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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		84^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		240.4^a,b
Capital city		Charlotte Amalie
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		52.3^d
Surface area (km2)		347^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.2^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	1.6	1.4	1.3^c
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	16.8	15.7	15.8^c
Employment in services^e (% employed)	81.5	82.9	82.9^c
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	12.4	15.2	11.7
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	53.5 / 64.4	48.6 / 57.1	50.1 / 58.6

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	-2.3	-0.4	-0.9^b
Urban population (% of total population)	95.4	95.8^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.1^g	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	2.2	2.1	2.1^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	79.8 / 69.6	80.9 / 69.8	81.6 / 70.9^b
Population age distribution^a,h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	19.5 / 23.9	16.5 / 28.7	16.5 / 30.9^b
International migrant stockⁱ (000/% of total pop.)	56.7 / 56.6	56.8 / 64.7	56.8 / 66.9^j
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	7.9	6.5	5.4^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	49.9^k	...	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	54.8	64.4^l	...
Threatened species (number)	53	74	121^j
Forested area (% of land area)	54.7	56.9	57.7^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0^e	0^e	0^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	1^e	2^e	2^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	642	303	685ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	43.4	43.4	43.4^j

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
b		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
c		2023
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		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in the 50 states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands.
j		2024
k		2012
l		2017
m		2022
n		2021