Samoa's People | Samoa People

Population: 177,287 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% (male 24,517/female 23,660) 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 73,495/female 44,208) 65 years and over: 6.4% (male 5,204/female 6,203) (2005 est.)

Median age: Total: 24.59 years male: 27.42 years female: 21.42 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.23% (2005 est.)

Death rate: 6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: -11.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio: At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.66 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1.39 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: Total: 27.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 22.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 70.72 years male: 67.93 years female: 73.65 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.01 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 3

Nationality: Noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan

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

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%, other Christian 4.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other 1.7%, 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.)

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