Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Charlotte Amalie
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 103,792 (2025)
- Area
- 352 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-340
- Internet domain
- .vi
- ISO codes
- VI, VIR, 850
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- #####-#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The United States Virgin Islands covers about 352 square kilometres. By area it ranks 212th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Mayotte and a little larger than Grenada. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 18° north, 65° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 103,792 people live in the United States Virgin Islands (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 198th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 295 people to each square kilometre. About 95 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 81 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from the United States Virgin Islands is called Virgin Islander.
Money and economy
The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Marshall Islands and 7 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 4.67 billion (2022), which is about US$ 44,321 for each person (2022).
Time
The United States Virgin Islands uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/St Thomas). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Saint Croix | 50,601 |
| Charlotte Amalie | 20,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.