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Fiji vs Maldives statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Fiji has a population of 929K (ranked 159/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Fiji's land area is 7,054 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 152nd vs. 188th).

By GDP, Fiji ranks 161/197 ($5.84B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Fiji ranks 111/197 ($6,288), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Main facts and rankings

Fiji Maldives
Population
936456
531152
Population rank 159/197 168/197
GDP
$5.84B
2024
$6.98B
2024
GDP rank 161/197 160/197
GDP per capita
$6,288
2024
$13,216
2024
GDP per capita rank 111/197 77/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,032
2024
$26,543
2024
Government debt
$4.49B
2024
$9.34B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
76.4%
2025
140.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,839
2024
$17,702
2024
Government debt per person rank 82/185 33/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,882
2025
$10,769
2025
Land area
7,054 sq mi
2025
115.1 sq mi
2025
Population density
131.7 ppl/mi²
2024
4,587 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.28
2023
1.58
2023
Median age
28.9 years
2024
32.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
81.5 years
2025

Fiji and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Fiji and Maldives economies compared

GDP
Fiji

Maldives
Year GDP
Fiji Maldives
1960 $112,328,422 -
1961 $116,987,785 -
1962 $122,906,435 -
1963 $129,454,729 -
1964 $140,032,741 -
1965 $147,084,750 -
1966 $150,603,926 -
1967 $162,625,886 -
1968 $166,952,937 -
1969 $182,182,068 -
1970 $219,878,482 $19,328,038
1971 $247,749,328 $21,566,404
1972 $316,656,649 $25,177,138
1973 $425,950,488 $30,862,042
1974 $558,587,097 $39,120,171
1975 $684,282,434 $24,540,878
1976 $694,540,806 $22,399,467
1977 $719,501,766 $20,853,789
1978 $829,267,889 $24,369,109
1979 $1,019,691,460 $38,523,364
1980 $1,202,618,816 $42,463,576
1981 $1,235,626,771 $44,781,457
1982 $1,194,059,943 $47,911,340
1983 $1,123,085,190 $57,829,787
1984 $1,178,000,678 $109,503,546
1985 $1,141,168,944 $127,190,758
1986 $1,290,267,340 $141,882,254
1987 $1,177,947,965 $141,223,029
1988 $1,110,009,523 $168,514,513
1989 $1,182,660,266 $189,514,434
1990 $1,337,017,559 $215,043,970
1991 $1,383,883,250 $244,396,762
1992 $1,532,411,039 $284,875,809
1993 $1,636,101,247 $322,417,837
1994 $1,825,732,093 $356,014,932
1995 $1,970,301,486 $398,988,955
1996 $2,128,696,644 $450,382,328
1997 $2,090,221,137 $508,223,602
1998 $1,653,146,717 $540,096,398
1999 $1,936,459,986 $589,239,754
2000 $1,678,219,508 $624,337,145
2001 $1,652,462,023 $870,031,677
2002 $1,833,279,985 $897,031,250
2003 $2,300,492,465 $1,052,121,055
2004 $2,708,078,477 $1,226,829,563
2005 $2,980,403,845 $1,163,362,438
2006 $3,076,305,453 $1,575,200,391
2007 $3,378,314,600 $1,868,383,461
2008 $3,523,185,920 $2,271,646,188
2009 $2,870,624,636 $2,345,294,875
2010 $3,140,166,713 $2,588,176,055
2011 $3,779,411,899 $2,774,350,240
2012 $3,972,028,104 $2,886,163,997
2013 $4,189,967,999 $3,295,009,238
2014 $4,857,104,769 $3,697,353,039
2015 $4,682,479,894 $4,129,505,319
2016 $4,930,213,644 $4,409,942,624
2017 $5,353,469,174 $4,816,426,257
2018 $5,581,425,327 $5,404,344,163
2019 $5,444,407,198 $5,726,094,799
2020 $4,432,466,220 $3,712,604,583
2021 $4,305,031,650 $5,252,457,370
2022 $4,969,503,549 $6,177,118,114
2023 $5,442,046,553 $6,590,894,302
2024 $5,840,564,073 $6,975,146,349

Fiji and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita
Fiji

Maldives
Year GDP per capita
Fiji Maldives
1960 $277.4 -
1961 $280.3 -
1962 $285.5 -
1963 $291.4 -
1964 $306 -
1965 $311 -
1966 $310 -
1967 $326 -
1968 $327 -
1969 $350 -
1970 $414 $156.9
1971 $458 $169.8
1972 $575 $192.2
1973 $762 $228.7
1974 $984 $281.5
1975 $1,188 $171.4
1976 $1,186 $151.8
1977 $1,204 $137.3
1978 $1,355 $156.1
1979 $1,627 $240.2
1980 $1,873 $257.6
1981 $1,879 $264.1
1982 $1,773 $274.8
1983 $1,628 $323
1984 $1,667 $594
1985 $1,577 $669
1986 $1,745 $720
1987 $1,569 $692
1988 $1,463 $799
1989 $1,543 $870
1990 $1,729 $957
1991 $1,775 $1,054
1992 $1,951 $1,194
1993 $2,070 $1,317
1994 $2,297 $1,419
1995 $2,467 $1,555
1996 $2,648 $1,717
1997 $2,574 $1,898
1998 $2,010 $1,980
1999 $2,328 $2,124
2000 $1,996 $2,214
2001 $1,945 $3,034
2002 $2,137 $3,076
2003 $2,656 $3,549
2004 $3,097 $4,070
2005 $3,378 $3,797
2006 $3,455 $5,019
2007 $3,763 $5,758
2008 $3,900 $6,757
2009 $3,164 $6,734
2010 $3,449 $7,174
2011 $4,140 $7,425
2012 $4,341 $7,461
2013 $4,572 $8,236
2014 $5,293 $8,939
2015 $5,098 $9,645
2016 $5,364 $9,948
2017 $5,827 $10,510
2018 $6,085 $11,423
2019 $5,951 $11,740
2020 $4,844 $7,394
2021 $4,696 $10,176
2022 $5,405 $11,786
2023 $5,889 $12,530
2024 $6,288 $13,216

Fiji vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Fiji

Maldives
Year Life expectancy, years
Fiji Maldives
1950 51.7 36.5
1951 52.2 37.1
1952 52.6 37
1953 53.4 36.9
1954 54.2 36.9
1955 55.3 37
1956 56.2 37.1
1957 57.1 37.3
1958 57.8 37.6
1959 58.2 37.9
1960 58.6 38.2
1961 59.1 38.6
1962 59.7 39.1
1963 60.2 39.6
1964 60.7 40.2
1965 61.4 40.8
1966 61.6 41.4
1967 61.4 42.1
1968 61.7 42.9
1969 61.4 43.7
1970 61.7 44.5
1971 61.7 45.5
1972 61.6 46.4
1973 60.6 47.5
1974 61.2 48.5
1975 61.7 49.6
1976 62.1 50.8
1977 62.7 51.8
1978 63.1 50.4
1979 62.3 53.9
1980 62.4 54.8
1981 62.3 55.7
1982 62.2 56.6
1983 62.9 57.5
1984 63.2 58.3
1985 64 59.2
1986 64 60
1987 64.3 60.8
1988 65 61.6
1989 65.4 62.4
1990 65.1 63.1
1991 65.5 63.9
1992 65.4 64.7
1993 65.5 65.4
1994 65.8 66.2
1995 66 67
1996 66.2 67.7
1997 66.3 68.5
1998 66.5 69.3
1999 66.7 70.2
2000 66.2 70.9
2001 66.2 71.7
2002 65.5 72.4
2003 65.7 73.3
2004 65.8 73
2005 66 74.8
2006 66.1 75.3
2007 66.2 75.7
2008 66.3 76
2009 66.3 76.4
2010 66.8 76.8
2011 66.9 77.1
2012 65.8 77.5
2013 66.5 77.8
2014 66.6 78.2
2015 66.5 78.6
2016 66.7 78.9
2017 67.1 79.2
2018 67 79.4
2019 67 79.7
2020 66.9 78.7
2021 64.9 78.1
2022 67.1 80.8
2023 67.3 81
2024 67.5 81.3
2025 67.6 81.5

Fiji and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population
Fiji

Maldives
Year Population
Fiji Maldives
1960 404,887 91,189
1961 417,406 93,450
1962 430,536 95,802
1963 444,276 98,222
1964 458,324 100,662
1965 472,575 104,102
1966 486,487 108,507
1967 498,873 112,528
1968 510,002 116,075
1969 520,797 119,564
1970 531,188 123,219
1971 541,121 127,035
1972 550,499 130,968
1973 559,222 134,952
1974 567,489 138,978
1975 575,906 143,158
1976 585,534 147,525
1977 597,805 151,930
1978 612,091 156,159
1979 626,862 160,360
1980 641,975 164,835
1981 657,471 169,532
1982 673,414 174,333
1983 689,835 179,128
1984 706,716 184,198
1985 723,761 190,169
1986 739,306 196,935
1987 750,540 203,944
1988 758,697 210,885
1989 766,321 217,738
1990 773,316 224,762
1991 779,656 231,802
1992 785,346 238,543
1993 790,369 244,884
1994 794,771 250,822
1995 798,746 256,649
1996 803,789 262,347
1997 812,139 267,707
1998 822,258 272,723
1999 831,828 277,412
2000 840,909 282,019
2001 849,596 286,767
2002 858,049 291,616
2003 866,286 296,491
2004 874,366 301,413
2005 882,379 306,429
2006 890,365 313,851
2007 897,832 324,479
2008 903,399 336,170
2009 907,239 348,275
2010 910,419 360,792
2011 912,989 373,674
2012 914,918 386,818
2013 916,352 400,070
2014 917,585 413,617
2015 918,578 428,154
2016 919,166 443,308
2017 918,759 458,287
2018 917,180 473,099
2019 914,899 487,731
2020 914,963 502,118
2021 916,711 516,154
2022 919,422 524,106
2023 924,145 525,994
2024 928,784 527,799

Fertility rates in Fiji and Maldives

Fertility rate
Fiji

Maldives
Year Fertility rate
Fiji Maldives
1960 6.36 6.71
1961 6.28 6.79
1962 6.2 6.89
1963 6.09 6.94
1964 5.96 7
1965 5.76 7.07
1966 5.55 7.15
1967 5.33 7.23
1968 5.11 7.28
1969 4.91 7.33
1970 4.71 7.39
1971 4.51 7.38
1972 4.32 7.37
1973 4.16 7.4
1974 4.07 7.38
1975 4.1 7.32
1976 4.12 7.29
1977 4.11 7.27
1978 4.1 7.23
1979 4.08 7.23
1980 4.04 7.23
1981 3.99 7.19
1982 3.94 7.15
1983 3.88 7.09
1984 3.8 7.03
1985 3.66 6.94
1986 3.54 6.85
1987 3.48 6.73
1988 3.43 6.58
1989 3.4 6.39
1990 3.39 6.13
1991 3.37 5.8
1992 3.33 5.44
1993 3.29 5.06
1994 3.26 4.69
1995 3.25 4.29
1996 3.25 3.86
1997 3.19 3.48
1998 3.12 3.17
1999 3.05 2.9
2000 2.99 2.69
2001 2.97 2.53
2002 2.97 2.42
2003 2.96 2.34
2004 2.94 2.26
2005 2.92 2.2
2006 2.91 2.2
2007 2.87 2.29
2008 2.82 2.37
2009 2.76 2.39
2010 2.7 2.35
2011 2.63 2.31
2012 2.61 2.25
2013 2.6 2.17
2014 2.59 2.09
2015 2.57 2
2016 2.52 1.9
2017 2.46 1.8
2018 2.42 1.71
2019 2.38 1.64
2020 2.36 1.61
2021 2.33 1.6
2022 2.31 1.58
2023 2.28 1.58

Fiji and Maldives demographics compared

Median age
Fiji

Maldives
Year Median age, years
Fiji Maldives
1960 16.7 20.6
1961 16.7 20.6
1962 16.6 20.6
1963 16.6 20.6
1964 16.7 20.5
1965 16.7 19.9
1966 16.7 18.9
1967 16.8 18.2
1968 16.9 17.8
1969 17.1 17.6
1970 17.2 17.4
1971 17.4 17.3
1972 17.6 17.2
1973 17.8 17.2
1974 18.1 17.2
1975 18.3 17.1
1976 18.5 17
1977 18.8 17
1978 19 17
1979 19.1 16.9
1980 19.3 16.8
1981 19.5 16.8
1982 19.6 16.9
1983 19.8 16.9
1984 20 17
1985 20.1 17
1986 20.3 16.9
1987 20.5 16.7
1988 20.6 16.6
1989 20.8 16.5
1990 20.9 16.4
1991 21 16.4
1992 21.1 16.4
1993 21.2 16.5
1994 21.3 16.7
1995 21.5 16.9
1996 21.6 17.3
1997 21.8 17.6
1998 22.1 18
1999 22.3 18.4
2000 22.6 18.9
2001 22.8 19.3
2002 23.1 19.8
2003 23.4 20.3
2004 23.6 20.9
2005 23.9 21.5
2006 24.2 22.1
2007 24.5 22.7
2008 24.8 23.2
2009 25 23.8
2010 25.3 24.4
2011 25.6 25.1
2012 25.9 25.8
2013 26.1 26.5
2014 26.4 27.1
2015 26.7 27.6
2016 26.9 28
2017 27.2 28.5
2018 27.5 29
2019 27.8 29.5
2020 28.1 30.1
2021 28.3 30.7
2022 28.5 31.4
2023 28.7 32.1
2024 28.9 32.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Fiji Maldives
GNI, Atlas method
$5.27B
2024
$6.15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.7%
2025
47.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.25%
2023
5.17%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.32%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
5,000
2000
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.29%
2025
-15.2%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.36%
2024
4.56%
2019
Services, % of GDP
56.2%
2024
73.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
14.1%
2024
9.02%
2024
Economic freedom index
59.1
2025
48.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.2%
2019
23.3%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2019
3.8%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$1.6B
2024
$674M
2024
Personal remittances received
$430M
2024
$5.65M
2024
International tourist arrivals
168,000
2020
555,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
19.2%
2020
78.9%
2020
Banked people share n/a
79.5%
2017

Energy

Fiji Maldives
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
584 kg
2007
921 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.2
2007
$13.9
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.21 megatons
2023
2.88 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.39 tons
2023
5.47 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
28.4%
2022
1.2%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
60.1%
2021
5.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
50.1%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Fiji Maldives
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.006%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,278
2024
-2,421
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
42.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.51 ft
2025
Average female height
5.39 ft
2025
5.06 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
61.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
58
2025
38
2024
Higher education index
57
2025
4
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.17
2020
0.6
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.5
2019
1.6
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
101
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2018
97.9%
2021
English speaking
20.6%
2023
70%
2025
People using the Internet
79.3%
2023
84.7%
2023

Health

Fiji Maldives
Government health expenditure per capita
$212.9
2023
$1,151
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$17.7
2023
$201.9
2022
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
81.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.6%
2023
2.85%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.81
2015
2.16
2019
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
30
2023
32
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
29.1
2023
5.7
2023
Obesity rate
34.9%
2022
17.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.6%
2024
9.5%
2024
Air quality index
96
2025
62
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
27.6%
2022
26.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.58 liters
2020
1.49 liters
2020

Territory

Fiji Maldives
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
7,595 sq mi
2024
218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,203 sq mi
2025
22.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,479 sq mi
2025
3.17 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,138 mi
2011
57.8 mi
2018

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