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11. Samoa
Population
219 998 (July 2009 est.)
Age 0–14 years: 37.6%
15–64 years: 56.7%
65 years and over: 5.7% (2009 est.)
Gender
Literacy
Unemployment
Employment by sector
Currency
Total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.6%
Female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
Not available
Agriculture: Not available
Industry: Not available
Industry: Not available
(Western) Samoan tala (WST)
129
Exchange rate Per US dollar: 2.7594 (2006)
Source:
11.1 Introduction
Since 1997 Samoa has been the officially recognised
name for what was previously know
as Western Samoa. 622 It is situated about halfway
between Hawaii and New Zealand, with
American Samoa as its closest neighbour. 623
Demographics
The Samoa Statistics Department Census
report estimated the population at 179 166; 624
other sources report it at 178 631 and more
recently at 217 083 (est. July 2008). 625
More than 100 000 people identifying with
622 Government of Samoa available at: (accessed October
2008); profile on Samoa in CIA, The World Factbook, available at: (accessed October 2008); Samoa is distinguished
from American Samoa which will be referred to in full when discussed in this document.
623 Profile on American Samoa in CIA, The World Factbook, available at: ; the estimated population of American Samoa is
60 000 (est. July 2008).
624 Samoa Statistics Department (2006), Census of Population and Housing 2006 (Tusigaigoa
O Tagata Ma Fale 2006): breaks down the population by village and may inform future research
on drug use and links with urbanisation.
625 CIA above, fn.622.
Samoa