Samoa 
Facts
Population:
179,058 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
31.88% (male 29,009; female 28,069)
15-64 years:
62.44% (male 70,491; female 41,304)
65 years and over:
5.68% (male 4,739; female 5,446) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.23% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
15.59 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-11.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.71 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.87 male(s)/female
total population:
1.39 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
31.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.5 years
male:
66.77 years
female:
72.37 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.4 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $571 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $3,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
15%
industry:
24%
services:
61% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
90,000 (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 65%, services 30%, industry 5% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%; note - substantial underemployment
Budget:
revenues:
$74.8 million
expenditures:
$81.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
food processing, building materials, auto parts
Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
100 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
60%
hydro:
40%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
93 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams
Exports:
$17 million (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
coconut oil and cream, copra, fish, beer
Exports - partners:
American Samoa 59%, US 18%, Germany 9%, New Zealand 8% (2000 est.)
Imports:
$90 million (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
New Zealand 37%, Australia 24%, Fiji 14%, US 14% (2000 est.)
Debt - external:
$180 million (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$42.9 million (1995)
Currency:
tala (WST)
Currency code:
WST
Exchange rates:
tala per US dollar - 3.3400 (January 2001), 3.2712 (2000), 3.0120 (1999), 2.9429 (1998), 2.5562 (1997), 2.4618 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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