East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Samoa
One in every 24,494 babies in the world is born here: about 5,476 a year, 0.01 a minute.
- Population
- 219,306
- Births a year
- 5,476
- Life expectancy
- 71.9
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 14.9
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
73.8
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
70
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
12.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
14.9
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
101
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
≈ 0.3
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
23
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
2.4
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
13
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
6.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
3.8
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
7
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
94
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
87
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
16
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 11.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$7,963
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
39
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
4.5
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
27
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
31
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
13
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
18
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
99
World: 91
Internet users (%)
21
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 6.07
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.01
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 55.3 → 2026: 71.9 → 2050: 75.2
World
1960: 107 → 2026: 15 → 2050: 11
World
1960: 7.8 → 2026: 3.7 → 2050: 2.9
World
1960: 19 → 2026: 18 → 2050: 20
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Samoa comes up about once in every 24,494 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.