Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Fiji

Rural population share in Fiji in 2025 — 40.5%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.9 pp.

2025 40.5% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 74.4%1960
Period minimum 40.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Fiji, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74.4%1962: 71.1%1964: 68.5%1966: 66.7%1968: 65.6%1970: 64.7%1972: 64%1974: 63.4%1976: 62.9%1978: 62.5%1980: 62.2%1982: 62%1984: 61.7%1986: 61.3%1988: 60.4%1990: 58.9%1992: 57%1994: 55.1%1996: 53.7%1998: 52.7%2000: 51.9%2002: 51.2%2004: 50.5%2006: 49.8%2008: 48.9%2010: 48%2012: 47%2014: 45.9%2016: 44.8%2018: 43.8%2020: 42.8%2022: 41.9%2024: 40.9%2025: 40.5%
Change over the period: −33.9 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Fiji

Fiji 40.5%
World 42.2%
Melanesia computed 78.8%
Rural population share — Fiji, by year Fiji All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.5 −0.5 pp
2024 40.9 −0.5 pp
2023 41.4 −0.5 pp
2022 41.9 −0.5 pp
2021 42.3 −0.5 pp
2020 42.8 −0.5 pp
2019 43.3 −0.5 pp
2018 43.8 −0.5 pp
2017 44.3 −0.6 pp
2016 44.8 −0.6 pp
2015 45.4 −0.5 pp
2014 45.9 −0.5 pp
2013 46.4 −0.5 pp
2012 47 −0.5 pp
2011 47.5 −0.5 pp
2010 48 −0.5 pp
2009 48.4 −0.5 pp
2008 48.9 −0.4 pp
2007 49.4 −0.4 pp
2006 49.8 −0.4 pp
2005 50.2 −0.4 pp
2004 50.5 −0.4 pp
2003 50.9 −0.3 pp
2002 51.2 −0.4 pp
2001 51.6 −0.4 pp
2000 51.9 −0.4 pp
1999 52.3 −0.4 pp
1998 52.7 −0.5 pp
1997 53.2 −0.5 pp
1996 53.7 −0.6 pp
1995 54.3 −0.8 pp
1994 55.1 −0.9 pp
1993 56 −0.9 pp
1992 57 −1 pp
1991 57.9 −0.9 pp
1990 58.9 −0.8 pp
1989 59.7 −0.7 pp
1988 60.4 −0.6 pp
1987 61 −0.3 pp
1986 61.3 −0.2 pp
1985 61.5 −0.2 pp
1984 61.7 −0.2 pp
1983 61.9 −0.1 pp
1982 62 −0.1 pp
1981 62.1 −0.1 pp
1980 62.2 −0.1 pp
1979 62.4 −0.1 pp
1978 62.5 −0.2 pp
1977 62.7 −0.2 pp
1976 62.9 −0.2 pp
1975 63.1 −0.3 pp
1974 63.4 −0.3 pp
1973 63.7 −0.3 pp
1972 64 −0.3 pp
1971 64.3 −0.4 pp
1970 64.7 −0.4 pp
1969 65.1 −0.5 pp
1968 65.6 −0.5 pp
1967 66.1 −0.6 pp
1966 66.7 −0.8 pp
1965 67.5 −1 pp
1964 68.5 −1.2 pp
1963 69.7 −1.4 pp
1962 71.1 −1.6 pp
1961 72.6 −1.7 pp
1960 74.4

Melanesia, 2025

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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.