page_title: Samoa
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Samoa / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Familie vor ihrem Haus auf Samoa
context_page_description: The Independent State of Samoa is a country in Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. It has two islands, including Upolu and Savai'i. The capital of Samoa is Apia. It is on the island of Upolu. The head of the country is Va'aletoa Sualauvi II.
  The languages spoken in Samoa include Samoan and English.
  The sport that is most popular in Samoa is Rugby, and many Samoan people play Rugby.
  Samoa was admitted to the United Nations on 18 September 1962.
  A measles outbreak began in October 2019 and continued through December. As of December 28, there were 81 deaths out of 5667 cases.
context_section_description: Samoa has 194,320 people. 92.6% are Samoans, 7% Euronesians (people of mixed, European and Polynesian ancestors) and 0.4% are Europeans.
  Religion in Samoa includes the following: Christian Congregational Church of Samoa 35.5%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-day Saints 12.7%, Samoan Assemblies of God 10.6%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, unspecified 0.8%.There is also about 522 Jehovah's Witnessses in Samoa since 1931. Samoa has one of seven Bahá'í Houses of Worship in the world. It is in Tiapapata.
  Many people say that Samoan people are related to Māori people because lots of the language words are very similar to Maori language.
  As with other Polynesian cultures (Hawai'ian, Tahitian and Māori), Samoans have two gender specific and culturally important tattoos. For males, it is called the Pe'a,  It is intricate and geometrical patterns tattooed on areas from the knees up towards the ribs. A male who has such a tatau is called a soga'imiti. A Samoan girl or teine is given a malu.  It covers the area from just below her knees to her upper thighs.
caption: A Samoan family
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