Virgin Islands (U.S.) — Population
Population, Total for Virgin Islands (U.S.), 1960–2025.
Population for Virgin Islands (U.S.) was 103,792 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 108,642 in 2000. The lowest was 32,500 in 1960 (about 3.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.80% per year.
Virgin Islands (U.S.) ranks 192 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Virgin Islands (U.S.) sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 33 of 42 economies; St. Vincent and the Grenadines (99,924) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 14% in 1963. That is 2% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1971. Doubling roughly every 39 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 199th of 216 in 1960 → 191st of 216 in 1970 → 186th of 216 in 1980 → 188th of 217 in 1990 → 189th of 217 in 2000 → 190th of 217 in 2010 → 191st of 217 in 2020 → 192nd of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103,792 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 104,377 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 104,917 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 105,413 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 105,870 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 106,290 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 106,669 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 107,001 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 107,281 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 107,516 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 107,712 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 107,882 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 108,041 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 108,188 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 108,290 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 108,357 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 108,404 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 108,397 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 108,337 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 108,369 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 108,453 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 108,466 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 108,505 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 108,509 | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 108,549 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 108,642 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 108,599 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 108,537 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 108,357 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 108,095 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 107,818 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 107,318 | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 106,578 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 105,712 | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 104,807 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 103,963 | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 101,041 | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 100,952 | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 100,901 | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 100,842 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 100,760 | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 100,600 | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 100,348 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 100,068 | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 99,853 | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 99,636 | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 96,183 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 95,929 | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 93,203 | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 96,166 | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 94,484 | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 89,941 | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 84,121 | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 76,319 | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 70,937 | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 63,476 | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 60,300 | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 55,700 | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 49,100 | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 46,200 | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 43,500 | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 40,800 | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 39,800 | +13.7% |
| 1962 | 35,000 | +2.0% |
| 1961 | 34,300 | +5.5% |
| 1960 | 32,500 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Population in 1961?
34,300 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Virgin Islands (U.S.)’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +219.4% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 103,792; 2024: 104,377; 2023: 104,917; 2022: 105,413; 2021: 105,870. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.