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The effects of this immigration created an ethnic polarisation and rampant Anti-Indian sentiment, which has proven to be politically challenging to Fijian race relations. [ 16 ] Indigenous Fijians overwhelmingly report as being Christian , with the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma claiming the loyalty of 64.5% (2007 census).
Both before and after Fiji gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1970, there were ethnic tensions between the Indigenous Fijians and the Indo-Fijians, Fiji's two largest ethnic groups, who (at the time) made up an estimated 46% and 49% of the population, respectively.
The 2017 census found that the permanent population of Fiji was 884,887, compared to 837,271 in the 2007 census. The population density at the time in 2007 was 45.8 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the overall life expectancy in Fiji was 67 years. [1] Since the 1930s the population of Fiji has increased at a rate of 1.1% per year.
While the Fiji Indian troops had the Europeans as their commanding and non-commissioned officers, the Native Fijians had Ratu Edward Cakobau, a Native Fijian, as their commanding officer. Prior to the Second World War, soldiers served voluntarily and were paid "capitation grants" according to efficiency ratings without regard to race. In 1939 ...
Fiji has a significant amount of tourism with the popular regions being Nadi, the Coral Coast, Denarau Island, and Mamanuca Islands. The biggest sources of international visitors by country are Australia, New Zealand and the United States. [117] Fiji has a significant number of soft coral reefs, and scuba diving is a common tourist activity. [118]
Fiji became a member of the United Nations on 13 October 1970. [2] Fiji has acceded to some, but not the majority, of the key human rights treaties. It is a party to the conventions against racism (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) and discrimination against women (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), and on the rights ...
For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who ...
I-Taukei Fijian people (3 C, 345 P) J. Jews and Judaism in Fiji (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Fiji" The following 12 pages are in this category, out ...