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The People of Samoa

Samoan People

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Population: 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.)

Age structure: 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: total: 20.8 years male: 21 years female: 20.5 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.346% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 5.84 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -8.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: 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: 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: total population: 71.86 years male: 69.03 years female: 74.84 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.16 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan

Ethnic groups: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4% (2001 census)

Religions: 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: Samoan (Polynesian), English

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)