Fiji
population: Natl annual projection (1 Jan 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 3 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography3 metros
Fiji metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 3 tracked metros
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #523 | Suva★ Capital▲ Largest | Naitasiri | 301K | 4.6 | Emerging Metro |
| #793 | Nadi | Ba | 60K | 2.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #3622 | Lautoka | Ba | 99K | 0.0 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
15 entries listed under Fiji across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Provinces (14)
Dependencies (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
- Currency
- Fijian dollar (FJD)
- Legislature
- Parliament of Fiji
- Constitution
- 2013, 0 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Fijian
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +679
- Internet TLD
- .fj
- ISO 3166
- FJ
- Established
- 1970
- Highest point
- Mount Tomanivi (1,324 m (4,344 ft))
- National anthem
- God Bless Fiji
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations3 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History25 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Wiliame Katonivere✦ Current
2021–PresentPresident
Naiqama Lalabalavu
2024–2021President
Sitiveni Rabuka✦ Current
2022–PresentPrime Minister
Wiliame Katonivere
2021–2024President
Jioji Konrote
2015–2021President
Frank Bainimarama
2014–2022Prime Minister
Epeli Nailatikau
2009–2015President
Frank Bainimarama
2007–2014Prime Minister
Josefa Iloilo
2007–2009President
Jona Senilagakali
2006–2007Prime Minister
Laisenia Qarase
2001–2006Prime Minister
Tevita Momoedonu
2001–2001Prime Minister
Show all 25 leaders
Josefa Iloilo
2000–2006President
Laisenia Qarase
2000–2001Prime Minister
Tevita Momoedonu
2000–2000Prime Minister
Mahendra Chaudhry
1999–2000Prime Minister
Kamisese Mara
1993–2000President
Sitiveni Rabuka
1992–1999Prime Minister
Kamisese Mara
1987–1992Prime Minister
Penaia Ganilau
1987–1993President
Timoci Bavadra
1987–1987Prime Minister
Penaia Ganilau
1983–1987President
George Cakobau
1973–1983President
Kamisese Mara
1970–1987Prime Minister
Robert Sidney Foster
1970–1973President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Wiliame Katonivere✦ Current | President | 2021–Present |
| Naiqama Lalabalavu | President | 2024–2021 |
| Sitiveni Rabuka✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2022–Present |
| Wiliame Katonivere | President | 2021–2024 |
| Jioji Konrote | President | 2015–2021 |
| Frank Bainimarama | Prime Minister | 2014–2022 |
| Epeli Nailatikau | President | 2009–2015 |
| Frank Bainimarama | Prime Minister | 2007–2014 |
| Josefa Iloilo | President | 2007–2009 |
| Jona Senilagakali | Prime Minister | 2006–2007 |
| Laisenia Qarase | Prime Minister | 2001–2006 |
| Tevita Momoedonu | Prime Minister | 2001–2001 |
| Josefa Iloilo | President | 2000–2006 |
| Laisenia Qarase | Prime Minister | 2000–2001 |
| Tevita Momoedonu | Prime Minister | 2000–2000 |
| Mahendra Chaudhry | Prime Minister | 1999–2000 |
| Kamisese Mara | President | 1993–2000 |
| Sitiveni Rabuka | Prime Minister | 1992–1999 |
| Kamisese Mara | Prime Minister | 1987–1992 |
| Penaia Ganilau | President | 1987–1993 |
| Timoci Bavadra | Prime Minister | 1987–1987 |
| Penaia Ganilau | President | 1983–1987 |
| George Cakobau | President | 1973–1983 |
| Kamisese Mara | Prime Minister | 1970–1987 |
| Robert Sidney Foster | President | 1970–1973 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Fiji: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Fiji on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
