Demographic profile

Gibraltar is the 216th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.0% of everyone alive. Within Southern Europe, it ranks 13 of 14.

Each day brings roughly 0 births and 0 deaths, leaving the population essentially flat. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.

Literacy stands near 97.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 24.0%, with life expectancy at about 79.0 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.

Quick answers

What is the population of Gibraltar in 2026? Approximately 32,856 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).

How fast is Gibraltar shrinking? About -0.32% per year — roughly 0 births and 0 deaths every day.

What share of the world lives in Gibraltar? Around 0.0% — ranked 216 worldwide by population.