British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands
Status	Dependency (Overseas Territory)
Sovereignty	UK
Capital	Road Town
Land Area
Location	North America, The Americas, The Caribbean
Groupings	Small Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	VG, VGB, 921
Internet Domain	.vg2
Currency	Dollar (USD)3
Telephone	+4

1. Overview
2. British Virgin Islands's Demographics and Migration
3. British Virgin Islands's Health
4. British Virgin Islands's Responsibility Towards The Environment
5. British Virgin Islands's Modernity and Learning
6. Religion and Beliefs
7. Links

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1. Overview

“First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₅

“Consistently balmy weather, ridiculously white sand shores, diving and snorkeling, and calypso-wafting beach bars: the US and British Virgin Islands have the tropical thing down. Although considered one archipelago, the Virgin Islands are divided between two countries: the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI).With more than 90 little landmasses bobbing in a triangular patch of sea, steady trade winds, calm currents and hundreds of protected bays, it´s easy to see how the Virgins became a tropical fantasyland.

The US Virgins hold the lion´s share of population and development. St Thomas has more resorts and water sports than you can shake a beach towel at and the largest Virgin, St Croix, pleases divers and drinkers with extraordinary scuba sites and rum factories.

The British Virgins are officially territories of Her Majesty´s land, but aside from plates of fish and chips, there´s little that´s overtly British.

Believe it or not, a day will come during your Virgin stay when you decide enough with the beach lounging. Then it´s time to snorkel with turtles and spotted eagle rays, dive to explore a 19th-century shipwreck, hike to petroglyphs and sugar-mill ruins and kayak through a bioluminescent bay.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₆

As a territory of the UK I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. British Virgin Islands's Demographics and Migration

#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #overpopulation #population #yemen

Population:

This country has a fertility rate of 1.02. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.₇

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best8
Pos.		20228
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
145	Israel	2.89
146	Singapore	1.04
147	Lesotho	2.98
148	British Virgin Islands	1.02
149	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	3.05
150	Kazakhstan	3.05
151	Puerto Rico	0.90
152	Tajikistan	3.14
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

• The Population of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

3. British Virgin Islands's Health

#birth_control #demographics #health #overpopulation

Compared to The Americas (2025)9
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank9
1	Greenland	34.3
2	Curaço	49.7
3	Aruba	49.9
	...
14	Chile	75.8
15	Uruguay	76.4
16	Grenada	77.9
17	British Virgin Islands	78.7
18	Trinidad & Tobago	79.4
19	Costa Rica	82.6
20	Bahamas	82.8
21	Brazil	84.6
22	Dominica	86.3
	The Americas Avg	92.7
q=44.

Health (2025)9
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank9
1	Monaco	14.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Isle of Man	32.1
	...
83	Maldives	77.3
84	Grenada	77.9
85	Turkey	78.6
86	British Virgin Islands	78.7
87	Trinidad & Tobago	79.4
88	Russia	81.8
89	Costa Rica	82.6
90	Bahamas	82.8
	World Avg	96.7
q=212.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and The Isle of Man₁₀. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria₁₀.

21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Balkans₁₀, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₁₀.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2020).

Health:

The British Virgin Islands is a pretty unhealthy country. And finally, it does worse than average for its fertility rate₈ (one of the worst in The Americas). The number of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the last 40 years.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best8
Pos.		20228
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
145	Israel	2.89
146	Singapore	1.04
147	Lesotho	2.98
148	British Virgin Islands	1.02
149	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	3.05
150	Kazakhstan	3.05
151	Puerto Rico	0.90
152	Tajikistan	3.14
	The Americas Avg	1.80
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

4. British Virgin Islands's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #the_environment

This rank is calculated from 1 data sets. And finally, it does worse than average in terms of its forested percent change 2000-2020₁₁.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better11
Pos.		Total11
1	Guernsey	82.6%
2	Bahrain	75.2%
3	Iceland	64.7%
	...
151	Papua New Guinea	-1.2%
152	Armenia	-1.3%
153	Philippines	-1.3%
154	British Virgin Islands	-1.4%
155	Cayman Islands	-1.6%
156	Bangladesh	-1.9%
157	US Virgin Islands	-1.9%
158	Sri Lanka	-2.5%
	The Americas Avg	-2.1%
	World Avg	-0.1%
q=234.

5. British Virgin Islands's Modernity and Learning

#it_security

Technology and Information:

IT Security Lower is better12
Pos.		201312
1=	Ireland	0.11
1=	Luxembourg	0.11
1=	Belize	0.11
	...
44	Tajikistan	1.01
45	Brazil	1.02
46	Indonesia	1.05
47	British Virgin Islands	1.08
48	Mali	1.12
49	France	1.13
50	Italy	1.15
51	Vietnam	1.15
	The Americas Avg	0.84
	World Avg	0.98

6. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₁₃:

Christian	84.5%
Muslim	1.2%
Hindu	1.2%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	8.4%
Jewish	0.1%
Unaffiliated	3.9%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant 84% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%, none 2% (1991)₁₄.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

There isn't much information in the database for British Virgin Islands, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.