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Virgin Islands (US)
Community
Area 1,190 square kilometres (346 square kilometres land area)
Population,
43,000 (1835)
22,025 (1930)
24,889 (1940)
26,665 (1950)
32,500 (1960)
63,500 (1970)
99,600 (1980)
103,750 (1990)
108,600 (2000)
108,500 (2010)
107,700 (2015)
107,000 (2018)
Ethnicity, %,
|
|
Asian |
Black |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1930 |
|
78.3 |
12.5 |
|
|
1940 |
|
69.0 |
22.0 |
9.0 |
|
2010 |
1.4 |
76.0 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Baptist |
Christian Episcopalian |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
|
2000 |
42.0 |
17.0 |
|
34.0 |
|
2010 |
|
|
65.5 |
27.1 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1940 |
|
|
|
|
39.9 |
|
67.5 |
|
1950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
58.4 |
|
1960 |
5.6 |
35.0 (+25.0) |
|
10.0 |
39.1 |
7.3 |
56.5 |
|
1965 |
5.7 |
46.0 (+37.4) |
30.0 |
8.4 |
40.4 |
4.9 |
63.3 |
|
1970 |
5.2 |
31.2 (+24.4) |
|
6.8 |
35.8 |
4.1 |
69.6 |
|
1980 |
3.1 |
26.0 (+20.8) |
|
5.2 |
35.8 |
4.9 |
80.1 |
|
1990 |
3.0 |
21.0 (+16.4) |
|
4.6 |
28.8 |
6.2 |
87.7 |
|
2000 |
2.1 |
14.8 (+8.5) |
9.6 |
6.0 |
25.9 |
8.7 |
92.6 |
|
2010 |
2.3 |
11.3 (+4.7) |
7.4 |
6.6 |
20.8 |
13.5 |
94.6 |
|
2015 |
2.1 |
10.3 (+3.0) |
|
7.3 |
20.4 |
17.4 |
95.3 |
|
2016 |
|
|
|
|
20.2 |
18.0 |
95.5 |
|
2017 |
2.1 |
12.8 (+5.0) |
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
19.7 |
19.3 |
|
Life expectancy,
66.2 (1960); 64.7 (M), 67.8 (F)
69.0 (1970); 67.6 (M), 70.6 (F)
71.7 (1980); 70.2 (M), 73.3 (F)
74.2 (1990); 72.5 (M), 76.1 (F)
76.6 (2000); 73.4 (M), 80.0 (F)
79.2 (2010); 76.1 (M), 82.4 (F)
80.7 (2020); 78.1 (M), 83.1 (F)
Population of islands and capital city,
|
|
Saint Croix |
St John |
St Thomas |
CHARLOTTE AMALIE1 |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
7,036 |
|
1940 |
12,902 |
722 |
11,265 |
9,801 |
|
1950 |
12,103 |
749 |
13,183 |
11,469 |
|
1990 |
50,139 |
3,504 |
48,166 |
12,331 |
|
2000 |
53,234 |
4,197 |
51,181 |
11,044 |
|
2010 |
50,601 |
4,170 |
51,634 |
18,481 |
1Also known as St Thomas, Charlotte Amalie was founded in 1672 by the Danish West India Company
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
24 |
0.00 |
756 |
25.14 |
|
1965 |
67 |
0.01 |
1,511 |
39.47 |
|
1970 |
219 |
0.02 |
3,475 |
66.23 |
|
1975 |
400 |
0.02 |
4,250 |
54.35 |
|
1980 |
728 |
0.03 |
7,500 |
59.53 |
|
1985 |
990 |
0.02 |
8,250 |
45.16 |
|
1990 |
1,565 |
0.03 |
15,050 |
62.83 |
|
1995 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
4,440 |
0.03 |
41,150 |
92.87 |
|
2010 |
4,340 |
0.03 |
40,830 |
84.40 |
|
2015 |
3,765 |
0.02 |
36,350 |
64.67 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
2003 |
|
1.0 |
|
19.0 |
|
80.0 |
|
2012 |
2.0 |
|
20.0 |
|
78.0 |
|
Communications
Language� Official; English.� Creole also spoken
|
|
English |
French |
Spanish |
|
2000 |
74.7 |
6.6 |
16.8 |
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1950 |
378 |
36,205 |
|
|
|
1980 |
850 |
48,800 |
|
|
|
1996 |
856 |
|
|
|
|
2008 |
1,260 |
|
|
|
Railways; None
Electronic communications, TV began 1961
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
575 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1945 |
750 |
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
28,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
47,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
|
105,000 |
67,000 |
|
|
|
1997 |
|
16,000 |
107,000 |
68,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
68,300 |
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
2005 |
|
80,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2012 |
75,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
76,000 |
|
|
|
|
57,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Virgin Islands (USA),
463,000 (1990)
454,000 (1995)
546,000 (2000)
594,000 (2005)
572,000 (2010)
637,000 (2015)
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