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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Fiji

People registered with Fiji nationality number 28, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners and ranks 144 in size. Compared with 46 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is a decrease of about 39.1%. They live in 23 districts, and the largest counts are Incheon Yeonsu-gu with 4, Gangwon-do Chuncheon-si with 2, and Busan Suyeong-gu with 2. The largest age group is 60+ at 20.4%, and men are 54%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Fijian at 38.6% and Fiji Hindi at 23.8%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index
2025
IndicatorsFijiAll registered foreignersRelative to total
Registered foreigners281,604,920under 0.1% of the total
Districts of residence232509.2% of the total
Index of dissimilarity (D)-0.280-
Isolation index-0.045-
Interaction with Koreans-0.955-
Continent---

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Fiji nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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YearFijiVietnam
2006652,157
2007567,197
2008979,848
20091586,166
20102298,225
201125110,564
201223114,211
201326113,843
201441122,571
201546128,042
201647137,769
201744151,385
201847170,707
201965187,334
202047181,415
202143178,928
202244196,883
202335227,930
202431261,581
202528293,907
Table 2.Fiji nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
RankDistrictFiji NationalityShare of local foreigners
1Incheon Yeonsu-gu40.0
2Gangwon-do Chuncheon-si20.0
3Busan Suyeong-gu20.1
4Gyeonggi-do Suwon-si Jangan-gu10.0
5Gyeonggi-do Yangpyeong-gun10.1
6Gyeonggi-do Paju-si10.0
7Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si10.0
8Gyeonggi-do Bucheon-si10.0
9Gyeongsangnam-do Changwon-si Jinhae-gu10.0
10Daegu Buk-gu10.0

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Fiji nationality is 18.3% of all registered foreigners, so a district where the share among its foreigners is above this has relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %
RankDistrictFiji NationalityLocation quotient (LQ)Share of local foreigners

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Fiji nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Visa categoryPersonsShare
Student(D2)1242.9
Marriage Migration(F6)517.9
Other statuses(ETC)517.9
Permanent Residence(F5)27.1
General Trainee(D4)13.6
Arts & Entertainment(E6)13.6
Specially Designated Activities(E7)13.6
Dependent Family(F3)13.6

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 28, the whole of the Fiji nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Age groupTotalMaleFemaleShare
0-42021.8
5-95054.4
10-147526.2
15-195234.4
20-246335.3
25-29159613.3
30-346335.3
35-39179815.0
40-44148612.4
45-496425.3
50-541010.9
55-596425.3
60+2314920.4

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 113 rather than the 28 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %
2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
200855.60.00.00.00.0
200966.70.00.00.00.0
201059.10.00.00.018.2
201168.00.00.00.08.0
201273.94.30.00.00.0
201357.77.70.00.07.7
201455.26.90.00.03.4
201564.78.80.00.05.9
201641.716.75.60.08.3
201729.513.631.80.02.3
201819.110.640.40.02.1
201920.07.730.80.07.7
202012.810.640.40.017.0
202111.614.039.50.020.9
202227.313.638.60.06.8
202348.614.314.30.08.6
202448.416.116.13.29.7
202542.917.917.97.13.6
Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, Unit: index
Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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YearIndex of dissimilarity (D)Isolation indexInteraction with Koreans
Table 6.Fiji nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %
First languageShare
Fijian38.6
Fiji Hindi23.8
Western Fijian10.5
Tamil9.5
Telugu4.1
English3.7
Gujarati3.0
Lauan2.6

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Fiji nationality, 2025Unit: persons
2025

Count range

    Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

    Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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    ProvinceFiji NationalityShare of national
    Seoul621.4
    Incheon621.4
    Gyeonggi-do517.9
    Busan310.7
    Gangwon-do27.1
    Gyeongsangnam-do13.6
    Daegu13.6
    Sejong13.6
    Ulsan13.6
    Jeollabuk-do13.6
    Chungcheongbuk-do13.6