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Fiji vs Somalia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Fiji has a population of 929K (ranked 159/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Fiji's land area is 7,054 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 152nd vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Fiji ranks 161/197 ($5.84B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Fiji ranks 111/197 ($6,288), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Main facts and rankings

Fiji Somalia
Population
936456
20177806
Population rank 159/197 66/197
GDP
$5.84B
2024
$12.1B
2024
GDP rank 161/197 149/197
GDP per capita
$6,288
2024
$637
2024
GDP per capita rank 111/197 191/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,032
2024
$1,601
2024
Government debt
$4.49B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
76.4%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$4,839
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 82/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,882
2025
$1,941
2025
Land area
7,054 sq mi
2025
242,217 sq mi
2025
Population density
131.7 ppl/mi²
2024
78.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.28
2023
6.13
2023
Median age
28.9 years
2024
16.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
59.1 years
2025

Fiji and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Fiji and Somalia economies compared

GDP
Fiji

Somalia
Year GDP
Fiji Somalia
1960 $112,328,422 $180,459,937
1961 $116,987,785 $191,659,914
1962 $122,906,435 $203,531,928
1963 $129,454,729 $216,145,936
1964 $140,032,741 $229,529,913
1965 $147,084,750 $243,725,898
1966 $150,603,926 $257,375,897
1967 $162,625,886 $271,781,887
1968 $166,952,937 $286,719,885
1969 $182,182,068 $306,357,285
1970 $219,878,482 $347,985,394
1971 $247,749,328 $347,039,446
1972 $316,656,649 $447,883,941
1973 $425,950,488 $483,699,611
1974 $558,587,097 $572,504,036
1975 $684,282,434 $757,015,879
1976 $694,540,806 $871,344,245
1977 $719,501,766 $498,550,725
1978 $829,267,889 $564,571,823
1979 $1,019,691,460 $589,566,929
1980 $1,202,618,816 $602,515,548
1981 $1,235,626,771 $699,302,473
1982 $1,194,059,943 $774,578,932
1983 $1,123,085,190 $735,408,642
1984 $1,178,000,678 $787,434,542
1985 $1,141,168,944 $875,702,247
1986 $1,290,267,340 $916,590,786
1987 $1,177,947,965 $1,018,972,664
1988 $1,110,009,523 $1,051,596,967
1989 $1,182,660,266 $1,181,360,844
1990 $1,337,017,559 $1,031,282,081
1991 $1,383,883,250 $717,974,930
1992 $1,532,411,039 $709,297,579
1993 $1,636,101,247 $1,260,132,956
1994 $1,825,732,093 $1,481,205,098
1995 $1,970,301,486 $1,534,756,135
1996 $2,128,696,644 $1,792,234,297
1997 $2,090,221,137 $2,191,749,014
1998 $1,653,146,717 $2,962,047,564
1999 $1,936,459,986 $3,045,751,528
2000 $1,678,219,508 $3,412,797,450
2001 $1,652,462,023 $2,252,847,465
2002 $1,833,279,985 $2,192,684,135
2003 $2,300,492,465 $2,836,724,352
2004 $2,708,078,477 $3,859,592,813
2005 $2,980,403,845 $4,683,246,454
2006 $3,076,305,453 $5,026,743,282
2007 $3,378,314,600 $5,430,713,729
2008 $3,523,185,920 $5,913,620,293
2009 $2,870,624,636 $2,948,594,552
2010 $3,140,166,713 $2,687,807,004
2011 $3,779,411,899 $2,906,000,097
2012 $3,972,028,104 $4,364,670,160
2013 $4,189,967,999 $5,062,881,600
2014 $4,857,104,769 $5,728,399,720
2015 $4,682,479,894 $6,152,149,100
2016 $4,930,213,644 $6,613,743,070
2017 $5,353,469,174 $7,621,501,710
2018 $5,581,425,327 $7,873,440,830
2019 $5,444,407,198 $8,655,023,960
2020 $4,432,466,220 $8,628,393,720
2021 $4,305,031,650 $9,483,997,390
2022 $4,969,503,549 $10,202,767,270
2023 $5,442,046,553 $10,968,517,090
2024 $5,840,564,073 $12,108,515,110

Fiji and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita
Fiji

Somalia
Year GDP per capita
Fiji Somalia
1960 $277.4 $62.7
1961 $280.3 $64.9
1962 $285.5 $67.2
1963 $291.4 $69.5
1964 $306 $71.9
1965 $311 $74.4
1966 $310 $76.5
1967 $326 $78.7
1968 $327 $80.8
1969 $350 $84.1
1970 $414 $93.1
1971 $458 $90.4
1972 $575 $113.7
1973 $762 $119.6
1974 $984 $137.9
1975 $1,188 $177.8
1976 $1,186 $199.6
1977 $1,204 $111.2
1978 $1,355 $117.3
1979 $1,627 $108.2
1980 $1,873 $101.5
1981 $1,879 $116.9
1982 $1,773 $129
1983 $1,628 $118.6
1984 $1,667 $122.5
1985 $1,577 $130.8
1986 $1,745 $131.4
1987 $1,569 $141
1988 $1,463 $145.3
1989 $1,543 $166
1990 $1,729 $145.6
1991 $1,775 $105.4
1992 $1,951 $109.2
1993 $2,070 $188.6
1994 $2,297 $210.8
1995 $2,467 $210.7
1996 $2,648 $237.2
1997 $2,574 $280.1
1998 $2,010 $363
1999 $2,328 $359
2000 $1,996 $386
2001 $1,945 $244.9
2002 $2,137 $229.6
2003 $2,656 $286.3
2004 $3,097 $375
2005 $3,378 $440
2006 $3,455 $458
2007 $3,763 $480
2008 $3,900 $507
2009 $3,164 $246.5
2010 $3,449 $219.2
2011 $4,140 $235.3
2012 $4,341 $350
2013 $4,572 $393
2014 $5,293 $429
2015 $5,098 $446
2016 $5,364 $461
2017 $5,827 $511
2018 $6,085 $510
2019 $5,951 $540
2020 $4,844 $518
2021 $4,696 $549
2022 $5,405 $573
2023 $5,889 $597
2024 $6,288 $637

Fiji vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Fiji

Somalia
Year Life expectancy, years
Fiji Somalia
1950 51.7 41.5
1951 52.2 41.7
1952 52.6 41.9
1953 53.4 42.1
1954 54.2 42.3
1955 55.3 42.5
1956 56.2 42.7
1957 57.1 42.9
1958 57.8 43.1
1959 58.2 43.3
1960 58.6 43.5
1961 59.1 43.7
1962 59.7 44
1963 60.2 44.2
1964 60.7 44.4
1965 61.4 44.6
1966 61.6 44.8
1967 61.4 45.1
1968 61.7 45.3
1969 61.4 45.5
1970 61.7 45.6
1971 61.7 45.8
1972 61.6 46
1973 60.6 46.2
1974 61.2 44.3
1975 61.7 44.5
1976 62.1 44.7
1977 62.7 47
1978 63.1 47
1979 62.3 47.4
1980 62.4 47.6
1981 62.3 47.8
1982 62.2 48
1983 62.9 48.2
1984 63.2 48.4
1985 64 48.3
1986 64 48.4
1987 64.3 49
1988 65 43.9
1989 65.4 46.6
1990 65.1 46.9
1991 65.5 25.4
1992 65.4 25
1993 65.5 50.6
1994 65.8 50.3
1995 66 50.6
1996 66.2 50.5
1997 66.3 50.3
1998 66.5 50.8
1999 66.7 50.6
2000 66.2 50.7
2001 66.2 50.8
2002 65.5 50.8
2003 65.7 50.7
2004 65.8 50.7
2005 66 50.9
2006 66.1 50.9
2007 66.2 50.9
2008 66.3 51.5
2009 66.3 52.1
2010 66.8 48.9
2011 66.9 32.5
2012 65.8 49.1
2013 66.5 54
2014 66.6 54.4
2015 66.5 55.1
2016 66.7 55.3
2017 67.1 52.2
2018 67 54.8
2019 67 57.2
2020 66.9 57.1
2021 64.9 55.7
2022 67.1 53.9
2023 67.3 58.8
2024 67.5 59
2025 67.6 59.1

Fiji and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population
Fiji

Somalia
Year Population
Fiji Somalia
1960 404,887 2,876,331
1961 417,406 2,952,054
1962 430,536 3,030,091
1963 444,276 3,110,361
1964 458,324 3,192,796
1965 472,575 3,277,874
1966 486,487 3,365,106
1967 498,873 3,454,537
1968 510,002 3,546,590
1969 520,797 3,641,015
1970 531,188 3,738,448
1971 541,121 3,837,691
1972 550,499 3,939,436
1973 559,222 4,045,592
1974 567,489 4,151,842
1975 575,906 4,257,535
1976 585,534 4,365,812
1977 597,805 4,484,050
1978 612,091 4,814,892
1979 626,862 5,449,117
1980 641,975 5,936,154
1981 657,471 5,982,849
1982 673,414 6,003,840
1983 689,835 6,198,430
1984 706,716 6,428,389
1985 723,761 6,693,289
1986 739,306 6,974,788
1987 750,540 7,228,302
1988 758,697 7,235,360
1989 766,321 7,114,817
1990 773,316 7,082,811
1991 779,656 6,813,760
1992 785,346 6,495,107
1993 790,369 6,681,399
1994 794,771 7,026,797
1995 798,746 7,285,007
1996 803,789 7,554,474
1997 812,139 7,824,525
1998 822,258 8,155,417
1999 831,828 8,492,059
2000 840,909 8,838,713
2001 849,596 9,198,493
2002 858,049 9,550,063
2003 866,286 9,909,157
2004 874,366 10,280,998
2005 882,379 10,644,228
2006 890,365 10,975,502
2007 897,832 11,322,582
2008 903,399 11,663,084
2009 907,239 11,961,201
2010 910,419 12,261,756
2011 912,989 12,348,830
2012 914,918 12,461,160
2013 916,352 12,869,594
2014 917,585 13,339,491
2015 918,578 13,806,963
2016 919,166 14,348,740
2017 918,759 14,916,629
2018 917,180 15,452,487
2019 914,899 16,030,971
2020 914,963 16,651,191
2021 916,711 17,271,431
2022 919,422 17,801,897
2023 924,145 18,358,615
2024 928,784 19,009,151

Fertility rates in Fiji and Somalia

Fertility rate
Fiji

Somalia
Year Fertility rate
Fiji Somalia
1960 6.36 7.25
1961 6.28 7.25
1962 6.2 7.26
1963 6.09 7.26
1964 5.96 7.26
1965 5.76 7.26
1966 5.55 7.26
1967 5.33 7.25
1968 5.11 7.23
1969 4.91 7.21
1970 4.71 7.18
1971 4.51 7.15
1972 4.32 7.12
1973 4.16 7.09
1974 4.07 7.06
1975 4.1 7.03
1976 4.12 7.02
1977 4.11 7
1978 4.1 7.13
1979 4.08 7.16
1980 4.04 7.18
1981 3.99 7.23
1982 3.94 7.25
1983 3.88 7.28
1984 3.8 7.3
1985 3.66 7.33
1986 3.54 7.35
1987 3.48 7.37
1988 3.43 7.4
1989 3.4 7.42
1990 3.39 7.44
1991 3.37 7.47
1992 3.33 7.5
1993 3.29 7.53
1994 3.26 7.54
1995 3.25 7.58
1996 3.25 7.62
1997 3.19 7.66
1998 3.12 7.66
1999 3.05 7.66
2000 2.99 7.65
2001 2.97 7.64
2002 2.97 7.63
2003 2.96 7.6
2004 2.94 7.57
2005 2.92 7.53
2006 2.91 7.49
2007 2.87 7.46
2008 2.82 7.42
2009 2.76 7.38
2010 2.7 7.32
2011 2.63 7.27
2012 2.61 7.21
2013 2.6 7.14
2014 2.59 7.06
2015 2.57 6.98
2016 2.52 6.88
2017 2.46 6.77
2018 2.42 6.66
2019 2.38 6.56
2020 2.36 6.45
2021 2.33 6.35
2022 2.31 6.26
2023 2.28 6.13

Fiji and Somalia demographics compared

Median age
Fiji

Somalia
Year Median age, years
Fiji Somalia
1960 16.7 18.1
1961 16.7 17.9
1962 16.6 17.8
1963 16.6 17.7
1964 16.7 17.6
1965 16.7 17.5
1966 16.7 17.5
1967 16.8 17.5
1968 16.9 17.5
1969 17.1 17.5
1970 17.2 17.5
1971 17.4 17.6
1972 17.6 17.6
1973 17.8 17.6
1974 18.1 17.7
1975 18.3 17.7
1976 18.5 17.7
1977 18.8 17.7
1978 19 17.7
1979 19.1 17.6
1980 19.3 17.6
1981 19.5 17.5
1982 19.6 17.4
1983 19.8 17.4
1984 20 17.3
1985 20.1 17.2
1986 20.3 17.1
1987 20.5 17
1988 20.6 16.8
1989 20.8 16.7
1990 20.9 16.5
1991 21 16.5
1992 21.1 16.7
1993 21.2 16.8
1994 21.3 16.7
1995 21.5 16.6
1996 21.6 16.5
1997 21.8 16.4
1998 22.1 16.4
1999 22.3 16.3
2000 22.6 16.3
2001 22.8 16.2
2002 23.1 16.2
2003 23.4 16.1
2004 23.6 16
2005 23.9 15.9
2006 24.2 15.7
2007 24.5 15.6
2008 24.8 15.6
2009 25 15.6
2010 25.3 15.7
2011 25.6 15.8
2012 25.9 16
2013 26.1 16
2014 26.4 16
2015 26.7 16.1
2016 26.9 16.1
2017 27.2 16.2
2018 27.5 16.2
2019 27.8 16.3
2020 28.1 16.3
2021 28.3 16.4
2022 28.5 16.5
2023 28.7 16.5
2024 28.9 16.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Fiji Somalia
GNI, Atlas method
$5.27B
2024
$11.5B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.7%
2025
13%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.25%
2023
0.000008%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.32%
2023
1.53%
1989
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
14,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.29%
2025
-4.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.36%
2024
18.8%
2019
Services, % of GDP
56.2%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
14.1%
2024
9.66%
1986
Economic freedom index
59.1
2025
29
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.2%
2019
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.5%
2019
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.6B
2024
$23.1M
1989
Personal remittances received
$430M
2024
$2.12B
2024
International tourist arrivals
168,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
19.2%
2020
n/a
Banked people share n/a
38.7%
2014

Energy

Fiji Somalia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
584 kg
2007
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.2
2007
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2.21 megatons
2023
0.87 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.39 tons
2023
0.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
n/a
Renewable energy use share
28.4%
2022
95.4%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
60.1%
2021
11.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
50.1%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
99.3%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Fiji Somalia
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,278
2024
+26,859
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
48.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.39 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
7.34
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
58
2025
9
2024
Higher education index
57
2025
11
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.17
2020
4.31
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
13.5
2019
27.4
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.1%
2018
54.1%
2022
English speaking
20.6%
2023
2%
2025
People using the Internet
79.3%
2023
27.6%
2022

Health

Fiji Somalia
Government health expenditure per capita
$212.9
2023
$15.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$17.7
2023
$6.47
2022
Life expectancy
67.6 years
2025
59.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
11.6%
2023
50.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.81
2015
0.02
2014
Maternal mortality per 100K births
30
2023
563
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
29.1
2023
104
2023
Obesity rate
34.9%
2022
14.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.6%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
96
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
27.6%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.58 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Fiji Somalia
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
7,595 sq mi
2024
12,742 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,203 sq mi
2025
170,384 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,479 sq mi
2025
22,200 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,138 mi
2011
9,321 mi
2018

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