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Age structure > 0-14 years
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27.2 |
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[121st of 226]
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Age structure > 15-64 years
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66.4 |
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[86th of 226]
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Age structure > 65 years and over
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6.6 %
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[94th of 225]
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Birth rate
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28.2 births/1,000 population |
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[59th of 226]
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Death rate
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5.84 deaths/1,000 population |
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[165th of 226]
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Ethnic groups Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4% |
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Percentage living in urban areas
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22% |
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[183rd of 199]
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Population
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217,083 |
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[182nd of 242]
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Population growth rate
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1.322% |
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[106th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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190 |
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[184th of 225]
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Sex ratio > 15-64 years
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1.66 |
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[3rd of 223]
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Sex ratio > 65 years and over
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0.81 male(s)/female |
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[92nd of 223]
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Sex ratio > At birth
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1.05 male(s)/female |
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[103rd of 223]
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Sex ratio > Total population
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1.06 male(s)/female |
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[20th of 224]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.04 male(s)/female |
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[112nd of 224]
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Total fertility rate
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4.18 children born/woman |
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[46th of 225]
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Total Population
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176,908 |
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[187th of 227]
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Urban population
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41,436.41
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[189th of 195]
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Urbanization
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22 |
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[186th of 204]
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Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males
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99 |
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[37th of 144]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UNICEF
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa (Western), (Western) Samoa
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