n 0 m
highest point: Mauga Silisili 1,857 m
Natural resources: hardwood forests, fish, hydropower
Land use: arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 24%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 47%
other: 10%
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons; active volcanism
Environment - current issues: soil erosion
Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law
of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Samoa People
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.)
Samoa Government
Country name: conventional long form: Independent State of Samoa
conventional short form: Samoa
former: Western Samoa
Government type: constitutional monarchy under native chief
Capital: Apia
Administrative divisions: 11 districts; A'ana,
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