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Independent State of Samoa
Head of State: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese
Efi (since 20 June 2007)
Prime Minister: Tuilaepa Sailele
Malielegaoi (1998)
Current government officials
Land area: 1,100 sq mi (2,849 sq km);
total area: 1,137 sq mi (2,944 sq km)
Population (2008 est.): 217,083 (growth
rate: 1.322%); birth rate: 28.2/1000; infant mortality rate:
25.04/1000; life expectancy: 71.58; density per sq mi: 161
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Apia, 35,900
Monetary unit: Tala
Languages:
Samoan, English
Ethnicity/race:
Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of
European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%
Religion:
Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%,
Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%,
Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, other Christian 4.5%, Worship Centre
1.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2001)
National Holiday:
Flag Day, November 1
Literacy rate: 100% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP $1.029
billion (2007 est.); per capita $2,100 (2005 est). Real growth
rate: 6% (2007 est). Inflation: 6% (2007).
Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 21%. Agriculture:
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa. Labor force:
90,000 (2000 est.). Industries: food processing, building
materials, auto parts. Natural resources: hardwood forests,
fish, hydropower. Exports: $131 million f.o.b. (2006): fish,
coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments,
beer. Imports: $324 million f.o.b. (2006): machinery and
equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs. Major trading
partners: Australia, U.S., Indonesia, New Zealand, Fiji, Taiwan,
Singapore, Japan (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 19,500 (2005); mobile cellular: 24,000 (2005). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004).
Radios: 174,849 (1997). Television broadcast stations:
2 (2002). Televisions: 8,634 (1999). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 10,156 (2007). Internet users: 8,000
(2006).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 2,337 km; paved: 332 km; unpaved: 2,005 km
(2004 est.). Ports and harbors: Apia, Asau, Mulifanua,
Salelologa. Airports: 4 (2007).
International disputes: none; note—some
EEZ demarcations, including the one with American Samoa, are
undefined.
Major sources and definitions
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