ACOG - British Virgin Islands  - IBM

Geography

Location: Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,east of Puerto Rico

Area:
total area: 150 sq km
land area: 150 sq km
comparative area: about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 80 km


People

Population: 13,027 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

Population growth rate: 1.27% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 20.25 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.07 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 19.33 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.73 years
male: 70.88 years
female: 74.7 years

Total fertility rate: 2.27 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: 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)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970)
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: British Virgin Islands

Type: dependent territory of the UK

Capital: Road Town

Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK)

Constitution: 1 June 1977


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $133 million

National product real growth rate: 2%

National product per capita: $10,600

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5%

Unemployment rate: NEGL%

Electricity:
capacity: 10,500 kW
production: 50 million kWh
consumption per capita: 3,148 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.