How many people live in Gibraltar right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
41,085
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 216 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0005%
- Median age
- 38.8 years
- Children per woman
- 1.88
- Life expectancy
- 83.9 years
- People per km²
- 4,087
According to UN estimates, about 41,085 people live in Gibraltar right now. It ranks 216th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the Northern Mariana Islands and Liechtenstein, and it is home to one in every 203,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 500 people are born there and about 280 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 480 people a year. Overall, it gains about 710 people a year.
In 1950, about 21,656 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 90%. The UN expects it to peak around 2070, at about 51,282, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 49,798 people (21% more than today), and by 2100 about 49,261.
Half of its people are younger than 39 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.88 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 4,087 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Gibraltar in 2026?
- Gibraltar has about 41,085 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 40,867.
- How many people are born each day in Gibraltar?
- Very few: about 500 a year. About 280 people die each year.
- Is the population of Gibraltar growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.73% a year, or about 710 people.
- What will the population of Gibraltar be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 49,798, with a peak around 2070 at about 51,282.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- American Samoa 45,107
- Sint Maarten 44,604
- Northern Mariana Islands 42,775
- Liechtenstein 40,439
- British Virgin Islands 39,991
- Monaco 38,018
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,457
- Germany 83,580,398
- United Kingdom 70,045,944
- France 66,775,468
- Italy 58,850,910
- Spain 47,835,427
- Ukraine 39,443,605
- Poland 37,796,218
- Romania 18,766,014
- Netherlands 18,476,981
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Sweden 10,713,757
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.