british virgin is. (uk) Capital: road town Pos.: Surface: 153 Kmq Population 2020: 30.200 Pop. density: 197,39 in./Kmq Pop. growth 12ys:  +20,80 % GDP per capita: 49.404 $ Nominal GDP 2020: 1,492 billions $ PPP per capita: 35.099 $ GDP PPP 2020: 1,060 billions $ Internet TLD:  VG
They are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies. They consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with more than 50 other smaller islands and cays. About 16 of the islands are inhabited Economy: The twin pillars of the economy are financial services (60%) and tourism ( 40-45% of GDP). Politically, tourism is the more important of the two, as it employs a greater number of people within the territory, and a larger proportion of the businesses  in the tourist industry are locally owned, as are a number of the highly tourism-dependent sole traders (taxi drivers and street vendors). Economically however, financial services associated with the territory's status as an offshore financial centre
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