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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		85^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		242.6^a,b
Capital city		Charlotte Amalie
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		52.3^d
Surface area (km2)		347^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.9^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	1.6	1.4	1.3^c
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	15.7	15.2	15.2^c
Employment in services^e (% employed)	82.7	83.5	83.5^c
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	12.2	14.7	11.8
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	49.1 / 69.5	43.6 / 64.0	44.9 / 66.0

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-2.3	-0.4	-0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	95.4	95.8^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.1^g	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.2	2.1	2.1^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	79.8 / 69.6	80.9 / 69.8	81.5 / 70.7^a
Population age distribution^b,h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.5 / 23.9	16.5 / 28.7	16.5 / 30.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	56.7 / 54.0	56.8 / 54.3	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.9	6.5	5.5^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	49.6ⁱ	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	54.8	64.4^j	...
Threatened species (number)	53	74	114^k
Forested area (% of land area)	54.7	56.9	57.3^l
Energy production, primary^e (Petajoules)	0	0	0^l
Energy supply per capita^e (Gigajoules)	1	1	2^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	642	303	685^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	43.4	43.4	43.4^k

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		2019
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
i		2012
j		2017
k		2023
l		2021