Samoa People - 2024

Population

207,501 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Samoan(s)

adjective: Samoan

Ethnic groups

Samoan 96%, Samoan/New Zealander 2%, other 1.9% (2011 est.)

note: data represent the population by country of citizenship

Languages

Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.)

Religions

Protestant 54.9% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%), Roman Catholic 18.8%, Church of Jesus Christ 16.9%, Worship Centre 2.8%, other Christian 3.6%, other 2.9% (includes Baha'i, Muslim), none 0.2% (2016 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 27.33% (male 29,259/female 27,452)

15-64 years: 65.72% (male 69,635/female 66,745)

65 years and over: 6.94% (2023 est.) (male 6,415/female 7,995)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 74.9

youth dependency ratio: 66

elderly dependency ratio: 8.9

potential support ratio: 11.2 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 26.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 26.5 years

female: 27.3 years

Population growth rate

0.65% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

-7.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

about three-quarters of the population lives on the island of Upolu

Urbanization

urban population: 17.5% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: -0.03% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

36,000 APIA (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

59 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 21.3 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 14.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 72.6 years

female: 78.5 years

Total fertility rate

2.37 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

1.16 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

16.6% (2019/20)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 98% of population

total: 98.4% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 2% of population

total: 1.6% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 99.5% of population

rural: 99.5% of population

total: 99.5% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population

rural: 0.5% of population

total: 0.5% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

47.3% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 2.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 2.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 0.17 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 25.3% (2020 est.)

male: 36.1% (2020 est.)

female: 14.5% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.4% (2019/20)

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

61.7% (2023 est.)

Child marriage

women married by age 15: 0.9%

women married by age 18: 7.4%

men married by age 18: 2% (2020 est.)

Education expenditures

4.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.1%

male: 99%

female: 99.3% (2021)