Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — United States Virgin Islands

Urban population share in the United States Virgin Islands in 2025 — 95.4%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.5 pp.

2025 95.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 217
Period maximum 95.4%2025
Period minimum 24.4%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — United States Virgin Islands, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.9%1962: 51.5%1964: 43.2%1966: 34.1%1968: 26.9%1970: 24.4%1972: 25.6%1974: 28.2%1976: 31.7%1978: 35.7%1980: 39.6%1982: 44.1%1984: 49.9%1986: 56.4%1988: 63.4%1990: 70.4%1992: 77%1994: 83%1996: 87.8%1998: 91.1%2000: 92.6%2002: 93.2%2004: 93.7%2006: 94.1%2008: 94.4%2010: 94.6%2012: 94.7%2014: 94.9%2016: 95%2018: 95.1%2020: 95.1%2022: 95.2%2024: 95.3%2025: 95.4%
Change over the period: +39.5 pp Annual average: 0.61 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

United States Virgin Islands 95.4%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — United States Virgin Islands, by year United States Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 95.4 +0.1 pp
2024 95.3 +0.1 pp
2023 95.3 +0.1 pp
2022 95.2 +0.1 pp
2021 95.2 +0.1 pp
2020 95.1 +0 pp
2019 95.1 +0 pp
2018 95.1 +0 pp
2017 95 +0 pp
2016 95 +0.1 pp
2015 94.9 +0.1 pp
2014 94.9 +0.1 pp
2013 94.8 +0.1 pp
2012 94.7 +0.1 pp
2011 94.7 +0.1 pp
2010 94.6 +0.1 pp
2009 94.5 +0.1 pp
2008 94.4 +0.1 pp
2007 94.2 +0.2 pp
2006 94.1 +0.2 pp
2005 93.9 +0.2 pp
2004 93.7 +0.2 pp
2003 93.5 +0.3 pp
2002 93.2 +0.3 pp
2001 92.9 +0.3 pp
2000 92.6 +0.5 pp
1999 92.1 +1 pp
1998 91.1 +1.5 pp
1997 89.7 +1.9 pp
1996 87.8 +2.2 pp
1995 85.5 +2.6 pp
1994 83 +2.8 pp
1993 80.1 +3.1 pp
1992 77 +3.3 pp
1991 73.8 +3.4 pp
1990 70.4 +3.5 pp
1989 66.9 +3.5 pp
1988 63.4 +3.5 pp
1987 59.9 +3.5 pp
1986 56.4 +3.4 pp
1985 53.1 +3.2 pp
1984 49.9 +3 pp
1983 46.9 +2.8 pp
1982 44.1 +2.5 pp
1981 41.7 +2.1 pp
1980 39.6 +1.9 pp
1979 37.7 +2 pp
1978 35.7 +2 pp
1977 33.7 +2 pp
1976 31.7 +1.9 pp
1975 29.9 +1.7 pp
1974 28.2 +1.5 pp
1973 26.7 +1.2 pp
1972 25.6 +0.8 pp
1971 24.8 +0.4 pp
1970 24.4 −0.5 pp
1969 24.9 −2 pp
1968 26.9 −3.2 pp
1967 30.1 −4 pp
1966 34.1 −4.5 pp
1965 38.6 −4.6 pp
1964 43.2 −4.4 pp
1963 47.6 −3.8 pp
1962 51.5 −2.9 pp
1961 54.4 −1.6 pp
1960 55.9

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.