The latest officially reported population of Fiji was 928,784 in 2024 vs 9,005,582 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Fiji's population is 937,312 people compared to 9,092,598 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Switzerland's population is 9.7 times bigger than Fiji's.
- Fiji is ranked the 159th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.01% for Fiji vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Fiji has had an average growth rate of +0.12% per year vs +0.98% in Switzerland.
- Since 2006, the population of Fiji has increased from 890K people to 937K (5.27% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.48M to 9.09M (21.5% growth).
- Fiji is projected to reach its peak in 2054 at 1M people compared to the peak of 9.43M people in 2052 for Switzerland.
Fiji vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
937312
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9092598
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| Population rank | 159/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.89 hours
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4.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 minutes
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
1.02 hours
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.67 hours
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,278 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +320 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,639 | +116,760 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.5% | +1.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 134/197 | 82/197 |
Fiji and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 404,887 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 417,406 | 5,434,294 | 3.09% | 2% |
| 1962 | 430,536 | 5,573,815 | 3.15% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 444,276 | 5,694,247 | 3.19% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 458,324 | 5,789,228 | 3.16% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 472,575 | 5,856,472 | 3.11% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 486,487 | 5,918,002 | 2.94% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 498,873 | 5,991,785 | 2.55% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 510,002 | 6,067,714 | 2.23% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 520,797 | 6,136,387 | 2.12% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 531,188 | 6,180,877 | 2% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 541,121 | 6,213,399 | 1.87% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 550,499 | 6,260,956 | 1.73% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 559,222 | 6,307,347 | 1.58% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 567,489 | 6,341,405 | 1.48% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 575,906 | 6,338,632 | 1.48% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 585,534 | 6,302,504 | 1.67% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 597,805 | 6,281,174 | 2.1% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 612,091 | 6,281,738 | 2.39% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 626,862 | 6,294,365 | 2.41% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 641,975 | 6,319,408 | 2.41% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 657,471 | 6,354,074 | 2.41% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 673,414 | 6,391,309 | 2.42% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 689,835 | 6,418,773 | 2.44% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 706,716 | 6,441,865 | 2.45% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 723,761 | 6,470,365 | 2.41% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 739,306 | 6,504,124 | 2.15% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 750,540 | 6,545,106 | 1.52% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 758,697 | 6,593,386 | 1.09% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 766,321 | 6,646,912 | 1% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 773,316 | 6,715,519 | 0.91% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 779,656 | 6,799,978 | 0.82% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 785,346 | 6,875,364 | 0.73% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 790,369 | 6,938,265 | 0.64% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 794,771 | 6,993,795 | 0.56% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 798,746 | 7,040,687 | 0.5% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 803,789 | 7,071,850 | 0.63% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 812,139 | 7,088,906 | 1.04% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 822,258 | 7,110,001 | 1.25% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 831,828 | 7,143,991 | 1.16% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 840,909 | 7,184,250 | 1.09% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 849,596 | 7,229,854 | 1.03% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 858,049 | 7,284,753 | 0.99% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 866,286 | 7,339,001 | 0.96% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 874,366 | 7,389,625 | 0.93% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 882,379 | 7,437,115 | 0.92% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 890,365 | 7,483,934 | 0.91% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 897,832 | 7,551,117 | 0.84% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 903,399 | 7,647,675 | 0.62% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 907,239 | 7,743,831 | 0.43% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 910,419 | 7,824,909 | 0.35% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 912,989 | 7,912,398 | 0.28% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 914,918 | 7,996,861 | 0.21% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 916,352 | 8,089,346 | 0.16% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 917,585 | 8,188,649 | 0.13% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 918,578 | 8,282,396 | 0.11% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 919,166 | 8,373,338 | 0.06% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 918,759 | 8,451,840 | -0.04% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 917,180 | 8,514,329 | -0.17% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 914,899 | 8,575,280 | -0.25% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 914,963 | 8,638,167 | 0.007% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 916,711 | 8,704,546 | 0.19% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 919,422 | 8,777,088 | 0.3% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 924,145 | 8,888,822 | 0.51% | 1.27% |
| 2024 | 928,784 | 9,005,582 | 0.5% | 1.31% |
| 2025 | 933,141 | 9,051,441 | 0.47% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 937,268 | 9,092,200 | 0.44% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 941,304 | 9,128,649 | 0.43% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 945,347 | 9,161,558 | 0.43% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 949,269 | 9,190,268 | 0.41% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 953,095 | 9,215,844 | 0.4% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 956,685 | 9,239,801 | 0.38% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 960,056 | 9,260,664 | 0.35% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 963,339 | 9,278,524 | 0.34% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 966,516 | 9,295,500 | 0.33% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 969,613 | 9,310,659 | 0.32% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 972,641 | 9,323,296 | 0.31% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 975,643 | 9,334,565 | 0.31% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 978,533 | 9,344,395 | 0.3% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 981,270 | 9,353,187 | 0.28% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 983,842 | 9,363,095 | 0.26% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 986,409 | 9,372,148 | 0.26% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 988,810 | 9,380,579 | 0.24% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 990,851 | 9,389,228 | 0.21% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 992,731 | 9,396,409 | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 994,437 | 9,402,783 | 0.17% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 995,957 | 9,408,721 | 0.15% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 997,319 | 9,415,274 | 0.14% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 998,544 | 9,422,270 | 0.12% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 999,530 | 9,427,479 | 0.1% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 1,000,244 | 9,430,133 | 0.07% | 0.03% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).
Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Fiji and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 67.8 years | 84.4 years |
| Average age | 31.1 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 28.9 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.28 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 131.7 ppl/mi² | 590 ppl/mi² |
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