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Capital: Suva
Area size: 18270 sq. km Slightly smaller than Wales
Time zone: GMT +13
Currency: Fiji dollar
Area code: (+) 679
Driving: Left
Climate description: The climate is tropical, with temperatures ranging from 16C to 32C (60F-90F). Rainfall is heavy on the windward side.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
English is the official language. Urdu, Hindi, Fijian and Chinese are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 0.8 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.8 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Half of Fijians are of Melanesian origin with some Polynesian influences, while the rest are mainly descendants of Indian workers. There are also European and Chinese minorities. Banabans bought the island of Rambi with the purpose of settling there since their own island was left uninhabitable by phosphate mining.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christian 53 percent (mainly Methodist and other Protestant sects), Hindu 38 percent, Muslim 8 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 51.8 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 51.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 50.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 50.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 49.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 49.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 48.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 48.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1963
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
91 (2006)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
2005 32.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 32.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 32.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 32.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 32.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 33.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 68.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 68.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 67.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 69.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 69.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 69.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 66.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 65.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 65.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 68.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 67.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 67.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 70.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 70.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 70.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 71.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 71.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 70.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2006 16 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 16 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 16 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 16 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 17 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 18 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 18 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 18 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 18 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 20 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 20 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 21 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 99 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 210 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 75 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 92 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 90 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 92 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 81 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 81 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 72 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2006 No data available percent
1996-2005 No data available percent
1996-2004 No data available percent
1995-2003 No data available percent
1995-2002 No data available percent
1995-2001 8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 5 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 4 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2006 47 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 47 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 47 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 71 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 72 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2003 98 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 98 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 43 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 No data available percent
2003 92.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 92.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 93.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 92.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 No data available percent
2003 94.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 94.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 95.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 94.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 No data available percent
2003 91.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 91.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 91.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 90.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2007 129 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006 117 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 133 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 125 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 122 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 118 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 113 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 107 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers
2007 521 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 333 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 242 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 169 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 132 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 109 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 99 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 68 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Internet users
2007 94 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2006 94 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2005 83 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2004 73 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2003 66 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2002 61 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2001 18 per 1,000 people ITU 2008
2000 15 per 1,000 people ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2008 Not ranked
2007 Not ranked
2006 Not ranked
2005 55 (joint) Transparency International
2004 Not ranked
2003 Not ranked
2002 Not ranked
2001 Not ranked
2000 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2006 3720 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 3480 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 3000 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 2410 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 2170 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 2160 current US$ WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000 2250 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2006 3.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 3.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 2.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 2.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 1.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 1.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 1.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth
2006 3.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 0.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 5.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 1.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 3.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 2.0  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 -1.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2006 3.4  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 6.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 2.6  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 7.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 3.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 3.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 -4.5  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians
2000-2004 No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004 34 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 34 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 36 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 22 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 23 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 24 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 25 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 26 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 27 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 28 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2007 1828 UNHCR
2006 1685 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 1379 UNHCR
2004 1281 UNHCR
2003 1087 UNHCR
2002 1072 UNHCR
2001 731 UNHCR
2000 401 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 No data available percent
2004 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 1.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 6.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 6.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 5.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 5.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 5.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 2.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 2.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 2.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 2.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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