Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in British Virgin Islands instead of Guam, you would:

Life

have 52.6% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, there are 8.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 36.3% less coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Infrastructure

find 13.5 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. British Virgin Islands has 24.9 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Compare further: Guam vs. British Virgin Islands

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
British Virgin Islands is 23.3% cheaper than Guam overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Guam is about 3.6 times bigger than British Virgin Islands.
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British Virgin Islands: At a glance

British Virgin Islands (sometimes abbreviated BVI) is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 151 sq km. First inhabited by Arawak and later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
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