Fiji Population
Fiji had an estimated population of 933,154 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 161st most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.01% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.47% a year.
Fiji at a glance
How Fiji's population is changing
Fiji's population is growing: +0.47% a year, which works out to about +4,380 people per year, or +12 a day. Births (17.9 per 1,000) and deaths (9.5 per 1,000) alone would give +0.84% a year; net migration removes about 3,288 people a year (−0.35%). Roughly one in every 8,804 people on Earth lives in Fiji.
Population of Fiji since 1960
In 1960, Fiji had 404,887 people. By 2025 that was 933,154 — 2.3× larger. The fastest growth came between 1960 and 1970, when the population rose by 31%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 404,887 | — |
| 1970 | 531,188 | +31.2% |
| 1980 | 641,975 | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 773,316 | +20.5% |
| 2000 | 840,909 | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 910,419 | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 914,963 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 933,154 | +2.0% |
Fiji from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Fiji at about 130,533 people in 1800; the UN estimates 933,159 in 2025 (7× 1800) and projects 879,377 for 2100 in its medium scenario. The population is projected to peak around 2054 at 1,001,664 and decline afterwards.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 130,533 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 136,971 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 126,498 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 309,525 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 840,913 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 933,159 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 1,000,265 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 970,443 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 879,377 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Fiji
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 933,154. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suva | 225,882 | UN urban centre | 24.21% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Nasinu | 92,043 | GeoNames settlement | 9.86% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 3 | Lautoka | 53,310 | UN urban centre | 5.71% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Nadi | 42,284 | GeoNames settlement | 4.53% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Labasa | 27,949 | GeoNames settlement | 3.00% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 6 | Lami | 24,639 | GeoNames settlement | 2.64% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 7 | Sigatoka | 17,622 | GeoNames settlement | 1.89% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 8 | Ba | 14,596 | GeoNames settlement | 1.56% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Tavua | 8,810 | GeoNames settlement | 0.94% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 10 | Levuka | 8,360 | GeoNames settlement | 0.90% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Fiji compares
Fiji has almost the same population as Comoros (882,847).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Fiji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #159 |  Mauritius | 1,243,741 | +33% | compare → |
| #160 |  Djibouti | 1,184,076 | +27% | compare → |
| #162 |  Comoros | 882,847 | −5% | compare → |
| #163 |  Solomon Islands | 838,645 | −10% | compare → |
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Same region (East Asia & Pacific): China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand.
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Nearest countries
Fiji has no land border. Closest by distance:
Tonga 103,742 · 9.0× smaller · compare
Tuvalu 9,492 · 98.3× smaller · compare
Vanuatu 335,169 · 2.8× smaller · compare
Samoa 219,306 · 4.3× smaller · compare
In its region
Fiji is the 20th most populous of the 37 economies in East Asia & Pacific, holding 0.0% of the region's 2,367,527,180 people.
Rankings
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Cities
Suva, Nasinu, Lautoka, Nadi, Labasa, Lami, Sigatoka, Ba — all Fiji's cities on the map.
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About these numbers
Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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