477,500 of the Fijian population reside in the urban areas with a total estimated Fijian population of 864,132

More than 50 percent of the population reside in the urban areas in the country according to the population estimates based on the 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey.

The Fiji Bureau of Statistics says the survey shows that 477,500 of the Fijian population reside in the urban areas with a total estimated Fijian population of 864,132.

Central and Western Division recorded the most population with 42 percent and 38 percent respectively.

By geographical area, majority of the Fijian population resided in the urban Central division (30%) followed by Western urban (20%) and rural Western (18%).

The bureau says population distribution by sub population groups shows that the iTaukei contribute to around 62 percent of the total population, followed by Indo-Fijian with 34 percent and the others with 4 percent.

It says Fiji has a very young population.

Fiji’s population distribution is pyramid-shaped, as over half of our population in 2019-2020 are under the age of 30 years, and less than 10 percent of the population are over the age of 60 years.

Population distribution among male and female are fairly distributed across the different age-groups.