British Virgin Islands
Americas ยท Capital: Road Town
How it is run: British Virgin Islands is a territory or observer, so some decisions about it are made elsewhere. The research links below explain who is in charge.
British Virgin Islands is home to 39,732 people in Caribbean, where people speak English.
Numbers that tell a story ๐ข
๐ฅ People
39,732 people
That is about 5 people out of every million on Earth (counted in 2025).
๐บ๏ธ Land
151 kmยฒ
Smaller than most big cities โ you could cross it in an afternoon.
๐๏ธ How crowded
About 263 people per square kilometre โ busy towns with countryside in between.
๐ Size in its region
45th most people in Americas
49th largest by land in Americas.
๐ฃ๏ธ Official languages
English
๐ฐ Money
United States dollar ($)
Life here today ๐ฉบ
These come from World Bank open data โ the same numbers governments use when they argue about budgets.
โค๏ธ How long people live
77.4 years on average
Doctors, clean water and food supply all change this number over time.
๐ข Living in cities
57.4% of people
Many people still live in villages and farming towns.
๐ Kids under 15
14.1% of the population
An older country โ there are more grandparents than schoolchildren.
Everyday details ๐งญ
๐ Phone code
+1284
Dial this before the number to call from another country.
๐ Websites end in
.vg
๐ง People here are called
Virgin Islander
๐ท๏ธ Name at home
British Virgin Islands
Also written: Virgin Islands, British.
๐ Coast or inland
Has a coastline
๐๏ธ UN voting group
Not a UN member
Neighbours & borders ๐ค
British Virgin Islands has no land borders at all. It is surrounded by water, so boats and planes are the way in and out.
Say its name around the world ๐ฃ๏ธ
Countries have different names in different languages. Try these with a penpal.
Spanish
Islas Vรญrgenes del Reino Unido
French
รles Vierges britanniques
Arabic
ุฌุฒุฑ ุงูุนุฐุฑุงุก
Chinese
่ฑๅฑ็ปดๅฐไบฌ็พคๅฒ
Japanese
ใคใฎใชใน้ ใดใกใผใธใณ่ซธๅณถ
Russian
ะัะธัะฐะฝัะบะธะต ะะธัะณะธะฝัะบะธะต ะพัััะพะฒะฐ
Portuguese
Ilhas Virgens
German
Britische Jungferninseln
Put it in perspective ๐
- United States โ the most populated country in Americas โ has about 8602.3ร as many people as British Virgin Islands.
- All of British Virgin Islands would fit inside one large national park in many other countries.
- If everyone in British Virgin Islands lined up shoulder to shoulder, the line would stretch about 20 km.
Fast facts ๐ง
Fact of the day: British Virgin Islands is close to the line of 0ยฐ longitude, so its clocks are near the world's reference time (UTC).
๐ท๏ธ Official name
Virgin Islands
๐๏ธ Capital
Road Town
๐ Region
Americas ยท Caribbean
๐ค Country code
VG
๐๏ธ UN status
Not a UN member state
๐ฉ Independence
Linked territory
More about British Virgin Islands ๐
๐งญ Where on the map
18.4ยฐ N, 64.6ยฐ W
๐ Half of the world
Northern & Western hemisphere
๐ฐ๏ธ Clock check
Roughly UTC-4 โ when it is noon in London it is about 08:00 in Road Town.
- ๐ป๐ฌ is the flag of British Virgin Islands. Its country code โ the short name used on the internet and at the Olympics โ is VG.
- British Virgin Islands is not a full UN member state, so it doesn't get its own vote in the General Assembly.
- British Virgin Islands is close to the line of 0ยฐ longitude, so its clocks are near the world's reference time (UTC).
- British Virgin Islands lies in the tropics, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, so the sun gets very high overhead.
- British Virgin Islands sits in Caribbean, in the northern and western half of the globe.
Countries nearby ๐ค
Talk about it ๐ฌ
- British Virgin Islands has 1 official language. How would your school day change if lessons were taught in more than one language?
- British Virgin Islands can trade by sea. What should a country protect first: its ports, its fishing waters, or its beaches?
- If British Virgin Islands spoke at the General Assembly tomorrow, what one problem should its delegate ask the world to help fix?
Quick quiz ๐งช
Guess first, then tap to check your answer.
What is the capital of British Virgin Islands?
Road Town
Which money do people spend in British Virgin Islands?
United States dollar ($)
How many countries share a land border with British Virgin Islands?
None โ no land neighbours at all.
Roughly how many people live in British Virgin Islands?
39,732 people
Keep researching ๐
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