US Virgin Islands (United States Virgin Islands)

US Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands
Status	Dependency (Territory)
Sovereignty	USA
Capital	Charlotte Amalie
Land Area	350km21
Location	North America, The Americas, The Caribbean
Groupings	Small Islands
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	VI, VIR, 8502
Internet Domain	.vi3
Currency	Dollar (USD)4
Telephone	+5

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

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1. Overview

“During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. Sugarcane, produced by African slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish portion, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₆

“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)₇

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

2. US Virgin Islands's Demographics and Migration

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

Population:

This country has a fertility rate of 2.00. 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 8.86.₈

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9
Pos.		20229
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
4	India	2.01
5	Belize	1.99
6	Grenada	1.99
7	New Caledonia	2.02
8	Sri Lanka	1.97
9	Faroe Islands	2.05
10	Bangladesh	1.95
11	Vietnam	1.94
12	Georgia	2.06
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

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

3. US Virgin Islands's Health

#birth_control #demographics #health #overpopulation

Compared to The Americas (2025)10
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank10
1	Greenland	34.3
2	Curaço	49.7
3	Aruba	49.9
4	US Virgin Islands	51.9
5	Bermuda	55.9
6	Canada	58.3
7	USA	58.5
8=	Antigua & Barbuda	63.2
9	St Martin	66.7
10=	Puerto Rico	70.9
11	Barbados	71.0
12	Turks & Caicos Islands	74.3
13	Cuba	75.7
	The Americas Avg	92.7
q=44.

Health (2025)10
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank10
1	Monaco	14.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Isle of Man	32.1
	...
20	Netherlands	50.2
21	Belgium	50.7
22	New Zealand	51.2
23	US Virgin Islands	51.9
24	N. Korea	52.9
25	Ireland	53.2
26	UK	54.0
27	Sri Lanka	54.3
	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 Man₁₁. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Angola and Nigeria₁₁.

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 Balkans₁₁, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₁₁.

For more, see:

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

Health:

When it comes to public health, The US Virgin Islands has exemplary public policy and a uniquely healthy culture. The US Virgin Islands does the best in its fertility rate₉. The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the last 40 years. US Virgin Islands's peak fertility rate was 5.45, in 1960.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9
Pos.		20229
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
4	India	2.01
5	Belize	1.99
6	Grenada	1.99
7	New Caledonia	2.02
8	Sri Lanka	1.97
9	Faroe Islands	2.05
10	Bangladesh	1.95
11	Vietnam	1.94
12	Georgia	2.06
	The Americas Avg	1.80
	World Avg	2.47
q=208.

4. US 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 its forested percent change 2000-2020₁₂.

5. US Virgin Islands's Modernity and Learning

#the_internet

Technology and Information:

Internet Users Higher is better13
Pos.		201613
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
87	Colombia	57%
88	Costa Rica	56%
89	Kazakhstan	56%
90=	US Virgin Islands	54%
90=	Serbia	54%
92	Maldives	54%
93	Georgia	53%
94	China	52%
	The Americas Avg	56.4%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

IPv6 Uptake Higher is better14
Pos.		2017 Ratio14
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
84=	Pakistan	0.0
84=	Paraguay	0.0
84=	Chile	0.0
84=	US Virgin Islands	0.0
84=	Mauritius	0.0
89	Botswana	0.0
90=	El Salvador	0.0
90=	Kenya	0.0
	The Americas Avg	3.36
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

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 below₁₅:

Christian	94.8%
Muslim	0.1%
Hindu	0.4%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	0.1%
Jewish	0.3%
Unaffiliated	3.7%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Protestant 59% (Baptist 42%, Episcopalian 17%), Roman Catholic 34%, other 7%₁₆.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

There isn't much information in the database for US 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.