| Population :
| 880,874 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 31,70%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 142 412.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 136 754.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 64,30%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 283 690.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 283 027.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 4%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 16 047.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 18 944.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 24 years .
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| Median age male :
| 23.6 years .
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| Median age female :
| 24.4 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 1.41% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 22.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 5.68 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -3.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.85 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.01 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 11.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 69.2 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 66.74 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 71.79 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.78 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.1% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 600 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| less than 200 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Fijian(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Fijian .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Fijian 51% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 44%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% (1998 est.) .
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| Religions :
| Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim 8%, other 2% .
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| Languages :
| English (official), Fijian, Hindustani .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 93,70%.
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| Literacy male :
| 95,50%.
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| Literacy female :
| 91.9% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic .
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| Independence :
| 10 October 1970 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, second Monday of October (1970) .
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| Suffrage :
| 21 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector. Sugar exports and a growing tourist industry - with 300,000 to 400,000 tourists annually - are the major sources of foreign exchange. Sugar processing makes up one-third of industrial activity. Long-term problems include low investment, uncertain land ownership rights, and the government's ability to manage its budget. Yet short-run economic prospects are good, provided tensions do not again erupt between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| 25.5% (1990-91) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture, including subsistence agriculture 70% (2001 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish .
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| Industries :
| tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries .
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| Exports commodities :
| sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil .
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| Exports partners :
| US 23.5%, Australia 19.3%, UK 13.5%, Samoa 6%, Japan 4.7% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, second Monday of October (1970) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, second Monday of October (1970) .
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| Internet users :
| 55,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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