Population: 204,447 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.38% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 32.41 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 37 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.97 years
male: 65.59 years
female: 70.48 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.16 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Western Samoan(s)
adjective: Western Samoan

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

Religions: Christian 99.7% (about 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: age 15 and over can read and write (1971)
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97%
Labor force: 38,000
by occupation: agriculture 22,000 (1987 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Western Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Samoa People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Samoa People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.