Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Suva
- Region
- Oceania, Melanesia
- Population
- 933,154 (2025)
- Area
- 18,270 km²
- Currency
- Fijian dollar (FJD)
- Languages
- English, Fijian
- Calling code
- +679
- Internet domain
- .fj
- ISO codes
- FJ, FJI, 242
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Fiji covers about 18,270 square kilometres. By area it ranks 158th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than New Caledonia and a little larger than Kuwait. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 18° south, 175° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 933,154 people live in Fiji (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 162nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 51 people to each square kilometre. About 60 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Fijian. A person from Fiji is called Fijian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Fijian dollar (code FJD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 6.2 billion (2025), which is about US$ 6,642 for each person (2025).
Time
Fiji uses one time zone, UTC+12:00 (Pacific/Fiji). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Nasinu | 92,043 |
| Suva | 77,366 |
| Lautoka | 52,500 |
| Nadi | 42,284 |
| Labasa | 27,949 |
| Lami | 24,639 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Melanesia
New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.