Demographics of Samoa

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Contents 1 Population 1.1 Age structure 1.1.1 Median age 1.2 Population growth rate 1.2.1 Vital statistics 1.3 Sex ratio 1.4 Infant mortality rate 1.5 Life expectancy at birth 1.6 Total fertility rate 1.7 HIV/AIDS 2 Nationality 2.1 Ethnic groups 3 Religions 4 Language and literacy 4.1 Languages 4.2 Literacy 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Population

Total population: 176,908 (July 2006 est.)

[edit] Age structure

• 0–14 years: 26.1% (male 23,492; female 22,653)
• 15–64 years: 67.3% (male 74,202; female 44,894)
• 65 years and over: 6.6% (male 5,299; female 6,368) (2006 est.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 25.2 years

• Male: 28.1 years
  
• Female: 22 years (2004 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

Total: -0.20% (2006 est.)

[edit] Vital statistics

• Birth rate: 16.43 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Death rate: 6.62 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Net migration rate: -11.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

Total: 1.39 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

• At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
• 15–64 years: 1.65 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 26.85 deaths/1,000 live births

• Male: 31.7 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 21.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 71 years

• Male: 68.2 years
• Female: 73.94 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

2.94 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] HIV/AIDS

• Adult prevalence rate: NA

• People living with HIV/AIDS: 12
• HIV/AIDS deaths: 3

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Samoan(s)
Adjective: Samoan

[edit] Ethnic groups

• Samoan: 92.6%
• Euronesians: 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood)
• Europeans: 0.4%
• 30,000 people of Chinese descent, all of whom are either counted as one of the above three races.

[edit] Religions

Main article: Religion in Samoa

• Christian: 99.7%

• Congregational: 34.8%
• Roman Catholic: 19.6%
• Methodist: 15%
• Latter-Day Saints: 12.7%
• Assembly of God: 6.6%
• Seventh-day Adventist Church: 3.5%

[edit] Language and literacy

[edit] Languages

• Samoan (Polynesian)
• English

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over who can read and write

Total population: 99.7%

• Male: 99.6%
• Female: 99.7% (2003 est.)

[edit] See also

• Samoa

[edit] References

• CIA (Sept. 2004). CIA – The World Factbook – Samoa.

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