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GeographyLocation: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 403 km
PeoplePopulation: 209,360 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.37% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 31.74 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.88 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 35.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.04 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4% Religions: Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist) Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1971)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy under native chief Capital: Apia Independence: 1 January 1962 (from UN trusteeship administered by New Zealand) Constitution: 1 January 1962
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $400 million National product real growth rate: -4.3% National product per capita: $2,000 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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