Infant mortality rate: 31.76 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.45 years male: 67.07 years female: 71.96 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.72 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan
Ethnic groups: 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: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 97% (1971 est.)
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Country name: conventional long form: Independent State of Samoa conventional short form: Samoa