Demographics of American Samoa

This article is about the demographic features of the population of American Samoa, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population in thousands; Data of FAO, year 2005.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. ^[1]

Population

• 54,343

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 24.45% (male 6,506/female 6,780)
• 15-24 years: 19.61% (male 5,264/female 5,395)
• 25-54 years: 42.1% (male 11,775/female 11,105)
• 55-64 years: 8.69% (male 2,326/female 2,397)
• 65 years and over: 5.14% (male 1,287/female 1,508) (2015 est.)t.)

Median age

• total: 28.8 years
• male: 29.4 years
• female: 28.3 years (2015 est.)

Population growth rate

• -0.3%

Birth rate

• 22.89 births/1,000 population

Death rate

• 4.75 deaths/1,000 population
• -21.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Urbanization

• Urban population: 87.2% of total population
• Rate of urbanization: -0.13% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

• At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
• 0-14 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
• 15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
• 25-54 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
• 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
• Total population: 1 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

American Samoa's population pyramid.

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 8.69 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 11.16 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 6.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population: 75.14 years
• Male: 72.18 years
• Female: 78.28 years (2015 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 2.92 children born/woman

Nationality

• Nnoun: American Samoan(s) (US Nationals)
• Adjective: American Samoan

Ethnic groups

• Pacific Islander 92.6% (includes Samoan 88.9%, Tongan 2.9%, other .8%)
• Asian 3.6% (includes Filipino 2.2%, other 1.4%)
• Mixed 2.7%
• Other 1.2%

Religions

• Christian 98.3%
• Other 1%
• Unaffiliated 0.7%

Languages

• Samoan 88.6%
• English 3.9%,
• Tongan 2.7%,
• Other Pacific islander 3%
• Other 1.8%

References

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