Rural population — all countries

Rural population — British Virgin Islands

Rural population in the British Virgin Islands in 2025 — 16,928 people. Ranked 193 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 142.3%.

2025 16,928 people −1.39% vs 2024
World rank 193of 217
Period maximum 17,426 people2015
Period minimum 6,985 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — British Virgin Islands, 1960–20255,00010,00015,00020,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6,985 people1962: 7,051 people1964: 7,072 people1966: 7,202 people1968: 7,609 people1970: 8,293 people1972: 8,442 people1974: 8,548 people1976: 8,601 people1978: 8,600 people1980: 8,618 people1982: 8,936 people1984: 9,158 people1986: 9,271 people1988: 9,391 people1990: 9,642 people1992: 9,998 people1994: 10,346 people1996: 10,746 people1998: 11,211 people2000: 11,744 people2002: 12,335 people2004: 12,977 people2006: 13,663 people2008: 14,396 people2010: 14,850 people2012: 15,920 people2014: 16,872 people2016: 16,878 people2018: 16,763 people2020: 17,390 people2022: 17,322 people2024: 17,167 people2025: 16,928 people
Change over the period: +9,943 (+142.35%) Average annual rate: 1.37 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands 16,928 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — British Virgin Islands, by year British Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 16,928 −239 −1.39%
2024 17,167 −126 −0.73%
2023 17,293 −29 −0.17%
2022 17,322 −80 −0.46%
2021 17,402 +12 +0.07%
2020 17,390 +63 +0.36%
2019 17,327 +564 +3.36%
2018 16,763 +706 +4.4%
2017 16,057 −821 −4.86%
2016 16,878 −548 −3.14%
2015 17,426 +554 +3.28%
2014 16,872 +438 +2.67%
2013 16,434 +514 +3.23%
2012 15,920 +683 +4.48%
2011 15,237 +387 +2.61%
2010 14,850 +92 +0.62%
2009 14,758 +362 +2.51%
2008 14,396 +373 +2.66%
2007 14,023 +360 +2.63%
2006 13,663 +349 +2.62%
2005 13,314 +337 +2.6%
2004 12,977 +328 +2.59%
2003 12,649 +314 +2.55%
2002 12,335 +278 +2.31%
2001 12,057 +313 +2.67%
2000 11,744 +278 +2.42%
1999 11,466 +255 +2.27%
1998 11,211 +240 +2.19%
1997 10,971 +225 +2.09%
1996 10,746 +206 +1.95%
1995 10,540 +194 +1.88%
1994 10,346 +181 +1.78%
1993 10,165 +167 +1.67%
1992 9,998 +172 +1.75%
1991 9,826 +184 +1.91%
1990 9,642 +152 +1.6%
1989 9,490 +99 +1.05%
1988 9,391 +69 +0.74%
1987 9,322 +51 +0.55%
1986 9,271 +50 +0.54%
1985 9,221 +63 +0.69%
1984 9,158 +92 +1.01%
1983 9,066 +130 +1.45%
1982 8,936 +169 +1.93%
1981 8,767 +149 +1.73%
1980 8,618 +37 +0.43%
1979 8,581 −19 −0.22%
1978 8,600 −6 −0.07%
1977 8,606 +5 +0.06%
1976 8,601 +21 +0.24%
1975 8,580 +32 +0.37%
1974 8,548 +50 +0.59%
1973 8,498 +56 +0.66%
1972 8,442 +65 +0.78%
1971 8,377 +84 +1.01%
1970 8,293 +284 +3.55%
1969 8,009 +400 +5.26%
1968 7,609 +253 +3.44%
1967 7,356 +154 +2.14%
1966 7,202 +92 +1.29%
1965 7,110 +38 +0.54%
1964 7,072 +12 +0.17%
1963 7,060 +9 +0.13%
1962 7,051 +9 +0.13%
1961 7,042 +57 +0.82%
1960 6,985

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.