Fertility rate: births per woman in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.09 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in United States Virgin Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
United States Virgin Islands recorded 2.09 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 5.64 live births per woman in 1965 and was at its lowest, 2.09 live births per woman, in 2023.
United States Virgin Islands ranks 108th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.02 live births per woman | 4.75 live births per woman | 5.41 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.1 live births per woman | 4.8 live births per woman | 5.64 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.98 live births per woman | 3.04 live births per woman | 5.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.94 live births per woman | 2.74 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.18 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 3.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.48 live births per woman | 2.33 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.16 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.11 live births per woman | 2.09 live births per woman | 2.14 live births per woman | 4 |
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More reference data data for United States Virgin Islands
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.09 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.09 live births per woman (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5793 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 66.94 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.8331 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2017)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 71.43 0-100 (2017)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.9712 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 82.48 0-100 (2024)
- Control of Corruption - Governance estimate -0.0719 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Control of Corruption - Governance score 46.4 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in United States Virgin Islands?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in United States Virgin Islands was 2.09 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.64 live births per woman in 1965.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.09 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 108th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.