Gibraltar

DependencySouthern Europe, Europe

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Population

40,513

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Life expectancy

83.9 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

10 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Gibraltar is dependency in Southern Europe, Europe.

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ISO alpha-2: GI
ISO alpha-3: GIB
UN M49: 292
Wikidata: Q1410

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 40,513
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 40,867
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: 1.7 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 4,086.7 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s density is above the Southern Europe median of 105 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 38.8 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s median age is below the Southern Europe median of 45 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 99 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.9 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s tfr is above the Southern Europe median of 1.5 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 12.3 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: 480
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: 11.8 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 100%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Gibraltar’s urban is above the Southern Europe median of 64.2% (16 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 17.6%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 64.6%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 17.8%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Gibraltar’s ages 65+ is below the Southern Europe median of 21.9% (16 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Gibraltar. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	21,786	estimate
1960	21,854	estimate
1970	26,386	estimate
1980	28,634	estimate
1990	27,381	estimate
2000	27,709	estimate
2010	31,034	estimate
2020	35,826	estimate
2030	43,170	projection
2040	47,680	projection
2050	49,737	projection
2060	50,870	projection
2070	51,285	projection
2080	51,011	projection
2090	50,215	projection
2100	49,312	projection
2101	49,211	projection

Age structure of Gibraltar as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	8.4% aged 65+	actual
1965	8.6% aged 65+	actual
1970	8.7% aged 65+	actual
1975	9.6% aged 65+	actual
1980	10.2% aged 65+	actual
1985	11.4% aged 65+	actual
1990	12.9% aged 65+	actual
1995	14% aged 65+	actual
2000	15.1% aged 65+	actual
2005	15.8% aged 65+	actual
2010	15.6% aged 65+	actual
2015	17.3% aged 65+	actual
2020	17.4% aged 65+	actual
2025	17.8% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

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GDP per capita: —
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Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 94.4%
2016 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 83.9 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s life expectancy is close to Southern Europe median of 82.4 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 6.7 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 81.3 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s life exp. male is close to Southern Europe median of 79.9 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 86.4 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s life exp. female is close to Southern Europe median of 84.7 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 8 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s infant mortality is above the Southern Europe median of 3.7 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 10.1 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Gibraltar’s u5mr is above the Southern Europe median of 4.4 (17 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Gibraltar. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	65.1	estimate
1960	70.2	estimate
1970	71.9	estimate
1980	73.8	estimate
1990	76.8	estimate
2000	80.1	estimate
2010	82.1	estimate
2020	83.1	estimate
2030	84.4	projection
2040	85.6	projection
2050	86.8	projection
2060	88	projection
2070	89.1	projection
2080	90.2	projection
2090	91.3	projection
2100	92.4	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 10 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 10 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 0%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Gibraltar’s forest is below the Southern Europe median of 34% (15 profiles with 2023 data), and below the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Geography

Region: Europe
Subregion: Southern Europe

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Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: GBR

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2016, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

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