Fiji
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 6.6%
- people aged 65 or older
- 61.9K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 10.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.5 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 7.5%
- women 8.2%, men 6.7%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 2014 census
Languages
14 languages, 3 of them endangered
- PitkernDefinitely endangered
- RotumanVulnerable
- TuvaluanVulnerable
- Fiji Hindi
- Fijian
- Gilbertese
- Gone Dau
- Lauan
- Lomaiviti
- Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua
- Western Fijian
- Fiji Sign Language
Show all 14
- Pidgin Fijian
- Pidgin Hindustani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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