Country or area · Southern Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024

Gibraltar population

Gibraltar population now

41,039

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 39,925–42,607.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 38,470

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 40,859; 95% range, 31 Dec: 39,925–42,607
Median age: 39.8
Aged 65+: 18.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2070

male female projection · one cell = 10 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

GIB · 1950–2100 · in brief

Gibraltar in numbers

The UN counts 38,470 people in Gibraltar in mid-2023, which makes it the 220th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 1.8 times its 1950 population of 21,656.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2070 at 51,282, then falling to 49,262 by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 13,089 to 242 thousand.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2067; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. The population still grows until 2070, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 31.5 in 1950 and 39.9 in 2023; the projection has 50.0 in 2100. 17.5% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 33.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2055 at 29,928.

Its place in the world by population: 220th in 2023, 213th in 2050, 207th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the Marshall Islands in 2024, Monaco in 2024 and the British Virgin Islands in 2025.

Population, mid-2023: 38,470
Rank by population, 2023: 220 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.29% · +860 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 3,847
Land area, 2023: 10.0 km²
Births, 2023: 464
Deaths, 2023: 250
Net migration, 2023: +689
Children per woman, 2023: 1.89
Median age, 2023: 39.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.5 years
In a city, 2025: 100 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 21,656
Projected, mid-2050: 49,799
Projected, mid-2100: 49,262

GIB · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Gibraltar, 1950–2100

Gibraltar: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	21,786		522	209	2.68	65.1
1951	estimate	21,526		522	207	2.76	65.3
1952	estimate	21,398		517	204	2.80	65.6
1953	estimate	21,542		503	203	2.80	66.2
1954	estimate	21,645		486	199	2.77	66.8
1955	estimate	21,754		471	194	2.73	67.7
1956	estimate	21,816		475	189	2.80	68.5
1957	estimate	21,876		479	185	2.87	69.1
1958	estimate	21,888		481	182	2.94	69.7
1959	estimate	21,883		482	180	3.00	70.1
1960	estimate	21,854		488	182	3.10	70.2
1961	estimate	21,824		500	184	3.26	70.2
1962	estimate	21,919		527	186	3.53	70.2
1963	estimate	22,475		601	192	4.06	70.3
1964	estimate	23,032		637	196	4.26	70.4
1965	estimate	23,598		617	196	3.99	70.8
1966	estimate	24,158		587	195	3.60	71.2
1967	estimate	24,729		548	194	3.18	71.5
1968	estimate	25,300		541	196	2.98	71.7
1969	estimate	25,855		560	199	2.95	71.8
1970	estimate	26,386		580	202	2.95	71.9
1971	estimate	26,882		589	203	2.94	72.1
1972	estimate	27,159		555	205	2.79	72.4
1973	estimate	27,420		530	205	2.67	72.7
1974	estimate	27,653		517	204	2.60	73.0
1975	estimate	27,856		507	205	2.53	73.3
1976	estimate	28,046		505	208	2.48	73.4
1977	estimate	28,223		512	211	2.47	73.5
1978	estimate	28,377		526	214	2.49	73.5
1979	estimate	28,515		545	216	2.52	73.6
1980	estimate	28,634		565	216	2.57	73.8
1981	estimate	28,717		566	214	2.53	74.0
1982	estimate	28,763		561	211	2.49	74.3
1983	estimate	28,767		538	212	2.44	74.6
1984	estimate	28,699		520	212	2.40	74.9
1985	estimate	28,587		504	212	2.37	75.2
1986	estimate	28,437		492	212	2.36	75.6
1987	estimate	28,220		482	211	2.35	75.9
1988	estimate	27,972		472	210	2.35	76.2
1989	estimate	27,706		466	209	2.35	76.5
1990	estimate	27,381		466	207	2.39	76.8
1991	estimate	27,019		467	205	2.43	77.1
1992	estimate	26,777		464	203	2.44	77.4
1993	estimate	26,980		461	205	2.42	77.7
1994	estimate	27,159		454	206	2.38	78.0
1995	estimate	27,319		444	208	2.33	78.3
1996	estimate	27,435		428	208	2.25	78.7
1997	estimate	27,539		423	207	2.23	79.1
1998	estimate	27,625		416	207	2.20	79.5
1999	estimate	27,675		411	206	2.19	79.8
2000	estimate	27,709		408	206	2.19	80.1
2001	estimate	27,709		390	206	2.10	80.4
2002	estimate	27,605		311	206	1.68	80.6
2003	estimate	28,057		305	210	1.63	80.7
2004	estimate	28,491		318	213	1.69	80.9
2005	estimate	28,939		334	216	1.75	81.0
2006	estimate	29,388		347	220	1.80	81.1
2007	estimate	29,800		361	222	1.85	81.3
2008	estimate	30,213		375	221	1.90	81.5
2009	estimate	30,612		383	220	1.93	81.8
2010	estimate	31,034		392	219	1.95	82.1
2011	estimate	31,462		400	217	1.97	82.3
2012	estimate	31,858		408	216	2.00	82.5
2013	estimate	32,200		431	222	2.10	82.6
2014	estimate	32,615		431	227	2.08	82.6
2015	estimate	33,011		431	233	2.07	82.7
2016	estimate	33,374		405	238	1.94	82.7
2017	estimate	33,943		412	240	1.93	82.9
2018	estimate	34,546		418	241	1.92	83.0
2019	estimate	35,162		425	242	1.91	83.2
2020	estimate	35,826		434	249	1.91	83.1
2021	estimate	36,520		442	326	1.90	80.3
2022	estimate	37,197		452	241	1.90	83.5
2023	estimate	38,022		464	250	1.89	83.5
2024	estimate	38,919		480	259	1.89	83.6
2025	projection	39,739	39,387–40,154	491	267	1.88	83.8
2026	projection	40,513	39,740–41,360	502	275	1.88	83.9
2027	projection	41,220	39,925–42,607	511	283	1.87	84.0
2028	projection	41,902	40,120–43,975	519	290	1.87	84.2
2029	projection	42,550	40,235–45,311	527	299	1.87	84.3
2030	projection	43,170	40,264–46,607	533	307	1.86	84.4
2031	projection	43,749	40,129–48,060	538	314	1.86	84.6
2032	projection	44,318	40,026–49,535	542	322	1.86	84.7
2033	projection	44,844	39,836–51,167	545	331	1.85	84.8
2034	projection	45,341	39,640–52,803	546	338	1.85	85.0
2035	projection	45,801	39,262–54,432	546	346	1.85	85.1
2036	projection	46,233	38,924–56,241	545	354	1.84	85.2
2037	projection	46,625	38,594–57,741	544	363	1.84	85.3
2038	projection	46,994	38,317–59,245	541	371	1.84	85.4
2039	projection	47,364	37,943–60,983	538	378	1.83	85.5
2040	projection	47,680	37,483–62,501	534	385	1.83	85.6
2041	projection	47,964	37,101–64,199	529	393	1.83	85.7
2042	projection	48,214	36,492–65,674	524	399	1.83	85.9
2043	projection	48,455	36,197–67,346	519	406	1.83	86.0
2044	projection	48,664	35,541–69,276	515	413	1.83	86.1
2045	projection	48,879	35,083–71,441	510	420	1.82	86.2
2046	projection	49,068	34,583–73,106	508	425	1.82	86.3
2047	projection	49,240	34,087–75,190	505	431	1.82	86.5
2048	projection	49,430	33,858–77,590	504	437	1.82	86.6
2049	projection	49,578	33,288–79,230	503	442	1.81	86.7
2050	projection	49,737	32,954–81,594	503	447	1.81	86.8
2051	projection	49,860	32,209–83,544	504	453	1.81	86.9
2052	projection	49,991	31,829–85,378	505	458	1.81	87.0
2053	projection	50,133	31,332–87,977	507	461	1.81	87.2
2054	projection	50,271	31,268–91,562	510	466	1.80	87.3
2055	projection	50,382	30,766–94,398	512	471	1.80	87.4
2056	projection	50,503	30,297–96,082	514	475	1.80	87.6
2057	projection	50,598	29,787–99,191	516	480	1.80	87.7
2058	projection	50,717	29,701–102,419	519	485	1.80	87.8
2059	projection	50,796	29,248–105,683	520	488	1.79	87.9
2060	projection	50,870	28,777–108,769	521	493	1.79	88.0
2061	projection	50,922	28,307–110,859	521	497	1.79	88.1
2062	projection	50,984	27,384–113,835	520	499	1.79	88.2
2063	projection	51,044	26,958–115,669	519	503	1.79	88.3
2064	projection	51,095	26,638–117,467	517	507	1.79	88.4
2065	projection	51,140	26,148–119,797	515	510	1.79	88.5
2066	projection	51,162	25,458–122,710	511	511	1.78	88.7
2067	projection	51,210	25,116–125,274	509	515	1.78	88.8
2068	projection	51,257	24,504–128,238	505	518	1.78	88.9
2069	projection	51,273	24,174–130,206	502	521	1.78	89.0
2070	projection	51,285	23,601–134,546	498	524	1.78	89.1
2071	projection	51,280	23,091–139,715	493	526	1.78	89.2
2072	projection	51,270	22,506–141,673	489	527	1.78	89.3
2073	projection	51,266	22,292–143,916	485	530	1.78	89.5
2074	projection	51,246	22,248–146,156	481	533	1.78	89.6
2075	projection	51,230	21,724–145,749	477	536	1.77	89.7
2076	projection	51,181	21,154–150,054	474	538	1.77	89.8
2077	projection	51,132	20,667–154,103	470	541	1.77	89.9
2078	projection	51,091	20,378–156,071	467	542	1.77	90.0
2079	projection	51,059	19,938–160,503	465	545	1.77	90.1
2080	projection	51,011	19,525–166,434	463	548	1.77	90.2
2081	projection	50,953	19,172–169,295	460	551	1.77	90.3
2082	projection	50,885	18,807–169,077	458	552	1.76	90.4
2083	projection	50,810	18,448–169,159	457	554	1.76	90.5
2084	projection	50,732	18,011–173,074	455	556	1.76	90.7
2085	projection	50,648	17,283–177,253	455	559	1.76	90.8
2086	projection	50,555	16,865–179,354	454	561	1.76	90.8
2087	projection	50,443	16,768–183,855	452	563	1.76	90.9
2088	projection	50,369	16,865–184,054	452	564	1.76	91.1
2089	projection	50,291	16,277–186,135	453	566	1.76	91.2
2090	projection	50,215	15,989–190,992	452	568	1.75	91.3
2091	projection	50,128	15,925–197,227	452	569	1.75	91.4
2092	projection	50,038	15,531–206,065	451	570	1.75	91.5
2093	projection	49,959	15,346–209,410	450	569	1.75	91.6
2094	projection	49,874	14,902–218,483	449	570	1.75	91.7
2095	projection	49,786	14,675–221,428	448	570	1.75	91.8
2096	projection	49,689	14,341–224,416	446	570	1.74	91.9
2097	projection	49,604	14,412–228,740	443	569	1.74	92.0
2098	projection	49,512	14,047–233,227	442	568	1.74	92.2
2099	projection	49,417	13,620–237,827	439	565	1.74	92.3
2100	projection	49,312	13,089–242,226	436	564	1.74	92.4

Show the numbers: Gibraltar, mid-2026, by single year of age

Gibraltar: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	260	246
1	261	246
2	259	246
3	256	242
4	251	238
5	243	231
6	237	224
7	233	220
8	232	218
9	230	216
10	238	224
11	248	233
12	252	236
13	252	233
14	249	223
15	247	236
16	248	248
17	248	242
18	248	240
19	247	235
20	258	254
21	264	280
22	262	268
23	270	252
24	267	258
25	282	268
26	284	271
27	282	265
28	290	272
29	282	268
30	280	261
31	280	266
32	276	278
33	288	291
34	298	294
35	279	286
36	264	268
37	264	266
38	264	276
39	262	272
40	268	270
41	274	270
42	272	272
43	277	274
44	279	276
45	279	272
46	275	268
47	270	264
48	276	264
49	272	276
50	264	266
51	267	260
52	262	268
53	248	256
54	248	244
55	244	247
56	236	248
57	238	246
58	243	249
59	248	259
60	262	270
61	258	248
62	244	230
63	240	236
64	222	242
65	210	236
66	206	219
67	195	211
68	194	206
69	196	205
70	189	202
71	179	186
72	168	172
73	163	166
74	167	163
75	167	169
76	156	171
77	152	162
78	146	154
79	142	144
80	147	170
81	120	151
82	72	94
83	50	74
84	49	76
85	53	84
86	53	84
87	49	77
88	44	61
89	36	52
90	28	50
91	22	46
92	19	41
93	14	31
94	10	22
95	7	21
96	6	20
97	5	14
98	4	9
99	2	8
100+	3	18

GIB · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Gibraltar, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GIB · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Gibraltar

On the UN's projection, Gibraltar will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2055: 29,931 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 24,905.

100 aged 15–64

27 children

27 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 10 years: 1950–1956 and 1991–1993.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

GIB · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Gibraltar, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Gibraltar gains 599 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 101 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 10 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 689 (2023); its biggest loss, 621 (1990).

In 2024, 11,291 people living in Gibraltar had been born in another country, 29 of every 100 people there, against 32 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GIB · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Gibraltar

Of every 100 babies born in Gibraltar in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 4 under 20 and 8 aged 35 or older.

1950
4 · 88 · 8

2023
2 · 76 · 22

2050 · projected
1 · 71 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 464
Average age when women have a baby: 30.4 years; 26.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 9; 23 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Gibraltar by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	0	0	0	0	0	0
15–19	19	48	22	10	5	3
20–24	219	173	76	65	62	41
25–29	149	175	135	136	144	117
30–34	91	71	114	151	150	147
35–39	36	33	52	84	110	99
40–44	8	7	9	17	26	24
45–49	0	0	0	1	6	5
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	522	507	408	464	503	436

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GIB · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Gibraltar

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from Gibraltar at the end of 2025.

An empty row is not the same as a zero. These figures cover the people one agency works with, so a country it has no operation in has nothing to report here.

How the world's displacement is counted

GIB · of every 100 people

How people live in Gibraltar

Of every 100 people in Gibraltar in 2025, 100 lived in a city.

cities

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

GIB · cities · 2025

Cities in Gibraltar

Gibraltar had 1 city in 2025, home to 88,915 people.

Gibraltar88,915

How to read this: one bar for the city, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Gibraltar are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.