Population: 764,382 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.05% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 24.18 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.5 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -7.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 18.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.14 years
male: 62.88 years
female: 67.51 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.92 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Fijian(s)
adjective: Fijian

Ethnic divisions: Fijian 49%, Indian 46%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5%

Religions: Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2%
note: Fijians are mainly Christian, Indians are Hindu, and there is a Muslim minority (1986)

Languages: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985 est.)
total population: 86%
male: 90%
female: 81%
Labor force: 235,000
by occupation: subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15% (1987)

NOTE: The information regarding Fiji on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Fiji People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Fiji People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.