| People | Fiji |
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Population:
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883,125 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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49 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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SUVA (capital) 174,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.9% (male 130,409/female 124,870)
15-64 years: 65.9% (male 297,071/female 284,643)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 21,187/female 24,945) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.9 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.798% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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21.11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-7.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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26 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.31 years
male: 68.73 years
female: 74.03 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.61 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9.7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.4529 physicians/1,000 population (2003) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.08 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 92% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 69% of population
unimproved:
urban: 8% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 31% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 69% of population
rural: 38% of population
total: 51% of population
unimproved:
urban: 31% of population
rural: 62% of population
total: 49% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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14.5% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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23.9% (2004) |
Nationality:
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noun: Fijian(s)
adjective: Fijian |
Ethnic groups:
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Fijian 57.3% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.6%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 3.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2007 census) |
Religions:
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Protestant 55.4% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%, Anglican 0.8%, other 10.4%), Hindu 27.9%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other or unspecified 0.3%, none 0.7% (2007 census) |
Languages:
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English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.9% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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6.2% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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