North America · Caribbean
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands covers about 145 km² (55.9 mi²), the 218th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 145km²Area, main territory
- 39,000Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
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- British Virgin Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 145 km²55.9 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 153 km²Wikidata · 5.3% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Road Town |
| Population | 39,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 272 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N |
| In other languages | Islas Vírgenes Británicas Español · Britische Jungferninseln Deutsch · Îles Vierges britanniques Français · Ilhas Virgens Britânicas Português · イギリス領ヴァージン諸島 日本語 · 英属维尔京群岛 中文 · 영국령 버진아일랜드 한국어 |
| Continent | North America |
What the numbers say about British Virgin Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 117,186× the size of British Virgin Islands.
- British Virgin Islands lies at 19°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, British Virgin Islands's main territory stretches about 46 km north to south and 53 km east to west.
- Our measured 145 km² is 5.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 153 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How British Virgin Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 145 km² | 215th of 239 |
| Population | 39,000 | 211th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | British Virgin Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 212 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 1,682 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 2,468 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 2,578 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 3,781 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 21,744 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 58,472 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 65,199 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 117,186 its size |
Where British Virgin Islands sits
- British Virgin Islands's centre lies at 18.5°N, 64.5°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,060 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 18°N to 19°N, about 50 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11