Population

The official report of the Samoa Population Housing Census 2021 released by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics shows that Upolu Island continues to have the largest share of the country's population with 78 percent, or 160,334 people.

Faleata on Upolu is the most populated among the 51 political districts, and Falealupo on Savai'i is the least populated, having 0.4 per cent of the population.

The report shows 51 percent of Samoans are male and 49 percent are female. But in terms of life expectancy women are living longer than men - 77 years compared to 74 years for males.

The preliminary count indicates a total population of 200,010 persons of which 51 percent are males and 49 percent are females.

This compares with a total population count of 195,979 persons at the last census conducted in November 2016 with no changes in the gender composition according to a statement today by Afioga Leota Laki Lamositele, Minister for Samoa Bureau of Statistics.

The preliminary count as collected and compiled during the census enumeration period which was conducted from 18 October to 6 November 2021.

As vote counts trickled in from five state elections on Saturday, one result loomed large: that of central India's Uttar Pradesh, home to more than 200 million people. The staggered five-week vote in that state alone marks the biggest election in the world in 2017.

Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or the BJP, looks poised to take about 75% of the 403 seats on offer in Uttar Pradesh.