Editing Samoa (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Samoa Familie.JPG|thumb|A Samoan family]]
{{Main|Demographics of Samoa}}

Samoa reported a population of 194,320 in its 2016 census.<ref name="census">{{cite web |url= https://www.sbs.gov.ws/documents/census/2021/Census_2021_Final_Report.pdf?_t=1670528927 |title=Population & Demography Indicator Summary |publisher=Samoa Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403053500/http://www.sbs.gov.ws/index.php/population-demography-and-vital-statistics |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This number increased to 205,557 in its 2021 Census.<ref name=sbs/> About three-quarters of the population live on the main island of [[Upolu]].<ref name="DS"/>

===Health===
{{Main|2019 Samoa measles outbreak}}
A measles outbreak began in October 2019. By the time the outbreak subsided in early January, the number of deaths reached 83 (0.31 per 1,000, based on a population of 201,316<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/ |title=Australia - Oceania :: Samoa — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency (July 2018 est.) |website=www.cia.gov |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028124346/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) and over 4,460 cases (2.2% of the population) of measles in Samoa,<ref name="DeathToll">{{cite web |title=Measles death toll rises to 68 in Samoa |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/405090/measles-death-toll-rises-to-68-in-samoa |website=[[RNZ]] |access-date=8 December 2019 |date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827231229/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/405090/measles-death-toll-rises-to-68-in-samoa |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/samoagovt/status/1202707973048418304 |title=Latest update: 4,357 measles cases have been reported since the outbreak with 140 recorded in the last 24 hours. To date, 63 measles related deaths have been recorded. |last=Samoa |first=Government of |date=5 December 2019 |website=Twitter |language=en |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028192753/https://twitter.com/samoagovt/status/1202707973048418304|url-status=live }}</ref> mainly children under four years old, and 10 reported cases in [[Fiji]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/406802/two-more-deaths-from-measles-in-samoa-over-new-year-period|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107105921/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/406802/two-more-deaths-from-measles-in-samoa-over-new-year-period|url-status=live|title=Two more deaths from measles in Samoa over New Year period|archive-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>

===Ethnic groups===
The population is 96% [[Samoans]], 2% dual Samoan-[[New Zealanders|New Zealander]] and 1.9% other, according to a 2011 estimate in the [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]].<ref name="CIASamoa"/>

===Languages===
{{Further|Polynesian languages}}

Samoan (''Gagana Fa'asāmoa'') and English are the official languages. Including second-language speakers, there are more speakers of Samoan than English in Samoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/country/ws/languages/ |title=Samoa |work=Ethnologue |access-date=4 September 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910063129/http://www.ethnologue.com/country/WS/languages |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Samoan Sign Language]] is also commonly used among the [[Hearing loss|deaf]] population of Samoa. To emphasize the importance of full inclusion with sign language, elementary Samoan Sign Language was taught to members of the Samoa Police Service, Red Cross Society, and public during the 2017 International Week of the Deaf.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic training for Samoa Police on International Week of the Deaf |url=http://www.samoaplanet.com/historic-training-samoa-police-international-week-deaf/ |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=Samoa Planet |date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221307/http://www.samoaplanet.com/historic-training-samoa-police-international-week-deaf/ |archive-date=21 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:Catholic church in Samoa-2.jpg|thumb|Roman Catholic [[Immaculate Conception]] of Mary cathedral]]
{{Main|Religion in Samoa}}
Since 2017, Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that "Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".<ref name="Religion">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |title=Samoa Officially Becomes a Christian State |first=Grant |last=Wyeth |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/samoa-officially-becomes-a-christian-state/ |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=16 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616153746/https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/samoa-officially-becomes-a-christian-state/ |archive-date=16 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the 2021 Census, [[Religion in Samoa|the distribution of religious groups]] are as follows: [[Christian Congregational Church of Samoa]] 27%, [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] 19%, [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] 18%, [[Methodist]] 12%, [[Samoan Assemblies of God|Assembly of God]] 10%, and the remaining religious groups accounting for 16% of the population.<ref name=sbs/> In addition, Samoa hosts the seventh (of nine current) [[Baháʼí House of Worship|Baháʼí Houses of Worship]] in the world; completed in 1984 and dedicated by [[Malietoa Tanumafili II]], a convert to the Baháʼí Faith, it is located in Tiapapata, {{cvt|8|km|mi|}} from [[Apia]].