Fiji     [15]
(Independent in 1970 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: FJ
LAND AREA: 18272 sq. km     SEA AREA: 1290000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	1	1	5	30	21	11	253	322

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 797000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 44 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 46%
  URBAN POP: 40% (1994), versus 30% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.5%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 71.8 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 91.3%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 22 per/1000 (1994), versus 71 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.863

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$1.8 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 1.8%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 0.5%
  GDP/Capita: $1952  GDP/Capita PPP: $5763
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $1116, 1970 $1404, 1980 $1864, 1990 $1952
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $43 million  ODA%GNP: 2.5%
  ODA/Capita: $56

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 835,000 ha, 45.7% of land area, 1.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 757,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 9.9% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 674 kw-hr/capita, versus 304 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 52% (1993), versus 48% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 36.4,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 41 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 2%
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 8%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Environmental Management Committee, Town and Country Planning Office,   
Suva;                                                                   
National Trust for Fiji                                                 

SPACHEE, University of the South Pacific, Suva