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The Commandant's Quarters at Fort Christiansvaern in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The site is in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service.
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Geography

Area

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People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for the Virgin Islands. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Exports

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Imports

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Energy

Communications

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Airports

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Heliports

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Merchant marine

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