Ethnic Groups
According to the 2007 Census of Fiji, the number of Fijians increased from 393,575 to 475,739, while the number of Indians decreased from 338,818 to 313,798. According to government statistics, the latest estimated population of Indigenous Fijians is counted at 511,838, while there are 290,129 Indians and 56,071 Others (January 2012).
| Ethnic group |
census 04-04-1881 |
census 05-04-1891 |
census 31-03-1901 |
census 02-04-1911 |
census 24-04-1921 |
census 26-04-1936 |
census 02-10-1946 |
census 26-09-1956 |
census 12-09-1966 |
census 13-09-1976 |
census 31-08-1986 |
census 25-08-1996 |
census 16-09-2007 |
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| iTaukei (Fijians) | 114,748 | 90.0 | 105,800 | 87.3 | 94,397 | 78.6 | 87,096 | 62.4 | 84,475 | 53.7 | 97,651 | 49.2 | 118,070 | 45.5 | 148,134 | 42.8 | 202,176 | 42.4 | 259,932 | 44.2 | 329,305 | 46.0 | 393,575 | 50.8 | 475,739 | 56.8 |
| Indians | 588 | 0.5 | 7,468 | 6.2 | 17,105 | 14.2 | 40,286 | 28.9 | 60,634 | 38.6 | 85,002 | 42.8 | 120,414 | 46.4 | 169,403 | 49.0 | 240,960 | 50.5 | 292,896 | 49.8 | 348,704 | 48.7 | 338,818 | 43.7 | 313,798 | 37.5 |
| Part Europeans | 771 | 0.6 | 1,076 | 0.9 | 1,516 | 1.3 | 2,401 | 1.7 | 2,781 | 1.8 | 4,574 | 2.3 | 6,142 | 2.4 | 7,810 | 2.3 | 9,687 | 2.0 | 10,276 | 1.7 | 10,297 | 1.4 | 11,685 | 1.5 | 10,771 | 1.3 |
| Europeans | 2,671 | 2.1 | 2,036 | 1.7 | 2,459 | 2.0 | 3,707 | 2.7 | 3,878 | 2.5 | 4,028 | 2.0 | 4,594 | 1.8 | 6,402 | 1.9 | 6,590 | 1.4 | 4,929 | 0.8 | 4,196 | 0.6 | 3,103 | 0.4 | 2,953 | 0.4 |
| Chinese | 8,708 | 6.8 | 4,800 | 4.0 | 4,647 | 3.9 | 305 | 0.2 | 910 | 0.6 | 1,751 | 0.9 | 2,874 | 1.1 | 4,155 | 1.2 | 5,419 | 1.1 | 4,652 | 0.8 | 4,784 | 0.7 | 4,939 | 0.7 | 4,704 | 0.6 |
| Others | 5,746 | 4.1 | 4,588 | 3.0 | 5,373 | 2.8 | 7,544 | 3.0 | 9,833 | 2.9 | 12,165 | 2.6 | 15,383 | 2.7 | 18,089 | 2.6 | 22,957 | 3.0 | 29,306 | 3.5 | ||||||
| Total | 127,486 | 121,180 | 120,124 | 139,541 | 157,266 | 198,379 | 259,638 | 345,737 | 476,727 | 588,068 | 715,375 | 775,077 | 837,271 | |||||||||||||
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