document_title: Demographics of Fiji

question_text: what are the two dominant ethnic groups on fiji

text: Demographics of Fiji

text: Ethnic groups[edit]

text:
Historical population

Year
Pop.
±%

1881
127,486
—

1891
121,180
−4.9%

1901
120,124
−0.9%

1911
139,541
+16.2%

1921
157,266
+12.7%

1936
198,379
+26.1%

1946
259,638
+30.9%

1956
345,737
+33.2%

1966
476,727
+37.9%

1976
588,068
+23.4%

1986
715,375
+21.6%

1996
775,077
+8.3%

2007
837,271
+8.0%

text: According to the 2007 Census of Fiji, the number of Fijians increased from 393,575 to 475,739, while the number of Indians decreased from 338,818 to 313,798.[3] According to government statistics, the latest estimated population of Indigenous Fijians is counted at 511,838, while there are 290,129 Indians and 56,071 Others (January 2012).[4]

text: Religions (1996 census)[edit]

text:
Religion
Indigenous Fijian
Indo-Fijian
Others
TOTAL

393,575
%
338,818
%
42,684
%
775,077
%

Methodist
261,972
66.6
5,432
1.6
13,224
31.0
280,628
36.2

Roman Catholic
52,163
13.3
3,520
1.0
13,637
31.9
69,320
8.9

Assemblies of God
24,717
6.2
4,620
1.4
1,735
4.1
31,072
4.0

Seventh-day Adventist
19,896
5.1
572
0.2
1,719
4.0
22,187
2.9

Anglican
2,508
0.6
1,208
0.4
2,609
6.2
6,325
0.8

Jehovah's Witness
4,815
1.2
486
0.1
801
1.9
6,102
0.8

CMF (Every Home)
5,149
1.3
269
0.1
255
0.6
5,673
0.7

Latter Day Saints
2,253
0.6
633
0.2
589
1.4
3,475
0.4

Apostolic
2,237
0.6
250
0.1
106
0.2
2,593
0.3

Gospel
618
0.2
514
0.2
222
0.5
1,354
0.2

Baptist
695
0.2
382
0.1
219
0.5
1,296
0.2

Salvation Army
628
0.2
251
0.1
110
0.3
989
0.1

Presbyterian
105
0.0
90
0.0
188
0.4
383
0.0

Other Christian
12,624
3.2
2,492
0.7
2,969
7.0
18,085
2.3

All Christians
390,380
99.2
20,719
6.1
38,383
89.9
449,482
58.0

Sanatan
551
0.1
193,061
57.0
315
0.7
193,927
25.0

Arya Samaj
44
0.0
9,493
2.8
27
0.1
9,564
1.2

Kabir Panthi
43
0.0
73
0.0
2
0.0
118
0.0

Satya Sai Baba
7
0.0
52
0.0
1
0.0
60
0.0

Other Hindu
219
0.1
57,096
16.9
113
0.3
57,428
7.4

All Hindus
864
0.2
259,775
76.7
458
1.1
261,097
33.7

Sunni Islam
175
0.0
32,082
9.5
94
0.2
32,351
4.2

Ahmadiya
18
0.0
1,944
0.6
14
0.0
1,976
0.3

Other Muslim
131
0.0
19,727
5.8
138
0.3
19,996
2.6

All Muslims
324
0.1
53,753
15.9
246
0.6
54,323
7.0

Sikh
0
0.0
3,076
0.9
0
0.0
3,076
0.4

Bahá'í
389
0.1
25
0.0
149
0.3
563
0.1

Confucianism
8
0.0
21
0.0
336
0.8
365
0.0

Other religions
61
0.0
314
0.1
664
1.6
1,039
0.1

No religion†
1,549
0.4
1,135
0.3
2,448
5.7
5,132
0.7

text: † Includes atheists and agnostics.

text: Source: Fiji Statistics Department

text: As of the end of 2006 the LDS church reports 14,448 members in Fiji, which equal about 1.4% of the population. The LDS church also operates a temple in Fiji.

text: Births and deaths[5][edit]

text:
Year
Population (x1000)
Live births
Deaths
Natural increase
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Rate of natural increase
TFR

2009

18 166

21,5

text: CIA World Factbook demographic statistics[edit]

text: The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

text:
Age structure:[6]
0-14 years: 33% (male 141,779; female 136,212)
15-64 years: 63% (male 263,127; female 262,686)
65 years and over: 4% (male 13,405; female 15,285) (2000 est.)

text: Population growth rate:[6]

text: 0.67% (2015 est.)

text: Birth rate:[6]

text: 19.43 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

text: Death rate:[6]

text: 6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

text: Net migration rate:[6]

text: -6.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

text: Sex ratio:[6] at birth:

text:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female

text: Infant mortality rate:[6]

text: 30 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)

text: Life expectancy at birth:[6]

text:
Total: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 10.97 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 8.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)

text: Total fertility rate:[6]

text: 2.47 children born/woman (2015 est.)

text: Ethnic groups:[6]

text: iTaukei 56.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.5%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 4.5% (European, part European, other Pacific Islander, Chinese)

text: English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani

text: Protestantism 45% (Methodism 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh-day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglicanism 0.8%), Hinduism 27.9%, other Christianity 10.4%, Roman Catholicism 9.1%, Islam 6.3%, Sikhism 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.)