Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — British Virgin Islands

Urban population share in the British Virgin Islands in 2025 — 57.4%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 45.3 pp.

2025 57.4% +0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 136of 217
Period maximum 57.4%2025
Period minimum 12.1%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — British Virgin Islands, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12.1%1962: 12.6%1964: 13.4%1966: 14.4%1968: 15.5%1970: 16.5%1972: 17.5%1974: 18.5%1976: 19.7%1978: 21%1980: 22.6%1982: 25%1984: 28.6%1986: 32.5%1988: 36%1990: 38.6%1992: 39.7%1994: 40.6%1996: 41.2%1998: 41.7%2000: 42%2002: 42.4%2004: 43.3%2006: 44.2%2008: 45.2%2010: 46.3%2012: 47.5%2014: 48.8%2016: 50.2%2018: 51.6%2020: 53.2%2022: 54.8%2024: 56.5%2025: 57.4%
Change over the period: +45.3 pp Annual average: 0.7 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

British Virgin Islands 57.4%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — British Virgin Islands, by year British Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.4 +0.9 pp
2024 56.5 +0.9 pp
2023 55.6 +0.8 pp
2022 54.8 +0.8 pp
2021 54 +0.8 pp
2020 53.2 +0.8 pp
2019 52.4 +0.8 pp
2018 51.6 +0.7 pp
2017 50.9 +0.7 pp
2016 50.2 +0.7 pp
2015 49.5 +0.7 pp
2014 48.8 +0.7 pp
2013 48.2 +0.6 pp
2012 47.5 +0.6 pp
2011 46.9 +0.6 pp
2010 46.3 +0.6 pp
2009 45.8 +0.5 pp
2008 45.2 +0.5 pp
2007 44.7 +0.5 pp
2006 44.2 +0.5 pp
2005 43.7 +0.5 pp
2004 43.3 +0.4 pp
2003 42.9 +0.4 pp
2002 42.4 +0.4 pp
2001 42 +0 pp
2000 42 +0.1 pp
1999 41.9 +0.2 pp
1998 41.7 +0.2 pp
1997 41.5 +0.3 pp
1996 41.2 +0.3 pp
1995 40.9 +0.4 pp
1994 40.6 +0.4 pp
1993 40.2 +0.4 pp
1992 39.7 +0.4 pp
1991 39.3 +0.7 pp
1990 38.6 +1.1 pp
1989 37.5 +1.5 pp
1988 36 +1.7 pp
1987 34.3 +1.9 pp
1986 32.5 +1.9 pp
1985 30.5 +1.9 pp
1984 28.6 +1.9 pp
1983 26.7 +1.7 pp
1982 25 +1.4 pp
1981 23.6 +1.1 pp
1980 22.6 +0.8 pp
1979 21.7 +0.7 pp
1978 21 +0.7 pp
1977 20.3 +0.6 pp
1976 19.7 +0.6 pp
1975 19.1 +0.6 pp
1974 18.5 +0.5 pp
1973 18 +0.5 pp
1972 17.5 +0.5 pp
1971 17 +0.5 pp
1970 16.5 +0.5 pp
1969 16 +0.5 pp
1968 15.5 +0.5 pp
1967 14.9 +0.5 pp
1966 14.4 +0.5 pp
1965 13.9 +0.5 pp
1964 13.4 +0.4 pp
1963 13 +0.4 pp
1962 12.6 +0.3 pp
1961 12.3 +0.2 pp
1960 12.1

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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