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Fiji Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 812   Population 2000 (UN '000) 814
Area (km2) 18,254   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 35
Number of Administrative Units 15   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 54
Number of Urban Extents 5   Number of Settlement Points 15

Fiji Details

Names
ISO3-Code FJI
Continent Oceania
Country Name Fiji
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
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) 80,680
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,092
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 12,553
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 5
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,062
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 16
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 346
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 1,732
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 105,914
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,085
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 44,710
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 223,552
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 9%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 28%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 50%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 9
Regression-estimated Extents 4
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:
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