Environment - current issues:
soil erosion, deforestation, invasive species, overfishing
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
occupies an almost central position within Polynesia
People Samoa
Population:
178,173 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.4% (male 26,613; female 25,715)
15-64 years: 64.6% (male 72,135; female 42,903)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 4,980; female 5,827) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 23.7 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 20.2 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
-0.27% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
15.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
6.41 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)