Demographics of American Samoa
This article is about the demographic features of the population of American Samoa, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[1]
[edit] Population
- 66,432 (July 2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 202
[edit] Age structure
- 0-14 years: 33.4% (male 11,159; female 10,768)
- 15-64 years: 62.7% (male 20,848; female 20,271)
- 65 years and over: 3.9% (male 1,211; female 1,371) (2009 est.)
[edit] Median age
- total: 23.1 years
- male: 23 years
- female: 23.3 years (2009 est.)
[edit] Population growth rate
- 1.212% (2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 103
[edit] Birth rate
- 23.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 76
[edit] Death rate
- 4.13 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 209
[edit] Net migration rate
- -6.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 171
[edit] Urbanization
- urban population: 92% of total population (2008)
- rate of urbanization: 2.4% rate of change (2005-10 est.)
[edit] Sex ratio
- at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
- total: 10.18 deaths/1,000 live births
- country comparison to the world: 153
- male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 73.72 years
- country comparison to the world: 98
- male: 70.8 years
- female: 76.82 years (2009 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
- 3.22 children born/woman (2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 60
[edit] Nationality
- noun: American Samoan(s)
- adjective: American Samoan
[edit] Ethnic groups
Pacific Islander 91.6%, Asian 2.8%, white 1.1%, mixed 4.2%, other 0.3% (2000 census)
[edit] Religions
Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Buddhism 2%, Protestant and other 28%
[edit] Languages
Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages)
English 2.9% (closely related to German and other Indo-European languages).
Tongan 2.4%
other Pacific Islander 2.1%
other 2%
note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)
[edit] Literacy
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 97%
- male: 98%
- female: 97% (1980 est.)
[edit] Education expenditure
n/a
[edit] References
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