Environment - current issues:
lack of natural freshwater resources
Geography - note:
important location along the Anegada Passage - a key shipping lane
for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural
deepwater harbors in the Caribbean
People Virgin Islands
Population:
108,708 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.1% (male 12,676/female 12,421)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 34,069/female 37,918)
65 years and over: 10.7% (male 5,125/female 6,499) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 36.52 years
male: 35.6 years
female: 37.33 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.07% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
14.2 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-8.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)