Western Samoa People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 165,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.8%

Nationality: noun—Western Samoan(s); adjective—Western Samoa

Ethnic divisions: Samoan; about 12,000 Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood), 700 Europeans

Religion: 99.7% Christian (about half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)

Language-Samoan (Polynesian), English

Infant mortality rate: 36/1,0601.1983)

Life expectancy: 63

Literacy: 90%

(North Yemen)

Labor force: about 37,000 (1983); about 22,000 employed in agriculture

NOTE: The information regarding Western Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Western Samoa 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Western Samoa 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.