Virgin Islands People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
105,413 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens)
adjective: Virgin Islander
Ethnic groups
Black 76%, White 15.6%, Asian 1.4%, other 4.9%, mixed 2.1% (2010 est.)
note: 17.4% self-identify as Latino
Languages
English 71.6%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 17.2%, French or French Creole 8.6%, other 2.5% (2010 est.)
Religions
Protestant 65.5%, Roman Catholic 27.1%, other Christians 2.2%, other 1.5%, none 3.7% (2010 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 19.71% (male 10,671/female 10,192)
15-24 years: 10.16% (male 5,219/female 5,535)
25-54 years: 36.07% (male 17,844/female 20,342)
55-64 years: 14.24% (male 7,222/female 7,859)
65 years and over: 19.82% (male 9,424/female 11,562) (2021 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 64.6
youth dependency ratio: 32
elderly dependency ratio: 34
potential support ratio: 3 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 41.8 years
male: 40.6 years
female: 42.8 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.45% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
11.63 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-7.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
while overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix
Urbanization
urban population: 96.1% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: -0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
52,000 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 7.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 80.27 years
male: 77.08 years
female: 83.65 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 98.7% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 1.3% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
N/A
Physicians density
N/A
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 99.4% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
N/A
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
NOTE: The information regarding Virgin Islands on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Virgin Islands 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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