---
title: "Fiji — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Fiji: capital Suva, area 18,274 km², population 933,154 (2025), currency Fijian dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/fiji/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Fiji

**Fiji: Capital Suva**

18,274 km² · 933,154 people (2025) · Fijian dollar

About 330 islands, of which roughly a third are inhabited, plus some 500 islets. The 180th meridian runs through Taveuni, so the international date line was bent eastwards to keep the whole country on one calendar day.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Suva
- **Area:** 18,274 km² — 7,056 sq mi
- **Population:** 933,154 (2025)
- **Density:** 51.1 people per km²
- **Currency:** Fijian dollar (FJD, $)
- **Official languages:** English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
- **Time zone:** UTC+12:00
- **Calling code:** +679
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** FJ · FJI
- **Continent:** Oceania

## How it compares

- **By area:** 153 of 200
- **By population:** 162 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| El Salvador | 21,041 | 6,365,503 |
| Slovenia | 20,273 | 2,130,986 |
| Fiji ← | 18,274 | 933,154 |
| Kuwait | 17,818 | 4,865,298 |
| Eswatini | 17,364 | 1,256,174 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Fiji?

Suva

### What currency does Fiji use?

The Fijian dollar (FJD).

### How big is Fiji?

18,274 km², or 7,056 square miles — 153 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Fiji drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [El Salvador](https://atoneplace.net/country/el-salvador/)
- [Slovenia](https://atoneplace.net/country/slovenia/)
- [Kuwait](https://atoneplace.net/country/kuwait/)
- [Eswatini](https://atoneplace.net/country/eswatini/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [Samoa](https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/)
- [Kiribati](https://atoneplace.net/country/kiribati/)
- [Micronesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/micronesia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]