Fiji Population Pyramid 2020
Fiji in 2020
As of 2020, Fiji counted 914,963 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2010, the population was 910,419; it has grown by 0.5% since.
With a median age of 28.1 years, Fiji had a youth dependency ratio of 43.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.1 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Fiji had on average 2.28 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 67.3 years in 2023: 69.4 for women and 65.3 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
12,031 immigrants live in Fiji, 1.3% of the population.
| Australia | 1,979 |
| Pakistan | 1,903 |
| Bangladesh | 1,425 |
| Tonga | 1,389 |
| India | 1,347 |
179,789 people born in Fiji live in other countries.
| Australia | 83,435 |
| New Zealand | 70,552 |
| Canada | 24,028 |
| Kiribati | 561 |
| Tonga | 450 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 914,963 | 28.1 | |
| Solomon Islands | 744,498 | 20.7 | |
| Vanuatu | 298,859 | 21.2 | |
| New Caledonia | 284,177 | 33.9 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 9,815,746 | 22.8 |





