Population in Fiji compared to Vanuatu: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Fiji and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Vanuatu	Fiji	Vanuatu
1960	404,887	64,431	-	-
1961	417,406	66,264	3.09%	2.84%
1962	430,536	68,174	3.15%	2.88%
1963	444,276	70,159	3.19%	2.91%
1964	458,324	72,219	3.16%	2.94%
1965	472,575	74,358	3.11%	2.96%
1966	486,487	76,590	2.94%	3%
1967	498,873	78,921	2.55%	3.04%
1968	510,002	81,314	2.23%	3.03%
1969	520,797	83,755	2.12%	3%
1970	531,188	86,266	2%	3%
1971	541,121	88,862	1.87%	3.01%
1972	550,499	91,562	1.73%	3.04%
1973	559,222	94,362	1.58%	3.06%
1974	567,489	97,260	1.48%	3.07%
1975	575,906	100,269	1.48%	3.09%
1976	585,534	103,388	1.67%	3.11%
1977	597,805	106,618	2.1%	3.12%
1978	612,091	109,963	2.39%	3.14%
1979	626,862	113,040	2.41%	2.8%
1980	641,975	115,660	2.41%	2.32%
1981	657,471	118,249	2.41%	2.24%
1982	673,414	121,035	2.42%	2.36%
1983	689,835	123,998	2.44%	2.45%
1984	706,716	127,109	2.45%	2.51%
1985	723,761	130,356	2.41%	2.55%
1986	739,306	133,720	2.15%	2.58%
1987	750,540	137,187	1.52%	2.59%
1988	758,697	140,756	1.09%	2.6%
1989	766,321	144,393	1%	2.58%
1990	773,316	148,063	0.91%	2.54%
1991	779,656	151,793	0.82%	2.52%
1992	785,346	155,608	0.73%	2.51%
1993	790,369	159,463	0.64%	2.48%
1994	794,771	163,314	0.56%	2.41%
1995	798,746	167,137	0.5%	2.34%
1996	803,789	170,911	0.63%	2.26%
1997	812,139	174,626	1.04%	2.17%
1998	822,258	178,313	1.25%	2.11%
1999	831,828	182,048	1.16%	2.09%
2000	840,909	186,281	1.09%	2.33%
2001	849,596	191,031	1.03%	2.55%
2002	858,049	195,863	0.99%	2.53%
2003	866,286	200,746	0.96%	2.49%
2004	874,366	205,711	0.93%	2.47%
2005	882,379	210,760	0.92%	2.45%
2006	890,365	215,923	0.91%	2.45%
2007	897,832	221,276	0.84%	2.48%
2008	903,399	226,896	0.62%	2.54%
2009	907,239	232,731	0.43%	2.57%
2010	910,419	238,248	0.35%	2.37%
2011	912,989	243,474	0.28%	2.19%
2012	914,918	248,883	0.21%	2.22%
2013	916,352	254,482	0.16%	2.25%
2014	917,585	260,240	0.13%	2.26%
2015	918,578	266,101	0.11%	2.25%
2016	919,166	272,087	0.06%	2.25%
2017	918,759	278,507	-0.04%	2.36%
2018	917,180	285,259	-0.17%	2.42%
2019	914,899	291,985	-0.25%	2.36%
2020	914,963	298,858	0.007%	2.35%
2021	916,711	305,868	0.19%	2.35%
2022	919,422	313,046	0.3%	2.35%
2023	924,145	320,409	0.51%	2.35%
2024	928,784	327,777	0.5%	2.3%
2025	933,141	335,169	0.47%	2.26%
2026	937,268	342,565	0.44%	2.21%
2027	941,304	349,970	0.43%	2.16%
2028	945,347	357,397	0.43%	2.12%
2029	949,269	364,883	0.41%	2.09%
2030	953,095	372,429	0.4%	2.07%
2031	956,685	380,015	0.38%	2.04%
2032	960,056	387,657	0.35%	2.01%
2033	963,339	395,366	0.34%	1.99%
2034	966,516	403,188	0.33%	1.98%
2035	969,613	411,061	0.32%	1.95%
2036	972,641	419,006	0.31%	1.93%
2037	975,643	427,031	0.31%	1.92%
2038	978,533	435,150	0.3%	1.9%
2039	981,270	443,311	0.28%	1.88%
2040	983,842	451,509	0.26%	1.85%
2041	986,409	459,733	0.26%	1.82%
2042	988,810	468,003	0.24%	1.8%
2043	990,851	476,308	0.21%	1.77%
2044	992,731	484,636	0.19%	1.75%
2045	994,437	492,989	0.17%	1.72%
2046	995,957	501,316	0.15%	1.69%
2047	997,319	509,621	0.14%	1.66%
2048	998,544	517,889	0.12%	1.62%
2049	999,530	526,138	0.1%	1.59%
2050	1,000,244	534,374	0.07%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.