GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $600 million (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $3,000 (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $1.122 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $6,000 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Apia
Population (Estimated July 2012): 194,320
Area: 2,785km2 or 1,075mi2
Currency: Tala (SAT)
Official Language: Samoan and English
Political Information: Parliamentary Democracy and Samoan Customs
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 59.9% of the population are Protestant, 19.6% are Roman Catholic, 12.7% are Mormon, 4.5% are of other Christian Denominations, 3.2% follow other religious faiths and 0.1% have unspecified religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Silisili at 1,857m or 6,092ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +13:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
Leaders: (Head of State) Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi with Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
Additional: Gained independence from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship on the 1st of January 1962.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Samoa (Malo Sa’oloto Tuto’atasi o Samoa (Samoan); Independent State of Samoa (English))
