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British Virgin Islands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for British Virgin Islands, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.66%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -37.3% since 1961
Population growth for British Virgin Islands was 0.66% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.82% in 2018. The lowest was -3.54% in 2017 (about -5.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.73% per year.
British Virgin Islands ranks 124 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so British Virgin Islands sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 89% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 86%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.66%
First (1961)
1.05%
Change
-37.3%
Highest
5.82%
in 2018
Lowest
-3.54%
in 2017
Average
2.48%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.73%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.66% |
| 2024 | 1.24% |
| 2023 | 1.72% |
| 2022 | 1.34% |
| 2021 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 2.01% |
| 2019 | 4.89% |
| 2018 | 5.82% |
| 2017 | -3.54% |
| 2016 | -1.81% |
| 2015 | 4.55% |
| 2014 | 3.89% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.