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Republic of Fiji
President: Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1994)
Prime Minister: Mahendra Chaudhry (1999)
Area: 7,078 sq. mi. (18,270 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 812,918 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.66%); birth rate: 22.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.3/1000; density per sq. mi.: 115
Capital (1990 est.): Suva (on Viti Levu), 200,000
Monetary unit: Fiji dollar
Languages: Fijian, Hindustani, English (official)
Ethnicity/race: Fijian 49%, Indian 46%, European, other Pacific Islanders, overseas Chinese, and other 5%
Religions: Christian, 52%; Hindu, 38%; Islam, 8%; other, 2%
Literacy rate: 79%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $5.4 billion; $6,700 per capita. Real growth rate: 2.4%. Inflation: 3% (1997 est.). Unemployment: 6%. Arable land: 10%. Agriculture: sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish. Labor force: 235,000; subsistence agriculture, 67%; wage earners, 18%; salary earners, 15% (1987). Industry: sugar, tourism, copra, gold, silver, clothing, lumber, small cottage industries. Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential. Exports: $6355 million (f.o.b., 1996): sugar, clothing, gold, processed fish, lumber. Imports: $838 million (f.o.b., 1996): machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals. Major trading partners: Australia, U.K., New Zealand, U.S., Japan, Singapore.
