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Demographics of Fiji
Population
898,760 (2016 est.)[1]
Density
49.4/km2
Birth rate
19.8 (2014 est.)
Death rate
6.0 (2014 est.)
Life expectancy
72.1 (2014 est.)
• male
69.5
• female
74.9
Fertility rate
2.5 (2014 est.)
Infant mortality rate
10.2 (2014 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years
28.2% (2014 est.)
15–64 years
66.0 (2014 est.)
65 and over
5.6% (2014 est.)
Sex ratio
Total
1.03 males/females (2014 est.)
At birth
1.05 males/females (2014 est.)
Under 15
1.05 males/females (2014 est.)
15–64 years
1.04 males/females (2014 est.)
65 and over
0.85 males/females (2014 est.)
Nationality
Nationality
noun Fijian(s), adj. Fijian
Major ethnic
56.8% Itaukei (2007 est.)
Minor ethnic
37.5% Indian, 1.2% Rotuman (2007 est.)
Language
Official
English, Fijian
Spoken
Hindustani
The demographic characteristics of the population of Fiji are known through censuses, usually conducted in ten-year intervals, and has been analysed by statistical bureaus since the 1880s. The Fijian Bureau of Statistics (FBOS) has performed this task since 1996, the first enumerated Fiji census when an independent country. The 2007 census found that the permanent population of Fiji was 837,000. The population density at the time was 45.8 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the overall life expectancy in Fiji was 72.1 years. Since the 1930s the population of Fiji has increased at a rate of 1.1% per year. Since the 1950s, Fiji's birth rate has continuously exceeded its death rate. The population is dominated by the 15–64 age segment. The median age of the population was 27.9, and the gender ratio of the total population was 1.03 males per 1 female.
Indigenous Fijians, the native inhabitants of Fiji, are a mixture of Polynesian and Melanesian, resulting from the original migrations to the South Pacific over time. The Indo-Fijian population increased rapidly from the 61,000 people brought from India between 1879 and 1916 to work in the sugarcane fields, many who later would lease/own the sugar cane plantations. Thousands more Indians migrated voluntarily in the 1920s and 1930s and formed the core of Fiji's business class.
In 1977 The Economist reported that ethnic Fijians were a minority of 255,000, in a total population of 600,000 of which fully half were of Indian descent, with the remainder Chinese, European and of mixed ancestry.[2] Fiji shares with Kazakhstan the distinction of its indigenous ethnic group having been a minority in its own country in recent history but having since regained its majority, in both cases due to large-scale emigration and lower birth rates of the non-indigenous ethnic population.
The native Fijians live throughout the country, while the Indo-Fijians reside primarily near the urban centres and in the cane-producing areas of the two main islands. Nearly all of the indigenous Fijians are Christian, with some two-thirds being Methodist. The Indo-Fijians, by contrast, have a similar religious mix as their homeland: some 77 percent of the Indo-Fijians are Hindu, with a further 16 percent being Muslim and 6 percent Christian. There are also a few Sikhs.
A national census is supposed to be conducted every ten years, but the census intended for 2006 was postponed until 2007. Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola announced on 27 October 2005 that the Cabinet had decided that it would not be in the country's interest to have a census and a general election in the same year. "Peoples’ focus on the elections could have an impact on their cooperation with census officials", he said. The Statistics Office supported Kubuabola's announcement, saying that public interest in the general election would likely distract people's attention from the census, making it problematic to conduct.
Contents
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1 Ethnic groups
2 Religions (1996 census)
3 Births and deaths[5]
4 CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Ethnic groups[edit]
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1881
127,486 —
1891
121,180 −4.9%
1901
120,124 −0.9%
1911
139,541 +16.2%
1921
157,266 +12.7%
1936
198,379 +26.1%
1946
259,638 +30.9%
1956
345,737 +33.2%
1966
476,727 +37.9%
1976
588,068 +23.4%
1986
715,375 +21.6%
1996
775,077 +8.3%
2007
837,271 +8.0%
According to the 2007 Census of Fiji, the number of Fijians increased from 393,575 to 475,739, while the number of Indians decreased from 338,818 to 313,798.[3] According to government statistics, the latest estimated population of Indigenous Fijians is counted at 511,838, while there are 290,129 Indians and 56,071 Others (January 2012).[4]
Religions (1996 census)[edit]
Religion Indigenous Fijian Indo-Fijian Others TOTAL
393,575 % 338,818 % 42,684 % 775,077 %
Methodist 261,972 66.6 5,432 1.6 13,224 31.0 280,628 36.2
Roman Catholic 52,163 13.3 3,520 1.0 13,637 31.9 69,320 8.9
Assemblies of God 24,717 6.2 4,620 1.4 1,735 4.1 31,072 4.0
Seventh-day Adventist 19,896 5.1 572 0.2 1,719 4.0 22,187 2.9
Anglican 2,508 0.6 1,208 0.4 2,609 6.2 6,325 0.8
Jehovah's Witness 4,815 1.2 486 0.1 801 1.9 6,102 0.8
CMF (Every Home) 5,149 1.3 269 0.1 255 0.6 5,673 0.7
Latter Day Saints 2,253 0.6 633 0.2 589 1.4 3,475 0.4
Apostolic 2,237 0.6 250 0.1 106 0.2 2,593 0.3
Gospel 618 0.2 514 0.2 222 0.5 1,354 0.2
Baptist 695 0.2 382 0.1 219 0.5 1,296 0.2
Salvation Army 628 0.2 251 0.1 110 0.3 989 0.1
Presbyterian 105 0.0 90 0.0 188 0.4 383 0.0
Other Christian 12,624 3.2 2,492 0.7 2,969 7.0 18,085 2.3
All Christians 390,380 99.2 20,719 6.1 38,383 89.9 449,482 58.0
Sanatan 551 0.1 193,061 57.0 315 0.7 193,927 25.0
Arya Samaj 44 0.0 9,493 2.8 27 0.1 9,564 1.2
Kabir Panthi 43 0.0 73 0.0 2 0.0 118 0.0
Satya Sai Baba 7 0.0 52 0.0 1 0.0 60 0.0
Other Hindu 219 0.1 57,096 16.9 113 0.3 57,428 7.4
All Hindus 864 0.2 259,775 76.7 458 1.1 261,097 33.7
Sunni Islam 175 0.0 32,082 9.5 94 0.2 32,351 4.2
Ahmadiya 18 0.0 1,944 0.6 14 0.0 1,976 0.3
Other Muslim 131 0.0 19,727 5.8 138 0.3 19,996 2.6
All Muslims 324 0.1 53,753 15.9 246 0.6 54,323 7.0
Sikh 0 0.0 3,076 0.9 0 0.0 3,076 0.4
Bahá'í 389 0.1 25 0.0 149 0.3 563 0.1
Confucianism 8 0.0 21 0.0 336 0.8 365 0.0
Other religions 61 0.0 314 0.1 664 1.6 1,039 0.1
No religion† 1,549 0.4 1,135 0.3 2,448 5.7 5,132 0.7
† Includes atheists and agnostics.
Source: Fiji Statistics Department
As of the end of 2006 the LDS church reports 14,448 members in Fiji, which equal about 1.4% of the population. The LDS church also operates a temple in Fiji.
Births and deaths[5][edit]
Year
Population (x1000)
Live births
Deaths
Natural increase
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Rate of natural increase
TFR
2009 18 166 21,5
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics[edit]
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population:[6]
827,900[7]
Age structure:[6]
0-14 years: 33% (male 141,779; female 136,212)
15-64 years: 63% (male 263,127; female 262,686)
65 years and over: 4% (male 13,405; female 15,285) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate:[6]
0.67% (2015 est.)
Birth rate:[6]
19.43 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)
Death rate:[6]
6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)
Net migration rate:[6]
-6.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)
Sex ratio:[6] at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate:[6]
30 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:[6]
Total: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 10.97 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 8.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)
Total fertility rate:[6]
2.47 children born/woman (2015 est.)
Ethnic groups:[6]
iTaukei 56.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.5%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 4.5% (European, part European, other Pacific Islander, Chinese)
Languages:[6]
English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
Religions:[6]
Protestantism 45% (Methodism 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglicanism 0.8%), Hinduism 27.9%, other Christianity 10.4%, Roman Catholicism 9.1%, Islam 6.3%, Sikhism 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
Jump up ^ The Economist, Sept. 10, 1977, p. 76
Jump up ^ http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/
Jump up ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
Jump up ^ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Australia-Oceania :: FIJI". CIA The World Factbook.
Jump up ^ Provisional results - 2007 Population and Housing Census - Fiji Government Online Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
Further reading[edit]
Bahadur, Gaiutra. Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture. The University of Chicago (2014) ISBN 978-0-226-21138-1
External links[edit]
Fiji Government Website
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