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Western Samoa People 1996

Population:

209,360 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

40% (female 41,503; male 42,844)

15-64 years:

56% (female 55,683; male 61,065)

65 years and over:

4% (female 4,323; male 3,942) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.37% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

31.74 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.88 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

35.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

68.38 years

male:

65.99 years

female:

70.88 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.04 children born/woman (1995 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 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:

age 15 and over can read and write (1971)

total population:

97%

male:

97%

female:

97%

Labor force:

by occupation:

agriculture 60%

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