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American Samoa — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

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American Samoa had an estimated population of 62,297 in 2005, with 38 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: American Samoa today — population now 45,319, against 62,297 in 2005.

Source2005NowChange
World Gazetteer (the work cited)62,297
UN World Population Prospects56,61745,319-20%

The two sources differ by 10% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)Today
1TafunaWestern11,0177,988 now
2NuʿuuliEastern5,3035,000 now
3Pago PagoEastern4,19611,500 now
4LeoneWestern4,0504,050 now
5FaleniuWestern3,2003,200 now
6IliʿiliWestern3,0933,073 now
7PavaʿiaʿiWestern2,612
8AuaEastern2,1242,124 now
9MapusagafouWestern2,0522,052 now
10FagatogoEastern1,8681,868 now
11VaitogiWestern1,4361,436 now
12MalaeimiWestern1,2611,261 now
13VailoataiWestern1,1441,144 now
14FagaʿaluEastern1,054731 now
15AoloauWestern966966 now
16FagasaEastern906
17LauliʿiEastern906
18FutigaWestern773682 now
19TaputimuWestern741741 now
20Malaeloa-ItuauWestern717717 now
21UtuleiEastern683683 now
22Malaeloa-AitulagiWestern633633 now
23VatiaEastern604
24MesepaWestern552552 now
25LeloaloaEastern546546 now
26AfonoEastern527527 now
27AlaoEastern508508 now
28AmouliEastern497
29Masefau473
30AoaEastern466
31AlofauEastern465
32FagaʿituaEastern450
33AunuʿuEastern436
34Aasu396
35AtuʿuEastern376
36TulaEastern370
37OfuManuʿa254254 now
38SwainsSwains Island50

The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Western38,851
2Eastern22,191
3Manuʿa1,205
4Swains Island50
5Rose Island0

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.