U.S. Virgin Islands

Urban population in U.S. Virgin Islands

Urban population in U.S. Virgin Islands: 58.4% in 1950 and 95.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
95.4%
Since 1950
+37 percentage points
Rank, 2025
20 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
96.9%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in U.S. Virgin IslandsUrban population in U.S. Virgin Islands: 58.4% in 1950 and 95.4% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 96.9% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 96.9% in 2050.
  • The highest was 95.4% in 2025, the lowest 24.4% in 1970.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearU.S. Virgin Islands
202595.4
202495.3
202395.3
202295.2
202195.2
202095.1
201995.1
201895.1
201795
201695
201594.9
201494.9
201394.8
201294.7
201194.7
201094.6
200994.5
200894.4
200794.2
200694.1
200593.9
200493.7
200393.5
200293.2
200192.9
200092.6
199992.1
199891.1
199789.7
199687.8
199585.5
199483
199380.1
199277
199173.8
199070.4
198966.9
198863.4
198759.9
198656.4
198553.1
198449.9
198346.9
198244.1
198141.7
198039.6
197937.7
197835.7
197733.7
197631.7
197529.9
197428.2
197326.7
197225.6
197124.8
197024.4
196924.9
196826.9
196730.1
196634.1
196538.6
196443.2
196347.6
196251.5
196154.4
196055.9
195956.4
195856.8
195757.1
195657.4
195557.6
195457.8
195358
195258.1
195158.3
195058.4
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearU.S. Virgin Islands
202695.5
202795.5
202895.6
202995.6
203095.7
203195.7
203295.8
203395.9
203495.9
203596
203696
203796.1
203896.2
203996.2
204096.3
204196.3
204296.4
204396.5
204496.5
204596.6
204696.7
204796.7
204896.8
204996.9
205096.9

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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