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South Pacific Internet Stats > Site Links > Fiji
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Fiji
Internet usage,
broadband and telecommunications reports
Internet Usage Statistics:
380,125
Internet users as of Nov, 2015;
41.8% of the population, according to IWS.
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Fiji - officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands - is an
island nation in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of
Tuvalu. The country occupies an archipelago of about 322 islands, of which 106 are
permanently inhabited, and 522 islets. The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua
Levu, account for 87% of the population.
The British subjugated the islands as a colony in 1874, and the British brought over
Indian contract labourers to work on the sugar plantations as the then Governor and
also the first governor of Fiji, Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, adopted a policy
disallowing the use of native labour and no interference in their culture and way
of life.
The British granted Fiji independence in 1970. Democratic rule was interrupted by
two military coups in 1987 because the government was perceived as dominated by the
Indo-Fijian (Indian) community. The second 1987 coup saw the British monarchy and
the Governor General replaced by a non-executive President.
Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the more developed
of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector. Natural
resources include timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower. Fiji
experienced a period of rapid growth in the 1960s and 1970s but stagnated in the 1980s.
The coup of 1987 caused further contraction. Economic liberalization in the years
following the coup created a boom in the garment industry and a steady growth rate
despite growing uncertainty of land tenure in the sugar industry. The expiration of
leases for sugar cane farmers (along with reduced farm and factory efficiency) has
led to a decline in sugar production despite a subsidized price. Subsidies for sugar
have been provided by the EU.
Fiji is highly dependent on tourism for revenue. Sugar processing makes up one-third
of industrial activity. Long-term problems include low investment and uncertain property
rights. The political turmoil in Fiji has had a severe impact on the economy, which
shrank by 2.8% in 2000 and grew by only 1% in 2001. The tourism sector recovered quickly,
however, with visitor arrivals reaching pre-coup levels again during 2002, which has
since resulted in a modest economic recovery.
Latest Population
Estimate:
909,389
population for 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Latest GNI
Estimate:
GNI per capita (PPP) estimate is US$ 4,540 for 2014.
Fiji Size
(Land Area):
Total size is
18,274 sq km - Population Density is 50 persons per sq km.
Weather in
Fiji:
Weather in Suva
Travel to
Fiji:
Tourism in Fifi.
Internet Usage and
Population Statistics:
YEAR
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Users
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Population
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% Pen.
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GDP
p.c.*
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Usage
Source
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2000
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7,500
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832,777
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0.9
%
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US$
2,861
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ITU
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2012
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181,880
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883,125
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20.6
%
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US$
3,610
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IWS
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2015
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380,125
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909,389
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41.8
%
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US$
4,540
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IWS
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Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source:
United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs.
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