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In 2026, the British Virgin Islands' total fertility rate is 1.06 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has risen by 0.07 children per woman. About 321 babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 8.0 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.51, far below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 28.7 years, up from 27.6 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.40 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.06 children/woman
Birth rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
Total births
321
Mean age at birth
28.7 years
The British Virgin Islands' fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.3 children per woman in 1955 to 1.06 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.