Country · Oceania
Fiji
Republic of Fiji
Fiji is a country in Melanesia. Its capital city is Suva. About 883 thousand people live there, in an area of 18 272 square kilometres.
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Where is Fiji?
Fiji lies in Melanesia, on the continent of Oceania.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 2 004 km from the equator.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Fiji?
Fiji covers 18 272 square kilometres.
That is about 7.1 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 151st largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 48.4 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Fiji?
About 883 thousand people live in Fiji.
That is the 157th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English, Fijian and Fiji Hindi.
They pay with the Fijian dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 68 years.
The land of Fiji
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Fiji different?
Websites from here often end in .fj.
Fiji and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.1 live in Fiji.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Oceania it is the 5th largest of 14 countries, and the 4th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Fiji?
The capital of Fiji is Suva. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Fiji?
About 883 thousand people live in Fiji, which makes it the 157th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Fiji?
Fiji covers 18 272 square kilometres, making it the 151st largest country in the world. That is about 7.1 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Fiji in?
Fiji is in Oceania, in the part called Melanesia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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