Fiji

OceaniaCapital city: SuvaCapital metro: SuvaPrime Minister: Sitiveni RabukaPresident: Naiqama Lalabalavu
2026 population
903K
Rank #168 globally
Area
18k km² (7k sq mi)
Metros tracked
3
51% of population in metros
Composite score
7.0
Rank #114 globally

population: Natl annual projection (1 Jan 2026) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 3 metros tracked

🗺️ Geography3 metros

Fiji metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.

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3 polygons

Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

🏙️ 3 tracked metros
3 metros
#530Suva★ Capital▲ Largest
Naitasiri · 301K · Emerging Metro
4.6
#817Nadi
Ba · 60K · Emerging Metro
2.4
#3621Lautoka
Ba · 99K · Local Metro
0.0
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions

15 entries listed under Fiji across 2 types. Select any to see its metros and footprint.

15 total

Dependencies (1)

📋 At a glance
Official languages
English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Legislature
Parliament of Fiji
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.

🗣️ Languages of Fiji

English first; 4 languages share the country; 3 official.

LanguageShareStatus
English94%Official
Hindi44%None
Fiji Hindi41%Official
Fijian39%Official
Rotuman0.3%None

Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.

English reach
94%
Tier 3 country
Effective languages
1.0
Official-language gap
6%
English is spoken by 94%

Fiji on the languages board · Language power

💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Human Dev. Index
#110 / 191
0.731
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#159 / 193
$6.2B
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
#102 / 193
$6.6k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#107 / 190
$16.3k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#105 / 192
$6.2k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#151 / 194
67.5 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
27.7 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#108 / 194
60%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
0.5%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#133 / 193
51/km² (131/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#143 / 193
1.5%
World Bank · 2024
Rule of law
#61 / 175
0.75
V-Dem · 2025
Gini index
#39 / 166
30.7
World Bank · 2019
Internet users
#111 / 193
75%
World Bank · 2024
Inflation
★ #5 / 185
-1.4%
World Bank · 2025
CO₂ per capita
#71 / 192
1.6 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Renewable electricity
#53 / 186
63%
Ember · 2024

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

Political & Economic

Regional

Subregional

Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer

🏛️ Leadership History24 leaders · click to expand
Naiqama Lalabalavu✦ Current
President · 2024–present
2024–Present
Sitiveni Rabuka✦ Current
Prime Minister · 3y 6m
2022–Present
Wiliame Katonivere
President · 3y 0m
2021–2024
Jioji Konrote
President · 6y 0m
2015–2021
Frank Bainimarama
Prime Minister · 8y 3m
2014–2022
Epeli Nailatikau
President · 6y 3m
2009–2015
Frank Bainimarama
Prime Minister · 7y 8m
2007–2014
Josefa Iloilo
President · 2y 6m
2007–2009
Jona Senilagakali
Prime Minister · 0y 0m
2006–2007
Laisenia Qarase
Prime Minister · 5y 8m
2001–2006
Tevita Momoedonu
Prime Minister · 0y 0m
2001–2001
Josefa Iloilo
President · 6y 4m
2000–2006
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#108 · 0.1%
3%5%8%10%2000
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)

The power line 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
Population 2023
924k
#162 in the world
Since 1800
7.08×
from 131k
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
0.01%
0.01% in 1800
234k469k703k937k18001850190019502000

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.

Peak on the median
2054
1.0m on the UN median
2050
1.0m
95% band 759k to 1.3m
2100
879k
95% band 277k to 2.6m
2100 against 2025
0.94×
median falling from 2055
Deaths outnumber births
from 2069
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
688k1.4m2.1m2.8m1950197520002025205020752100
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration

What drives it

Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.

1950
13k born · 6k died · -1k net migration
TFR 6.52 · life expectancy 51.7 · median age 16.8
1960
18k born · 4k died · -981 net migration
TFR 6.36 · life expectancy 58.6 · median age 15.6
1970
19k born · 4k died · -4k net migration
TFR 4.71 · life expectancy 61.7 · median age 16.1
1980
22k born · 5k died · -2k net migration
TFR 4.04 · life expectancy 62.4 · median age 18.3
1990
23k born · 5k died · -11k net migration
TFR 3.39 · life expectancy 65.1 · median age 19.9
2000
20k born · 6k died · -6k net migration
TFR 2.99 · life expectancy 66.2 · median age 21.4
2010
20k born · 7k died · -10k net migration
TFR 2.70 · life expectancy 66.8 · median age 24.3
2020
17k born · 8k died · -6k net migration
TFR 2.36 · life expectancy 66.9 · median age 27.1

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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. Select a card for the full record.

🏟️ League Hubs

Domestic league portals that operate in Fiji: 1 league.