• Area:18,270 sq km(includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited)
• Natural Resources : Timber, Fish, Gold, Copper
• Population:772,891
• Population growth rate:1.7%(1993)
• Life expectancy at birth : male-63.13years/female-67.82years
• Infant mortality rate : 16.6deaths/1000births(1993)
• Ethnic divisions:Fijian-49%,Indian-46%,European,other Pacific Islanders,overseas Chinese,and others-5%
• Religions:Christian-52% (Methodist-37%,Roman Catholic-9%),Hindu-38%,Muslim-8%,other-2%
• Languages:English(official), Fijian, Hindi
• Time Zone:GMT+12 hours
• Type:republic (Republic of Fiji)
• Capital:Suva
• Independence:10 October 1970 (from UK)
• Suffrage:21 years of age:universal
• GDP:$4,300,000,000
• Unemployment rate:5.4%
• Exports commodities:Sugar, Clothing, Gold, Processed fish, Lumber
• Exports partners:EC-26%, Australia-15%, Pacific Islands-11%, Japan-6%
• Imports commodities:Machinery & transport Equipment, Petroleum products, Food, Consumer goods, Chemicals
• Imports partners:Australia-30%, New Zealand-17%, Japan-13%, EC-6%, US-6%
• Industries:Sugar, Tourism, Copra, Gold, Silver, Clothing, Lumber
• Railroads:664km (not for passengers, for sugar-cane, except hotel attraction)
• Highways:3,300km(paved-1,590km)
• Currency:F$ (Fiji Dollars)/F$1=100 cents
• Annual average temperature:Nadi=25.4C (77.8F), Suva=25.1C (77.2F)
• Annual rainfall:Nadi=1921mm (75.64in), Suva=3158mm (124.48in)