Key demographics
- Population
- 200.0K
- Density
- 70.4/km²
- HDI
- 0.708 (High)
- Gini index (2013)
- 38.7
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.8 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.80
- Urban population (2025)
- 17.5%
- Literacy rate (2019)
- 98.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 45.6%
- Gender wage gap (2022)
- 4.5%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 79%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 17.5%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 25.0 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.2 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.80
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.3 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 34.6%
- Tourism (2020)
- 23.9K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Samoan | gagana fa'a Samoa |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 97.9% |
| No religion | 1.7% |
| Others | 0.4% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Samoans | 92.6% |
| Euronesian | 7.0% |
| Europeans | 0.3% |
| Others | 0.1% |
- Demonym (male)
- Samoan
- Demonym (female)
- Samoan
- National anthem
- The Banner of Freedom
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.8 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 61.6 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 6.8% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 62/100
- Hospital beds (2005)
- 1.0/1000
- Physicians (2021)
- 0.56/1000
- Nurses (2020)
- 3.06/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $293
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 13.4%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2019)
- 98.0%
- Education spending (2024)
- 5.5% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 370
- Internet users (2014)
- 21.2%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 62.4/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 0.9/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 605/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 0.9
Geography and practical
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Polynesia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+13:00
- Calling codes
- +685
- TLD
- .ws
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.
- National anthem
- The Banner of Freedom