Age structure:
0-14 years:
33% (male 30,288; female 29,323)
15-64 years:
61% (male 69,566; female 40,402)
65 years and over:
6% (male 4,623; female 5,264) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.22% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 15.59 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -11.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.72 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.88 male(s)/female
total population:
1.39 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 32.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.2 years
male:
66.48 years
female:
72.06 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.5 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Samoan(s)
adjective:
Samoan
Ethnic groups: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%
Religions: Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97%
male:
97%
female:
97% (1971 est.)
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