Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 1.5 years less

In Northern Mariana Islands, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

have 32.1% fewer children

In Northern Mariana Islands, there are approximately 12.1 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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Basic Needs

be 3.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 25.1% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In British Virgin Islands, about 77.7% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 94.6% less coastline

Northern Mariana Islands has a total of 1,482 km of coastline. In British Virgin Islands, that number is 80 km.

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Sources: World Bank (2024), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
British Virgin Islands is 34.5% more expensive than Northern Mariana Islands overall
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 3.1 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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