People of The British Virgin Islands

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Population: 13,368 (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.32% (1997 est.)

Birth rate: 20.13 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate: 6.03 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 18.99 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

• total population: 72.83 years
• male: 70.99 years
• female: 74.8 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.25 children born/woman (1997 est.)

• Noun: British Virgin Islander(s)
• adjective: British Virgin Islander

Ethnic groups: black 90%, white, Asian

Religions: Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981)

Languages: English (official)

• definition: age 15 and over can read and write
• total population : 97.8% (1991 est.)
• male: NA%
• female: NA%