British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands in numbers — 9 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
British Virgin Islands recorded Population: 39,732 (2025), ranking 210 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 77.4 (2024), ranking 81 of 217 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Population shows the largest increase (+400%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-84%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on most of them. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 1 of 9 comparable series are higher and 7 are lower.
Its population of 39,732 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 9 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 39,732 | 2025 | +399.8% |
| Population growth | 0.66% | 2025 | -37.3% |
| Urban population | 57.4% | 2025 | +372.8% |
| Life expectancy | 77.43 | 2024 | +23.5% |
| Infant mortality | 11.4 | 2024 | -83.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.33 | 2024 | +216.5% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +5.7% |
| Forest area | 24.13% | 2023 | -2.4% |
| Education spending | 3.17% | 2023 | -9.0% |