Fiji

Fiji

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

912,241 1

Urban:

56.20% 1

Rural:

43.80% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

1.5% 2

Fertility Rate:

2.54 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

2.20% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

70 years 5

Internet Users:

42% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$4,870 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

3.6% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

65,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

7.36%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

1,439

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

306

First Communions per Year:

1,077

Confirmations per Year:

1,137

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

11,211

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

4,222

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

107

Church Marriages per Year:

383

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

228

Priests:

142

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

125

Catholics per Priest:

458

Parishes:

Catholic Hospitals:

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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