Demographics of Fiji

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Fiji is projected at 0.903 million, up by 0.72% compared with 0.896 million in 2020. Fiji is ranked 161st in terms of population and 138th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 18.27 thousand births in Fiji in 2021. That is 50 per day, which is ranked 159th. The crude birth rate is 20.24 per 1000 people. There are 7.6 thousand deaths in Fiji in 2021. That is 21 per day, which is ranked 158th. The crude death rate is 8.41 per 1000 people.

0.54 million people are living in urban areas, which is 57.74% of Fiji population. Fiji is ranked 137th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Fiji in 2021 is 102.53 males per 100 females. There are 0.46 million males and 0.45 million females in Fiji. The percentage of female population is 49.38% compare to 50.62% male population. Fiji has 11.27 thousand more males than females. Fiji is at 170th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Fiji population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950288,994-
1955335,0963.24
1960393,4803.39
1965463,9602.98
1970520,5612.13
1975576,6261.98
1980635,3122.21
1985711,7701.61
1990728,5750.55
1995775,4281.28
2000811,0110.58
2005821,6060.46
2010859,8160.72
2015868,6320.25
2016872,4060.43
2017877,4600.58
2018883,4900.69
2019889,9550.73
2020896,4440.73
2021902,8990.72
  • Total
  • Crude

Fiji death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,06312,95913.7144.61
19553,59216,16810.6847.86
19603,34817,9438.4545.40
19653,35417,9077.2638.88
19703,65217,6707.0033.89
19754,09319,1907.1033.23
19804,37021,5996.8333.70
19854,54422,0156.4931.49
19904,83121,3006.5628.89
19955,27120,7946.8226.90
20005,59019,9496.9424.74
20056,08519,1347.3423.09
20106,82919,0188.0122.29
20157,13019,1918.1721.98
20207,46718,4728.3320.60
20217,59718,2728.4120.24
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Fiji

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195070,37511,805-24.352
195590,21911,8035.3026.933
1960116,75911,7475.4029.681
1965151,14213,3234.8932.582
1970180,92615,6093.2834.758
1975211,72917,3613.0936.721
1980239,93019,5852.6237.769
1985274,15423,6402.0138.523
1990303,19129,3612.4441.611
1995352,81831,6693.0645.496
2000388,64034,0841.4247.908
2005409,85038,4901.2249.871
2010448,64439,9891.9452.171
2015488,23741,6951.6654.726
2020529,48943,1051.5557.247
2021537,36343,3711.4957.740
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Fiji population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 45,756 43,298 89,054 9.86 105.677
05-09 45,134 43,044 88,178 9.77 104.855
10-14 42,751 41,045 83,796 9.28 104.156
15-19 38,901 36,815 75,716 8.39 105.666
20-24 36,504 34,969 71,473 7.92 104.390
25-29 35,441 34,410 69,851 7.74 102.996
30-34 34,037 32,420 66,457 7.36 104.988
35-39 34,871 33,293 68,164 7.55 104.740
40-44 30,320 28,547 58,867 6.52 106.211
45-49 25,665 24,317 49,982 5.54 105.543
50-54 23,816 23,288 47,104 5.22 102.267
55-59 22,324 22,074 44,398 4.92 101.133
60-64 17,214 18,242 35,456 3.93 94.365
65-69 11,261 12,705 23,966 2.65 88.634
70-74 7,178 8,680 15,858 1.76 82.696
75-79 3,522 5,133 8,655 0.96 68.615
80-84 1,650 2,543 4,193 0.46 64.884
85-89 581 819 1,400 0.16 70.940
90-94 142 155 297 0.03 91.613
95-99 18 14 32 0.00 128.571
100+ 1 1 2 0.00 100.000
Total 457,087 445,812 902,899 102.529