It has been revealed that almost 80 percent of Fiji's total population lives in Viti Levu.

According to the 2007 Census Provisional Count released by the Bureau of Statistics, the largest Fijian and Indian population live in the Central division which amounts to 41.2 percent of the total population.

38.3 percent of the population live in the Western division, 15.8 percent live in the Northern division while 4.7 percent reside in the Eastern division.

In the Northern division, the Indian population declined by 22 percent over the last eleven years. The Indian population in the North now stands at 51,841 compared to 66,488 in the 1996 census. In 1996 there were more Indians living in the North than Fijians. The Fijian population in the Northern division is much higher now, standing at 72,816, compared to their population in 1996 which stood at 64,940. The decrease in the Indian population was anticipated due to expiring land leases in the North.

Moving to the Western division, the Indian population has declined by 9.6 percent while there has been a dramatic increase in the Fijian population in the West. According to the provisional census count, the Fijian population in the West has gone up by 35,788 people, which is a massive 30.7 percent increase.

In the Central division, the Fijian population has again increased by 37,637 while the Indian numbers increased by 4,139.

The Eastern division has a population of 39 thousand and 74.