Samoa Demographics Profile 2009

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.)

Birth rate

28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

5.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-8.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 23% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 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.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2001)

Education expenditures

4.3% of GDP (2002)