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Demographics of American Samoa
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This article is about the demographic features of the population of American Samoa, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population in thousands; Data of
FAO, year 2005.
Demographic statistics from the CIA World Factbook
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.
- 57,902 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 36.6% (male 10,983; female 10,208)
- 15-64 years: 60.3% (male 18,010; female 16,933)
- 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 699; female 1,069) (2004 est.)
Population growth rate
- -0.19% (2006 est.)
- 24.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- 3.39 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- -20.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio
- at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
- 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
- total population: 75.62 years
- male: 72.05 years
- female: 79.41 years (2004 est.)
- 3.41 children born/woman (2000 est.)
- noun: American Samoan(s)
- adjective: American Samoan
Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Buddhism 2%, Protestant and other 28%
Languages
Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English (closely related to German and other European languages).
note: most people are bilingual
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 97%
- male: 98%
- female: 97% (1980 est.)
See also
