Population: 12,864 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.24% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 20.31 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.09 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 19.51 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.67 years
male: 70.83 years
female: 74.65 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.27 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: British Virgin Islander(s)
adjective: British Virgin Islander

Ethnic divisions: black 90%, white, Asian

Religions: Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)

Languages: English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98%
Labor force: 4,911 (1980)
by occupation: NA

NOTE: The information regarding British Virgin Islands on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of British Virgin Islands People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about British Virgin Islands People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.