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Fiji
Community
Area 18,274 square kilometres (land area 18,274 square kilometres)
Population,
121,074 (1901)
198,379 (1936)
259,638 (1945)
287,000 (1950)
393,400 (1960) +37.1%
520,500 (1970) +32.2%
635,250 (1980) +22.0%
728,600 (1990) +14.7%
811,000 (2000) +11.3%
860,000 (2010) +6.0%
896,400 (2020) +4.2%
Ethnicity and religion, Large numbers of indentured Indian labourers arrived in Fiji, 1880 � 1917, to cultivate the sugar plantations. In 1917 the indenture system was abolished.
|
|
Fijian |
Indian |
Christian Methodist |
Christian R C |
Hindu |
Muslim Sunni |
|
1880 |
90.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1900 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
11.2 |
2.2 |
|
1921 |
53.0 |
38.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
1946 |
45.3 |
46.2 |
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|
|
|
|
1970 |
42.9 |
50.6 |
|
8.6 |
40.4 |
7.8 |
|
1980 |
43.0 |
51.0 |
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|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
|
45.0 |
|
38.0 |
7.0 |
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2000 |
|
|
53.0 |
|
|
8.0 |
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2007 |
|
|
34.6 |
9.1 |
27.0 |
6.3 |
|
2010 |
57.5 |
37.0 |
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Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
44.0 (+30.0) |
88.0 |
14.0 |
|
|
17.2 |
|
1962 |
6.1 |
39.0 (+28.3) |
53.6 |
10.7 |
48.0 |
2.1 |
30.8 |
|
1972 |
4.2 |
32.0 (+23.9) |
43.9 |
8.1 |
42.5 |
2.3 |
35.5 |
|
1980 |
3.9 |
34.0 (+26.8) |
35.3 |
7.2 |
39.3 |
2.6 |
37.8 |
|
1990 |
3.4 |
29.0 (+22.7) |
23.8 |
6.3 |
38.4 |
3.9 |
41.6 |
|
2000 |
3.1 |
25.0 (+18.9) |
19.3 |
6.1 |
35.0 |
3.4 |
47.9 |
|
2010 |
2.8 |
22.0 (+15.4) |
20.4 |
6.6 |
28.9 |
4.8 |
51.8 |
|
2015 |
2.8 |
19.7 (+12.7) |
20.8 |
7.0 |
28.7 |
5.0 |
53.7 |
|
2017 |
2.8 |
21.6 (+14.4) |
21.4 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
21.6 |
|
29.5 |
5.5 |
56.2 |
Life
expectancy,
50.5 (1952); 49.0 (M), 52.0 (F)
56.0 (1960); 54.0 (M), 58.0 (F)
59.9 (1970); 58.2 (M), 61.7 (F)
63.0 (1980); 61.4 (M), 64.7 (F)
65.6 (1990); 63.6 (M), 67.6 (F)
67.6 (2000); 65.2 (M), 70.2 (F)
69.4 (2010); 66.5 (M), 72.4 (F)
70.4 (2020); 67.5 (M), 73.7 (F)
Population of principal cities, MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
Lautoka |
Nadi |
SUVA (Vita Levu)1 |
|
1936 |
|
|
15,522 |
|
1946 |
2,225 |
|
23.513 |
|
1956 |
|
|
37,371 |
|
1966 |
|
|
54,157 |
|
1973 |
12,000 |
|
|
|
1979 |
|
|
66,018 |
|
1982 |
26,000 |
2,800 |
|
|
1986 |
39,000 |
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
141,000 MA |
|
1996 |
42,917 |
30,791 |
|
|
2007 |
52,220 |
42,284 |
173,137 MA |
1Suva was founded in 1849, and became the capital in 1882
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1958 |
67 |
0.02 |
|
|
|
1960 |
112 |
0.02 |
286 |
9.51 |
|
1965 |
147 |
0.02 |
317 |
8.28 |
|
1970 |
219 |
0.02 |
422 |
8.04 |
|
1975 |
680 |
0.04 |
1,197 |
15.31 |
|
1980 |
1,200 |
0.04 |
1,909 |
15.15 |
|
1985 |
1,140 |
0.03 |
1,630 |
8.92 |
|
1990 |
1,360 |
0.02 |
1,832 |
7.65 |
|
1995 |
1,990 |
0.03 |
2,489 |
8.28 |
|
2000 |
2,690 |
0.03 |
2,033 |
5.58 |
|
2005 |
2,800 |
0.02 |
3,660 |
8.26 |
|
2010 |
3,154 |
0.02 |
3,650 |
7.55 |
|
2015 |
4,391 |
0.02 |
4,920 |
8.75 |
|
2016 |
4,631 |
0.02 |
5,153 |
8.97 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1970 |
|
52.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
21.2 |
46.0 |
11.8 |
6.8 |
|
|
|
1988 |
24.5 |
44.1 |
18.3 |
13.8 |
57.2 |
33.9 |
|
1995 |
21.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
16.2 |
|
27.0 |
|
56.8 |
|
|
2006 |
15.0 |
|
25.8 |
|
59.2 |
|
|
2011 |
16.1 |
|
24.2 |
|
59.7 |
|
|
2016 |
10.7 |
|
18.0 |
|
71.3 |
|
Communications
Language, Official; English, Fijian,� Hindustani
Fijian, 48.0% (1990)
Hindi, 46.0% (1990)
Literacy
64% (1946)
79.0% (1983); 84.0% (M), 74.0% (F)
91.6% (1995); 93.8% (M), 89.3% (F)
93.2% (2000); 95.2% (M), 91.2% (F)
93.7% (2010); 95.5% (M), 91.9% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km)* |
|
1938 |
1,070 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1955 |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
611 |
|
1964 |
|
|
9,600 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
2,976 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
19,300 |
11,000 |
644 |
|
1980 |
|
278 |
|
|
|
644 |
|
1983 |
|
|
|
25,955 |
17,785 |
|
|
1985 |
2,996 |
376 |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
58,000 |
33,000 |
|
|
|
1992 |
|
|
|
35,955 |
27,858 |
|
|
2000 |
3,440 |
1,662 |
|
|
|
597 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
72,100 |
44,500 |
|
|
2007 |
3,440 |
|
155,372 |
80,712 |
48,000 |
597 |
|
2011 |
3,440 |
1,686 |
171,757 |
89,756 |
|
597 |
*sugar cane railways, passengers also conveyed.
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasts began 1991
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
1,313 |
|
982 |
|
|
|
|
1944 |
1,954 |
|
1,352 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
3,100 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
24,000 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
16,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
23,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
320,000 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
42,425 |
|
430,000 |
11,000 |
|
|
|
1994 |
|
1,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
2,200 |
480,000 |
14,000 |
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
32,000 |
|
|
2000 |
86,400 |
55,050 |
|
|
36,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
550,000 |
95,000 |
40,000 |
50,000 |
|
2005 |
|
193,700 |
|
99,000 |
|
70,000 |
|
2010 |
137,000 |
|
|
|
|
140,000 |
|
2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
325,700 |
|
2016 |
74,182 |
927,800 |
|
|
|
426,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Fiji,
12,000 (1958)
14,700 (1961)
56,000 (1969)
1970 (110,042)
1971 (152,200)
215,000 (1982)
240,145 (1985)
279,000 (1990)
318,000 (1995)
294,000 (2000)
545,000 (2005)
632,000 (2010)
755,000 (2015)