| Official name | Independent State of Samoa |
| Name in local language | Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa (sm) ; Independent State of Samoa (en) |
| Continent | Oceania |
| Subcontinent | Oceania |
| Population (ranking: 198e) | 199,243 inhabitants (2018) |
| Population growth | 0.83 % / year |
| Area | 2,830 km² |
| Density | 70.40 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 218e) | 0.861 billions $USD (2018) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 4,392 $USD (2018) |
| GDP growth | 0.70 % / year (2018) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 73.20 years (2018) |
| Birth rate | 31.60 ‰ (2014) |
| Fertility rate | 5.10 children / woman (2014) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 5.30 ‰ (2016) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 15.00 ‰ (2014) |
| Literacy rate | 99.16 % (2015) |
| Official languages | Samoan, English |
| Currency | Tala (WST) |
| HDI (ranking: 148e) | 0.707 / 1 (2018) |
| EPI (ranking) | 54.50 (2018) |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party parliamentary democracy with a trace of monarchy |
| Head of State | O le Ao o le Malo o Samoa (Head of state) : Va'aletoa Sualauvi II |
| National Day | 1st June (first time the New Zealand and Samoan flags were hoisted together, June 1, 1948) |
| ISO Codes | WS, WSM |
| Demonym | Samoan |
| Tourists (ranking) | 145,769 people (2017) |
Requests for reunification of the two Samoa
Samoa is an independent state of Western Polynesia in the South Pacific. They are located east of French territory Wallis and Futuna, south of Tokelau, north of Niue and west of French Polynesia. Samoa comprises four inhabited islands (Upolu, Savai’i, Manono and Apolima) and six uninhabited islets.
First state to gain independence in the Pacific on 1st January 1962, Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), are increasingly demanding reunification with the party still belonging to the United States, American Samoa. This American part has a much higher standard of living, given the financial and economic support of the United States.
The Samoa population lives mainly from agriculture, fishing and tourism, the latter being increasingly dominant in the country’s overall income. It is estimated that the number of Samoans living outside the country is higher than those living in the archipelago, which has a population of just under 200,000. Emigration is indeed very important, especially to the United States and New Zealand.
Interesting Anecdote: The famous British writer Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived the end of his life in Samoa, is buried in Apia.
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Urban areas (2016)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Apia | 102,130 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Districts (itūmālō) | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| A'ana | 23,444 inhabitants | 193 km² |
| Aiga-i-le-Tai | 4,939 inhabitants | 27 km² |
| Atua | 22,694 inhabitants | 413 km² |
| Fa'asaleleaga | 13,403 inhabitants | 266 km² |
| Gaga'emauga | 7,844 inhabitants | 223 km² |
| Gaga'ifomauga | 4,899 inhabitants | 365 km² |
| Palauli | 9,317 inhabitants | 523 km² |
| Satupa'itea | 5,467 inhabitants | 127 km² |
| Tuamasaga | 90,787 inhabitants | 479 km² |
| Va'a-o-Fonoti | 1,636 inhabitants | 38 km² |
| Vaisigano | 6,573 inhabitants | 178 km² |