Population in British Virgin Islands

The population of British Virgin Islands was 39,732 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
British Virgin Islands, 2025 39,732 People
Change from 2024 +0.7% 2024: 39,471 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 210th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in British Virgin Islands over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period British Virgin IslandsWorld
2025 39,732 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 39,471 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 38,985 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 38,319 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 37,809 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 37,135 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 36,395 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 34,657 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 32,699 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 33,878 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 34,498 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 32,962 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 31,703 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 30,345 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 28,710 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 27,675 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 27,218 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 26,288 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 25,366 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 24,493 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 23,665 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 22,881 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 22,134 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 21,430 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 20,796 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7% from 39,471 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 34,498 people, the figure has changed by +15.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, British Virgin Islands has the 210th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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All statistics for British Virgin Islands

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for British Virgin Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects