American Samoa

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    55,679 1
    Urban
    87.2% 1
    Rural
    12.8% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    42.8% 2
    Homicides
    0.00 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
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    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
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    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    12,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    20.82
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    705
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    250
    First Communions per Year
    225
    Confirmations per Year
    225
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    300
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    200
    Church Marriages per Year
    37
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    26
    Priests
    21
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    2
    Catholics per Priest
    552
    Parishes
    29
    Catholic Hospitals
    1
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    1