Fiji

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Facts

Population: 918,675 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 30.9% (male 144,665/female 138,816) 15-64 years: 64.7% (male 297,709/female 296,897) 65 years and over: 4.4% (male 18,397/female 22,191) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.394% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 22.37 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 5.66 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -2.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.042 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.003 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.829 male(s)/female total population: 1.006 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 11.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.12 years male: 67.6 years female: 72.76 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.7 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 600 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Fijian(s) adjective: Fijian.

Ethnic groups: Fijian 54.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.4%, other 7.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2005 estimate).

Religions: Christian 53% (Methodist 34.5%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Assembly of God 3.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.6%, other 4.9%), Hindu 34% (Sanatan 25%, Arya Samaj 1.2%, other 7.8%), Muslim 7% (Sunni 4.2%. other 2.8%), other or unspecified 5.6%, none 0.3% (1996 census).

Languages: English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 95.5% female: 91.9% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $5.594 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3.1% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $6,200 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.9% industry: 13.5% services: 77.6% (2004 est.).

Labor force: 137,000 (1999).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 70% industry and services: 30% (2001 est.).

Population below poverty line: 25.5% (FY90/91).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2005).

Unemployment rate: 7.6% (1999).

Budget: revenues: $720.5 million expenditures: $728.3 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005).

Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish.

Industries: tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries.

Industrial production growth rate: NA%.

Electricity - production: 817 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 759.8 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $719.6 million f.o.b. (2005).

Exports - commodities: sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil.

Exports - partners: US 19.7%, Australia 17%, UK 12.3%, Japan 5.4%, Samoa 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $1.462 billion c.i.f. (2005).

Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals.

Imports - partners: Singapore 27.5%, Australia 23.7%, NZ 19%, Thailand 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $127 million (2004 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $63.9 million (2004).

Currency (code): Fijian dollar (FJD).

Exchange rates: Fijian dollars per US dollar - 1.7313 (2006), 1.691 (2005), 1.7331 (2004), 1.8958 (2003), 2.1869 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.