ACOG - American Samoa  - IBM

Geography

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-halfof the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Area:
total area: 199 sq km
land area: 199 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 116 km


People

Population: 57,366 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

Population growth rate: 3.82% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 36.21 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 4.01 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 6 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.91 years
male: 71.03 years
female: 74.85 years

Total fertility rate: 4.3 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%

Religions: Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominationsand other 30%

Languages: Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English; most people are bilingual

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa
conventional short form: American Samoa

Type: unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered bythe US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs

Capital: Pago Pago

Independence: none (territory of the US)

Constitution: ratified 1966, in effect 1967


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $128 million

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $2,600

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7%

Unemployment rate: 12%

Electricity:
capacity: 30,000 kW
production: 90 million kWh
consumption per capita: 1,505 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.