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GeographyLocation: Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirdsof the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,129 km
PeoplePopulation: 772,891 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.16% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.69 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.42 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.87 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Fijian 49%, Indian 46%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5% Religions: Christian 52% (Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic 9%), Hindu 38%, Muslim8%, other 2% Languages: English (official), Fijian, Hindustani
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1986)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Suva Independence: 10 October 1970 (from UK) Constitution: 10 October 1970 (suspended 1 October 1987); a new Constitution wasproposed on 23 September 1988 and promulgated on 25 July 1990; the 1990 Constitution is under review; the review is scheduled to be complete by 1997
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion National product real growth rate: 5% National product per capita: $5,650 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% Unemployment rate: 5.4%
Electricity:
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