years
male: 72.58 years
female: 78.48 years (2023 est.)
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2.37 children born/woman (2023 est.)
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1.16 (2023 est.)
16.6% (2019/20)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 98.4% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 1.6% of population (2020 est.)
5.3% of GDP (2020)
0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
improved: urban: 99.5% of population
rural: 99.5% of population
total: 99.5% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population
rural: 0.5% of population
total: 0.5% of population (2020 est.)
47.3% (2016)
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total: 2.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.17 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
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total: 25.3% (2020 est.)
male: 36.1% (2020 est.)
female: 14.5% (2020 est.)
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3.4% (2019/20)
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61.7% (2023 est.)
women married by age 15: 0.9%
women married by age 18: 7.4%
men married by age 18: 2% (2020 est.)
4.8% of GDP (2020 est.)
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99%
female: 99.3% (2021)
total: 19.7%
male: 16.7%
female: 24.5% (2021 est.)
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NOTE: The information regarding Samoa on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Samoa 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Samoa 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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