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British Virgin Islands population

British Virgin Islands population now

39,978

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 35,566–44,470.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 38,985

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 39,942; 95% range, 31 Dec: 35,566–44,470
Median age: 40.1
Aged 65+: 10.6%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2039

male female projection · one cell = 10 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

VGB · 1950–2100 · in brief

British Virgin Islands in numbers

The UN counts 38,985 people in The British Virgin Islands in mid-2023, which makes it the 217th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 5.3 times its 1950 population of 7,372.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2039 at 41,208, then falling to 27,890 by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 8,074 to 95,553.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2034 on. The population still grows until 2039, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 18.8 in 1950 and 38.5 in 2023; the projection has 52.3 in 2100. 9.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 34.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2029 at 30,199.

Its place in the world by population: 217th in 2023, 217th in 2050, 220th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes American Samoa in 2035. It is overtaken by Gibraltar in 2025, Monaco in 2062 and San Marino in 2085.

Population, mid-2023: 38,985
Rank by population, 2023: 217 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.74% · +666 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 260
Land area, 2023: 150 km²
Births, 2023: 325
Deaths, 2023: 233
Net migration, 2023: +587
Children per woman, 2023: 1.04
Median age, 2023: 38.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 77.3 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,372
Projected, mid-2050: 40,340
Projected, mid-2100: 27,890

VGB · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: British Virgin Islands, 1950–2100

British Virgin Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,347		253	141	5.05	53.4
1951	estimate	7,396		255	134	5.13	54.3
1952	estimate	7,390		256	128	5.20	55.2
1953	estimate	7,371		255	121	5.25	56.2
1954	estimate	7,411		256	115	5.27	57.4
1955	estimate	7,479		259	109	5.30	58.4
1956	estimate	7,510		255	102	5.23	59.5
1957	estimate	7,559		255	96	5.16	60.5
1958	estimate	7,623		255	91	5.06	61.4
1959	estimate	7,744		259	87	4.95	62.2
1960	estimate	7,883		264	84	4.81	62.7
1961	estimate	8,018		266	81	4.67	63.3
1962	estimate	8,051		263	78	4.51	63.8
1963	estimate	8,089		260	75	4.36	64.3
1964	estimate	8,138		258	73	4.19	64.8
1965	estimate	8,199		258	71	4.05	65.2
1966	estimate	8,315		263	70	3.96	65.5
1967	estimate	8,511		274	69	3.91	65.9
1968	estimate	8,782		291	69	3.88	66.0
1969	estimate	9,218		312	70	3.81	66.2
1970	estimate	9,848		341	73	3.74	66.4
1971	estimate	10,018		336	72	3.64	66.7
1972	estimate	10,172		329	72	3.54	66.9
1973	estimate	10,297		321	72	3.43	67.2
1974	estimate	10,438		314	72	3.33	67.7
1975	estimate	10,550		308	72	3.25	68.1
1976	estimate	10,662		304	72	3.20	68.4
1977	estimate	10,756		301	73	3.15	68.7
1978	estimate	10,843		299	74	3.11	69.0
1979	estimate	10,928		296	76	3.07	69.3
1980	estimate	11,002		283	77	2.92	69.6
1981	estimate	11,257		232	78	2.33	69.9
1982	estimate	11,700		239	78	2.27	70.1
1983	estimate	12,142		235	79	2.12	70.4
1984	estimate	12,597		233	79	1.99	70.7
1985	estimate	13,043		237	79	1.92	71.0
1986	estimate	13,495		231	80	1.78	71.3
1987	estimate	13,956		234	81	1.72	71.5
1988	estimate	14,433		244	83	1.71	71.8
1989	estimate	14,926		262	84	1.77	72.0
1990	estimate	15,434		272	86	1.78	72.4
1991	estimate	15,975		289	88	1.84	72.8
1992	estimate	16,399		297	87	1.88	73.1
1993	estimate	16,788		287	86	1.81	73.4
1994	estimate	17,191		264	85	1.66	73.8
1995	estimate	17,621		283	85	1.78	74.1
1996	estimate	18,058		301	86	1.89	74.3
1997	estimate	18,515		320	87	2.01	74.5
1998	estimate	18,996		243	88	1.52	74.6
1999	estimate	19,480		285	90	1.79	74.7
2000	estimate	19,981		294	92	1.84	74.8
2001	estimate	20,502		244	94	1.52	74.8
2002	estimate	21,090		209	95	1.25	75.0
2003	estimate	21,769		232	98	1.31	75.2
2004	estimate	22,498		280	102	1.50	75.4
2005	estimate	23,263		264	106	1.34	75.6
2006	estimate	24,067		254	111	1.23	75.8
2007	estimate	24,919		281	117	1.31	75.9
2008	estimate	25,812		281	123	1.27	76.1
2009	estimate	26,764		280	131	1.23	76.2
2010	estimate	27,671		275	140	1.18	76.3
2011	estimate	27,680		285	141	1.27	76.4
2012	estimate	29,740		283	156	1.10	76.4
2013	estimate	30,950		295	164	1.09	76.5
2014	estimate	32,457		357	175	1.24	76.5
2015	estimate	33,467		353	182	1.19	76.6
2016	estimate	35,528		323	196	0.99	76.6
2017	estimate	32,228		226	184	0.87	75.7
2018	estimate	33,170		242	185	0.91	76.7
2019	estimate	36,144		294	208	0.94	76.8
2020	estimate	36,645		304	215	0.97	76.9
2021	estimate	37,624		317	266	1.00	75.3
2022	estimate	37,995		323	226	1.02	77.2
2023	estimate	38,643		325	233	1.04	77.3
2024	estimate	39,327		324	239	1.05	77.4
2025	projection	39,615	37,594–41,474	323	245	1.06	77.6
2026	projection	39,849	36,597–43,070	321	251	1.06	77.8
2027	projection	40,023	35,566–44,470	319	258	1.07	77.9
2028	projection	40,197	34,969–45,874	318	266	1.08	78.1
2029	projection	40,380	34,176–47,096	317	274	1.09	78.3
2030	projection	40,521	33,473–48,026	314	282	1.10	78.4
2031	projection	40,662	33,015–49,213	313	290	1.10	78.6
2032	projection	40,752	32,510–50,443	311	299	1.11	78.8
2033	projection	40,866	31,954–51,687	310	309	1.12	78.9
2034	projection	40,953	31,211–52,662	309	318	1.13	79.1
2035	projection	41,038	30,914–53,622	308	328	1.13	79.3
2036	projection	41,106	30,914–54,893	307	338	1.14	79.4
2037	projection	41,194	30,374–55,163	307	348	1.15	79.6
2038	projection	41,154	29,939–55,941	305	359	1.15	79.7
2039	projection	41,209	29,582–56,406	305	370	1.16	79.9
2040	projection	41,208	29,109–57,556	304	380	1.17	80.1
2041	projection	41,193	28,734–58,931	302	391	1.17	80.2
2042	projection	41,198	28,372–60,527	300	401	1.18	80.4
2043	projection	41,148	27,977–61,197	297	411	1.18	80.5
2044	projection	41,099	27,483–62,267	292	422	1.19	80.7
2045	projection	41,016	27,101–63,119	288	432	1.19	80.9
2046	projection	40,925	26,808–63,404	282	442	1.20	81.0
2047	projection	40,821	26,519–63,959	277	453	1.20	81.2
2048	projection	40,700	25,942–65,340	272	463	1.21	81.3
2049	projection	40,600	25,594–66,172	268	473	1.21	81.5
2050	projection	40,433	24,942–66,458	264	482	1.22	81.6
2051	projection	40,247	24,564–66,942	260	492	1.22	81.8
2052	projection	40,085	24,320–68,062	257	502	1.23	81.9
2053	projection	39,975	24,026–69,360	255	511	1.24	82.1
2054	projection	39,819	23,416–69,753	254	520	1.24	82.2
2055	projection	39,621	22,872–70,114	252	529	1.25	82.4
2056	projection	39,416	22,574–71,000	251	537	1.25	82.5
2057	projection	39,167	22,096–72,452	250	545	1.26	82.7
2058	projection	38,942	21,453–72,315	249	552	1.26	82.8
2059	projection	38,714	21,068–72,865	248	559	1.27	82.9
2060	projection	38,484	20,519–73,807	248	567	1.27	83.1
2061	projection	38,201	20,083–74,758	247	573	1.28	83.2
2062	projection	37,926	19,361–75,010	247	579	1.28	83.3
2063	projection	37,618	19,153–75,445	245	584	1.29	83.5
2064	projection	37,293	18,759–75,424	244	589	1.29	83.6
2065	projection	37,046	18,194–75,751	244	593	1.30	83.8
2066	projection	36,763	17,783–76,065	244	596	1.30	83.9
2067	projection	36,449	17,366–76,495	243	598	1.30	84.0
2068	projection	36,144	16,771–77,332	242	599	1.31	84.2
2069	projection	35,850	16,270–78,791	241	600	1.31	84.3
2070	projection	35,553	15,964–79,939	240	600	1.31	84.4
2071	projection	35,258	15,502–80,127	239	599	1.32	84.5
2072	projection	34,937	15,140–80,316	237	597	1.32	84.7
2073	projection	34,614	14,668–79,578	236	594	1.33	84.8
2074	projection	34,316	14,409–80,665	235	590	1.33	84.9
2075	projection	33,967	13,935–82,910	232	585	1.33	85.0
2076	projection	33,661	13,515–82,997	230	580	1.34	85.2
2077	projection	33,393	13,252–84,066	229	573	1.34	85.3
2078	projection	33,159	13,047–84,587	228	567	1.34	85.4
2079	projection	32,885	12,735–85,674	226	560	1.34	85.5
2080	projection	32,599	12,226–85,834	225	552	1.35	85.7
2081	projection	32,341	11,798–85,780	223	544	1.35	85.8
2082	projection	32,071	11,740–87,745	221	536	1.35	85.9
2083	projection	31,812	11,250–88,395	219	528	1.35	86.0
2084	projection	31,552	11,067–88,618	218	520	1.36	86.1
2085	projection	31,280	10,713–89,666	216	513	1.36	86.2
2086	projection	31,003	10,486–90,687	214	505	1.36	86.3
2087	projection	30,750	10,411–90,122	213	498	1.37	86.5
2088	projection	30,520	10,180–89,576	212	491	1.37	86.6
2089	projection	30,285	10,003–90,339	211	485	1.38	86.7
2090	projection	30,063	9,796–90,571	210	479	1.38	86.8
2091	projection	29,888	9,509–92,341	210	473	1.38	86.9
2092	projection	29,707	9,463–91,719	210	468	1.38	87.0
2093	projection	29,486	9,259–92,440	209	463	1.39	87.1
2094	projection	29,259	9,136–92,315	208	459	1.39	87.2
2095	projection	29,036	9,024–93,874	207	454	1.39	87.4
2096	projection	28,830	8,762–93,512	207	450	1.39	87.5
2097	projection	28,658	8,641–94,483	206	446	1.39	87.6
2098	projection	28,421	8,626–94,692	205	442	1.40	87.7
2099	projection	28,194	8,335–96,030	204	438	1.40	87.8
2100	projection	27,999	8,074–95,553	202	434	1.40	87.9

Show the numbers: British Virgin Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

British Virgin Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	165	158
1	167	160
2	170	163
3	172	165
4	171	164
5	169	162
6	172	165
7	169	162
8	175	169
9	209	202
10	217	211
11	214	208
12	212	208
13	202	200
14	211	210
15	221	219
16	246	240
17	286	274
18	296	284
19	281	270
20	276	263
21	273	260
22	258	255
23	240	252
24	236	256
25	247	268
26	257	275
27	261	274
28	271	278
29	272	294
30	264	306
31	267	318
32	280	328
33	287	334
34	291	344
35	297	357
36	302	372
37	304	384
38	312	394
39	326	408
40	336	421
41	347	424
42	356	426
43	364	432
44	376	432
45	376	428
46	358	426
47	340	418
48	326	403
49	322	382
50	320	357
51	306	343
52	286	341
53	278	335
54	278	322
55	278	313
56	277	302
57	258	288
58	240	272
59	234	266
60	230	253
61	222	234
62	216	231
63	207	232
64	198	222
65	194	205
66	186	188
67	173	184
68	154	177
69	133	160
70	120	148
71	112	140
72	108	132
73	100	120
74	85	108
75	76	96
76	73	88
77	65	82
78	57	74
79	55	63
80	48	56
81	39	51
82	32	44
83	26	34
84	19	30
85	16	26
86	14	22
87	10	20
88	8	16
89	6	12
90	5	10
91	4	8
92	2	7
93	2	6
94	2	5
95	1	4
96	1	3
97	1	2
98	0	1
99	0	1
100+	0	0

VGB · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

British Virgin Islands, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

VGB · ages 15–64

Who does the work in British Virgin Islands

On the UN's projection, the British Virgin Islands will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2027: 30,202 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 29,496.

100 aged 15–64

20 children

12 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 55 years: 1988–2042.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

VGB · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in British Virgin Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the British Virgin Islands gains 434 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 83 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 10 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 2,913 (2018), and a loss of 3,433 (2016).

In 2024, 24,520 people living in the British Virgin Islands had been born in another country, 62 of every 100 people there, against 51 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

VGB · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in British Virgin Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the British Virgin Islands in 2023, 6 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 15 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
15 · 72 · 13

2023
6 · 72 · 22

2050 · projected
1 · 72 · 27

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 325
Average age when women have a baby: 28.5 years; 28.4 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 15; 114 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the British Virgin Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	2	1	1	0	0	0
15–19	37	50	35	19	3	2
20–24	66	91	76	67	25	21
25–29	67	92	74	83	71	58
30–34	48	50	65	84	92	72
35–39	23	17	32	56	56	39
40–44	9	6	10	15	16	9
45–49	1	1	1	1	1	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	253	308	294	325	264	202

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

VGB · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in British Virgin Islands

At the end of 2025, the British Virgin Islands was hosting 32 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.8 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad32
British Virgin Islands nationals abroad7

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1 person each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from the British Virgin Islands living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 10 people asked for asylum in the British Virgin Islands for the first time. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

VGB · of every 100 people

How people live in British Virgin Islands

Of every 100 people in the British Virgin Islands in 2025, 64 lived in a town or suburb and 36 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

VGB · cities · 2025

Cities in British Virgin Islands

No place in the British Virgin Islands is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the British Virgin Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.