Fiji

Facts

Population:  844,330 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  32.92% (male 141,724; female 136,216) 15-64 years:  63.52% (male 268,411; female 267,871) 65 years and over:  3.56% (male 14,007; female 16,101) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.41% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  23.33 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  5.75 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -3.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.87 male(s)/female total population:  1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  14.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  68.25 years male:  65.83 years female:  70.78 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.86 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.07% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Fijian(s) adjective:  Fijian
Ethnic groups:  Fijian 51% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% (1998 est.)
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:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  91.6% male:  93.8% female:  89.3% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $5.9 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  -8% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $7,300 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  16% industry:  30% services:  54% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  0% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  235,000
Labor force - by occupation:  subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary earners 15% (1987)
Unemployment rate:  6% (1997 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $610 million expenditures:  $501 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries
Industrial production growth rate:  2.9% (1995)
Electricity - production:  510 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  17.65% hydro:  82.35% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  474.3 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish
Exports:  $537 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish
Exports - partners:  Australia 33.1%, US 14.8%, UK 13.8%, other Pacific island countries 8.8%, NZ 4.5%, Japan 4.5% (1999)
Imports:  $653 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:  Australia 41.9%, US 14%, NZ 13.3%, Japan 4.8%, Taiwan 1.9% (1999)
Debt - external:  $193 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:  $40.3 million (1995)
Currency:  Fijian dollar (FJD)
Currency code:  FJD
Exchange rates:  Fijian dollars per US dollar - 2.1814 (January 2001), 2.1286 (2000), 1.9696 (1999), 1.9868 (1998), 1.4437 (1997), 1.4033 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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