Explore U.S. Virgin Islands in North America
Description and Basic Information
U.S. Virgin Islands with its capital Charlotte Amalie is located in North America (Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 353 square kilometres (twice the size of Washington, DC) with 108,708 citizens. English is the language spoken by people in U.S. Virgin Islands.
About U.S. Virgin Islands
The topography features mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little level land. The average density of population is about 308 per km². The climate in can be described as subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds, relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation with rainy season September to November. Potential natural disasters are several hurricanes in recent years or frequent and severe droughts and floods or occasional earthquakes.
To reach someone in U.S. Virgin Islands dial +1-340 prior to a number. There are 75,000 installed telephones. And there are 80,300 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".vi".
The country consists of 3 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of U.S. Virgin Islands
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in U.S. Virgin Islands
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in U.S. Virgin Islands has declined over the last 10 years by 3.4 births per thousand from 13.2 in 2001 to 11.6 in 2010. Currently, 1,274 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in U.S. Virgin Islands has rised over the last 10 years by 1.4 deaths per thousand from 5.6 in 2001 to 7 in 2010. Currently, 764 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in U.S. Virgin Islands is shrinking at an rate of 0.06% (or by 67 citizens). Each year 577 people leave this country (or 5.30 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.47%. Or an total increase of 510 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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