| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
FJI
|
| Continent |
Oceania
|
| Country Name |
Fiji
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
1
|
| Leve1 Type |
Province
|
| Number of Units |
15
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
54
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
738
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
769
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
812
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
724
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
768
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
814
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
18,254
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
35
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
15
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
180,019
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,790
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
26,653
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
7
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,054
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
12
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
262
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
1,837
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
174,442
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,575
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
54,314
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
380,195
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
10%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
47%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
50%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
6
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
1
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Population data provided by Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics: http://www.spc.int/prism/country/fj/stats/ |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Fiji Land Processes Department. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: 1996 Fiji Census of Population and Housing, UN Statistical Library, hard copy; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: National growth rates were computed using national population data from Fiji Statistics Agency for the years 1986?1996 and 1996?2001 and applied to 1996 province population to project/backast to 1990?1995, and 2000?2020 respectively. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
