Demographics of Samoa

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Samoa population pyramid in 2020

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Samoa, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Vital statistics[]

Births and deaths[1]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
1961 114,427
1966 131,377 7.3
1971 146,647 7.4
1976 151,983 6.7
1981 156,349
1986 157,408 5.6
1991 161,298 4.8
2001 176,710 5,065 29.0 4.4
2006 180,741 4,935 728 4,207 27.3 4.0 23.3 4.2
2011 187,820 5,703 828 4,875 30.4 4.4 26.0 4.7
2016 195,979 4,835 853 3,982 24.7 4.4 20.3 3.8

Fertility Rate (The Demographic Health Survey)[]

[2] Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):

Year CBR (Total) TFR (Total) CBR (Urban) TFR (Urban) CBR (Rural) TFR (Rural)
2009 28.6 4.6 (3.5) 28.1 4.1 (3.1) 28.7 4.7 (3.6)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics[]

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[3]

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 92.6%
  • Euronesians (persons of mixed European and Polynesian descent) 7%
  • Europeans 0.4%

Religions[]

Main article: Religion in Samoa
  • Protestant 57.4%
    • Congregationalist 31.8%
    • Methodist 13.7%
    • Assembly of God 8%,
    • Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%
  • Roman Catholic 19.4%
  • Mormon 15.2%
  • 1.7%
  • Other Christian 5.5%
  • Other 0.7%
  • None 0.1%,
  • Unspecified 0.1%

Languages[]

Literacy[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.sbs.gov.ws/populationanddemography
  2. ^ "Quality information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs". The DHS Program. 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  3. ^ "Australia-Oceania ::Samoa". CIA The World Factbook.

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