How many people live in the US Virgin Islands right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
83,176
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 204 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0010%
- Median age
- 44.9 years
- Children per woman
- 2.05
- Life expectancy
- 76.2 years
- People per km²
- 238
According to UN estimates, about 83,176 people live in the US Virgin Islands right now. It ranks 204th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Andorra and the Cayman Islands, and it is home to one in every 100,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 910 people are born there and about 1,300 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 360 people a year. Overall, it loses about 740 people a year.
In 1950, about 27,081 people lived there. Today there are 3.1 times as many. It peaked in 2000, at about 108,579, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 71,226 people (14% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 61,961.
Half of its people are younger than 45 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.05 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 76 years (worldwide, 74). There are 238 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the US Virgin Islands in 2026?
- The US Virgin Islands has about 83,176 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 83,400.
- How many people are born each day in the US Virgin Islands?
- Very few: about 910 a year. About 1,300 people die each year.
- Is the population of the US Virgin Islands growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.89% a year, or about 740 people.
- What will the population of the US Virgin Islands be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 71,226.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Antigua and Barbuda 94,747
- Isle of Man 84,025
- Andorra 83,977
- Cayman Islands 77,616
- Dominica 65,399
- Guernsey 64,639
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,540
- Brazil 213,783,508
- Mexico 133,319,746
- Colombia 54,089,627
- Argentina 46,051,045
- Canada 40,567,032
- Peru 35,027,398
- Venezuela 28,673,180
- Chile 19,971,238
- Guatemala 19,055,560
- Ecuador 18,493,692
- Bolivia 12,801,705
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.