Official name
Virgin Islands
Name in local language
British Virgin Islands (en)
Continent
Americas
Subcontinent
Caribbean
Population (ranking: 232e )
32,944 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
2.27 % / year
Area
151 km²
Density
218.17 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 209e )1.027 billions $USD (2017)
GDP/capita (ranking )
34,246 $USD (2017)
GDP growth
3.20 % / year (2017)
Life expectancy (ranking )
77.37 years (2017)
Birth rate
7.46 ‰ (2017)
Fertility rate
0.86 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking )
4.72 ‰ (2017)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
20.32 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2019)
Official languages
English
Currency
United States dollar ($ USD)
HDI (ranking: 11e )0.945 / 1 (2008)
EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018)
Government
British Overseas Territory
Head of State
Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor Augustus Jaspert
National Day
3 July
ISO Codes VG, VGB
Demonym
Virgin Islander, British
Tourists (ranking )
335,000 people (2017)
A paradise for dirty money and traffickers
The British Virgin Islands are an archipelago of the West Indies and an overseas territory of the United Kingdom . They gather about fifty islands, of which 16 are inhabited. They are located to the east of the Virgin Islands of the United States .
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Photo: Henry A-W White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands Peter Island, British Virgin Islands Urban areas (2019)
Urban areas
Population
Road Town
24,045 inhabitants
Spanish Town
3,930 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Islands
Population
Area
Anegada
204 inhabitants
38 km²
Jost Van Dyke
298 inhabitants
8 km²
Tortola
24,045 inhabitants
56 km²
Virgin Gorda
3,930 inhabitants
21 km²
See also
