Virgin Islands - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Virgin Islands was 101,974 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 102,718 in 2014 and a minimum value of 18,355 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 18,355
1961 19,847
1962 20,734
1963 24,120
1964 25,276
1965 27,526
1966 29,839
1967 32,344
1968 37,397
1969 41,232
1970 44,174
1971 50,208
1972 54,905
1973 61,467
1974 66,711
1975 71,094
1976 73,363
1977 72,044
1978 75,091
1979 76,204
1980 79,855
1981 80,915
1982 81,947
1983 83,005
1984 84,015
1985 84,921
1986 85,733
1987 86,498
1988 87,230
1989 87,965
1990 91,160
1991 92,529
1992 93,936
1993 95,290
1994 96,515
1995 97,507
1996 98,277
1997 99,010
1998 99,649
1999 100,159
2000 100,587
2001 100,749
2002 100,952
2003 101,182
2004 101,373
2005 101,581
2006 101,716
2007 101,894
2008 102,152
2009 102,354
2010 102,499
2011 102,617
2012 102,691
2013 102,715
2014 102,718
2015 102,703
2016 102,656
2017 102,564
2018 102,422
2019 102,223
2020 101,974

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Virgin Islands was 95.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 95.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 56.48 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 56.48
1961 57.86
1962 59.24
1963 60.60
1964 61.95
1965 63.28
1966 64.59
1967 65.87
1968 67.14
1969 68.38
1970 69.59
1971 70.78
1972 71.94
1973 73.07
1974 74.17
1975 75.25
1976 76.29
1977 77.30
1978 78.28
1979 79.23
1980 80.15
1981 81.03
1982 81.89
1983 82.72
1984 83.51
1985 84.28
1986 85.02
1987 85.73
1988 86.41
1989 87.06
1990 87.69
1991 88.29
1992 88.86
1993 89.41
1994 89.93
1995 90.44
1996 90.92
1997 91.37
1998 91.81
1999 92.23
2000 92.59
2001 92.81
2002 93.04
2003 93.25
2004 93.46
2005 93.66
2006 93.86
2007 94.05
2008 94.24
2009 94.42
2010 94.59
2011 94.76
2012 94.92
2013 95.07
2014 95.21
2015 95.35
2016 95.48
2017 95.60
2018 95.72
2019 95.83
2020 95.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization