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Population in Fiji compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Fiji was 928,784 in 2024 vs 1,000 people in the Vatican in 2019. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Fiji's population is 936,456 people compared to 949 in the Vatican.

Population statistics:

  • Fiji's population is 987 times bigger than the Vatican's.
  • Fiji is ranked the 159th most populous country in the world, while the Vatican is the 197th.
  • The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.01% for Fiji vs 0.00001% for the Vatican.
  • For the last 10 years, Fiji has had an average growth rate of +0.12% per year vs +1.9% in the Vatican.
  • Since 2005, the population of Fiji has increased from 882K people to 936K (6.13% growth), while the Vatican has grown from 921 to 949 (3.04% growth).
  • Fiji is projected to reach its peak in 2054 at 1M people compared to the peak of 2.51K people in 2100 for the Vatican.

Fiji vs Vatican: live population counter

Fiji Vatican
Current population
936456
949
Population rank 159/197 197/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.00001%
One net population change
1.89 hours
1 month
One birth every
31.6 minutes
n/a
One death every
1.02 hours
n/a
One migration net change every
2.67 hours
n/a
Annual migration change -3,278 n/a
Daily growth/decline +13 +0
Annual growth/decline +4,639 +0
Annual growth/decline rate +0.5% +0%
Population growth rate rank 134/197 165/197

Fiji and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Fiji
Population

Growth rate
Vatican
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Fiji Vatican Fiji Vatican
1960 404,887 - - -
1961 417,406 - 3.09% -
1962 430,536 - 3.15% -
1963 444,276 - 3.19% -
1964 458,324 - 3.16% -
1965 472,575 - 3.11% -
1966 486,487 - 2.94% -
1967 498,873 - 2.55% -
1968 510,002 - 2.23% -
1969 520,797 - 2.12% -
1970 531,188 - 2% -
1971 541,121 - 1.87% -
1972 550,499 - 1.73% -
1973 559,222 - 1.58% -
1974 567,489 - 1.48% -
1975 575,906 - 1.48% -
1976 585,534 - 1.67% -
1977 597,805 - 2.1% -
1978 612,091 - 2.39% -
1979 626,862 - 2.41% -
1980 641,975 - 2.41% -
1981 657,471 - 2.41% -
1982 673,414 - 2.42% -
1983 689,835 - 2.44% -
1984 706,716 - 2.45% -
1985 723,761 - 2.41% -
1986 739,306 - 2.15% -
1987 750,540 - 1.52% -
1988 758,697 - 1.09% -
1989 766,321 - 1% -
1990 773,316 - 0.91% -
1991 779,656 - 0.82% -
1992 785,346 - 0.73% -
1993 790,369 - 0.64% -
1994 794,771 - 0.56% -
1995 798,746 - 0.5% -
1996 803,789 - 0.63% -
1997 812,139 - 1.04% -
1998 822,258 - 1.25% -
1999 831,828 - 1.16% -
2000 840,909 880 1.09% -
2001 849,596 890 1.03% 1.14%
2002 858,049 900 0.99% 1.12%
2003 866,286 911 0.96% 1.22%
2004 874,366 921 0.93% 1.1%
2005 882,379 921 0.92% 0%
2006 890,365 932 0.91% 1.19%
2007 897,832 821 0.84% -11.9%
2008 903,399 824 0.62% 0.37%
2009 907,239 826 0.43% 0.24%
2010 910,419 829 0.35% 0.36%
2011 912,989 832 0.28% 0.36%
2012 914,918 836 0.21% 0.48%
2013 916,352 839 0.16% 0.36%
2014 917,585 842 0.13% 0.36%
2015 918,578 1,000 0.11% 18.8%
2016 919,166 - 0.06% 0%
2017 918,759 1,000 -0.04% 0%
2018 917,180 - -0.17% 0%
2019 914,899 1,000 -0.25% 0%
2020 914,963 987 0.007% -1.29%
2021 916,711 970 0.19% -1.68%
2022 919,422 944 0.3% -2.66%
2023 924,145 922 0.51% -2.34%
2024 928,784 933 0.5% 1.2%
2025 933,141 939 0.47% 0.59%
2026 937,268 952 0.44% 1.37%
2027 941,304 974 0.43% 2.32%
2028 945,347 985 0.43% 1.13%
2029 949,269 983 0.41% -0.19%
2030 953,095 976 0.4% -0.75%
2031 956,685 968 0.38% -0.75%
2032 960,056 968 0.35% 0%
2033 963,339 988 0.34% 2.09%
2034 966,516 992 0.33% 0.37%
2035 969,613 1,000 0.32% 0.74%
2036 972,641 998 0.31% -0.18%
2037 975,643 1,003 0.31% 0.55%
2038 978,533 1,022 0.3% 1.83%
2039 981,270 1,060 0.28% 3.78%
2040 983,842 1,095 0.26% 3.3%
2041 986,409 1,127 0.26% 2.86%
2042 988,810 1,149 0.24% 1.96%
2043 990,851 1,169 0.21% 1.76%
2044 992,731 1,186 0.19% 1.42%
2045 994,437 1,209 0.17% 2.02%
2046 995,957 1,224 0.15% 1.22%
2047 997,319 1,248 0.14% 1.95%
2048 998,544 1,272 0.12% 1.92%
2049 999,530 1,296 0.1% 1.88%
2050 1,000,244 1,325 0.07% 2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.

Biggest cities by population

Fiji
City Population
Suva 88.3K
Nasinu 87.4K
Nadi 71K
Lautoka 52.2K
Vatican
City Population
Vatican City 882

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