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Fiji is a beautiful country that consists of 322 individual islands. Fiji is located off the coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. Of the 322 islands of Fiji 106 of the islands are inhibited. If you were to place all of the islands of Fiji together it would make up the total land mass of the state of New Jersey, which is about 8,700 square miles of beautiful lush tropics. After 96 years of being apart of Britain, Fiji gained its independence and now is a Republic Government. The capital of Fiji is Suva. Among the population of Fijian 94% of the adults are literate. The spoken language of Fiji is English but in some parts the language is Fijian. Fiji is known for its tropical weather, sandy beaches, rainforest and clear blue water. Fiji is also known for the beautiful mountains that surround the majestic views of the clear blue waters. The coral reefs that surround the island are a diver's …show more content…

The steady increase of the population in Fiji is mostly due to the crude death rate and Crude birth rate being that far apart. Right now on average there are 19.86 births every 1000 people, and 6 deaths per 1000 people. This means that if there are 19 people born a day in Fiji and only 6 die than the population increases by about thirteen people and if that were to happen everyday, Fiji might increase the problem of overpopulation. Fiji has a high dependency ratio meaning that the number of people that are not able to work, often known as people over sixty five and under fifteen is very low. In Fiji sixty-four percent of the population is able to work. The population pyramid model of Fiji has very many curves going inward throughout the model, I believe that this is due to the vast amount of tourism because when people come visit Fiji the population then increases but when they leave the population decreases. In the country of Fiji there are a loss of about 6.86 migrants every one thousand

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