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:
108,605 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.4% (male 12,261/female 12,056)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 34,174/female 37,949)
65 years and over: 11.2% (male 5,385/female 6,780) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 37.1 years
male: 36.2 years
female: 38 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.12% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
13.96 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
6.43 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-8.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)