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.
Press
(Independent), Suva
http://www.fijidailypost.com/
(Daily), Suva
http://www.sun.com.fj/
(Independent daily), Suva
http://www.fijitimes.com/
(News and infotainment portal), Suva
http://www.fijilive.com/
(Online news site), Suva
http://www.fijivillage.com/
Fiji in the News
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Fiji has been battling ethnic, political and military complexities for decades, complexities that tend to be oversimplified when diagnosed by media outlets of neighboring countries.
Despite efforts of sanction against Fiji by neighboring countries, as well as significant frictions within its own borders, forces in Fiji struggle to push toward a new democratic era.
The Fiji Court of Appeals decision followed more than two years of legal wrangling between Fiji’s interim government and the deposed S.D.L. government.
Upon the release of the much anticipated draft Peoples' Charter on Aug. 5, Bainimarama warned that all of its recommendations must be implemented before any general election was possible.
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