🇼🇸 Samoa
WS / WSM #166
📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS
Population
200.0K
Density
70.4/km²
HDI
0.708
(High)
Gini Index (2013)
38.7
Life Expectancy (2023)
71.7 yrs
Fertility Rate (2023)
3.83
Urban Population (2024)
17.5%
Literacy Rate (2019)
98.0%
Labor Force (2025)
45.6%
Gender Wage Gap (2022)
4.5%
🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE
Languages
| Language | Native Name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Samoan | gagana fa'a Samoa |
Religions
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 97.9% |
| No religion | 1.7% |
| Others | 0.4% |
Ethnicities
| 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
📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE
| Age Group | Distribution | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0-14 Youth | 38.5% | |
| 15-64 Working | 55.7% | |
| 65+ Elderly | 5.9% |
Dependency Ratio
79.7%
Profile
Very Young
Urban Pop. (2024)
17.5%
Birth Rate (2023)
25.4 /1000
Death Rate (2023)
6.2 /1000
Fertility Rate (2023)
3.83
Infant Mortality (2023)
12.8 /1000
Slum Pop. (2022)
34.6%
Tourism (2020)
23.9K
🏥 HEALTHCARE
Life Expectancy (2023)
71.7 yrs
HALE (2021)
61.6 yrs
Health Spending (2023)
6.8% of GDP
Infant Mortality (2023)
12.8/1000
UHC Index (2021)
55/100
Hospital Beds (2005)
1.0/1000
Physicians (2021)
0.56/1000
Nurses (2020)
3.06/1000
Health Spending/cap (2023)
$293
Out-of-Pocket (2023)
13.4%
🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY
Literacy Rate (2019)
98.0%
Education Spending (2024)
5.5% of GDP
Learning Outcomes (2020)
370
Internet Users (2023)
58.1%
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 & PRACTICAL
Area
2,842 km²
Capital
Apia
📍
Continent
Oceania
Region
Oceania
Subregion
Polynesia
Landlocked
No
Driving Side
Left
🏅 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
🧭 CONTINUE EXPLORING SAMOA