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This article is about the demographic features of the
population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...
, including
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, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.


Vital statistics


UN estimates

The Population Department of the
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prepared the following estimates. Population estimates account for under numeration in population censuses. Births and deaths


Structure of the population


Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey)

Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):


CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.


Total population

* 195,864


Age structure

*0–14 years: 32.72% (male 33,393/female 31,324) *15–24 years: 19.96% (male 20,253/female 19,217) *25–54 years: 35.58% (male 36,374/female 33,993) *55–64 years: 6.24% (male 6,283/female 6,057) *65 years and over: 5.5% (male 4,730/female 6,149) (2015 est.)


Median age

*Total: 23.5 years *Male: 23.3 years *Female: 23.8 years (2015 est.)


Population growth rate

* 0.58%


Birth rate

*20.87 births/1,000 population


Death rate

*5.32 deaths/1,000 population


Net migration rate

*-9.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)


Sex ratio

*At Birth: 1.05 male(s)/female *0–14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female *15–24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female *25–54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female *55–64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female *65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female *Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2015 est.)


Infant mortality rate

*Total: 19.57 deaths/1,000 live births *Male: 23.1 deaths/1,000 live births *Female: 15.87 deaths/1,000 live births


Death rate

*5.32 deaths/1,000 population


Life expectancy at birth

*Total population: 73.46 years *Male: 70.58 years *Female: 76.48 years


Total fertility rate

*2.84 children born/woman (2015 est.)


Nationality

*Samoans (Noun) *Samoan (Adjective)


Ethnic groups

* Samoan 96% *Dual Samoan-
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2% *Other 1.9%


Religions

*
Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
57.4% ** Congregationalist 31.8% **
Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
13.7% **
Assembly of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...
8%, **
Seventh-Day Adventist The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
3.9% *
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
19.4% *
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15.2% * Worship Centre 1.7% *Other Christian 5.5% *Other 0.7% *None 0.1%, *Unspecified 0.1%


Languages

* Samoan (Official) *
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...


Literacy

*Total Population: 99% *Male: 99.1% *Female: 98.8%


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demographics Of Samoa