Gibraltar
- Fertility
- 1.89 115 of 237 with a TFR, lowest first
- World population rank
- 218 of 237
- Regional population rank
- 47 of 50 in Europe
- Population
- 39,329
- Annual change
- +820 small absolute movement
- Natural change
- +221
- Migrant share
- 28.7%
What drives population change?
Births and deaths set natural change. Net migration can reinforce, reduce, or reverse that direction.
Positive net migration adds to natural growth.
Gibraltar, 2024 projected: natural change +221 people, net migration +598, WPP adjustment +1, total population change +820. Positive net migration adds to natural growth.
Exact reconciliation: WPP includes a +1-person statistical adjustment. Figures are rounded to whole people.
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Growth in this series
- Current run
- Since 2002 23 consecutive years · projected 2024
- Latest annual gain
- +820 2.08% of 2024 population
- Series maximum
- projected 2070 Projected from the WPP medium variant, not a forecast.
Gibraltar observed 2023 population pyramid. Mirrored bars compare male and female population from oldest to youngest across 85+, 80–84, 75–79, 70–74, 65–69, 60–64, 55–59, 50–54, 45–49, 40–44, 35–39, 30–34, 25–29, 20–24, 15–19, 10–14, 5–9, 0–4 age bands.
| Year | Population | Annual change | Fertility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39,329 | +820 | 1.89 |
| 2050 | 49,798 | +123 | 1.81 |
| 2080 | 50,982 | −58 | 1.77 |
| 2100 | 49,261 | −101 | 1.74 |
Values after 2023 are medium-variant projections, not forecasts.
Youth and older population
Annual share of the population aged under 18 and aged 65+. The crossing shows when the older group first becomes larger in the annual source series.
- First annual crossover
- 2038 · projected
- Rule
- 65+ strictly exceeds under 18
Gibraltar annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 28.0% in 1950 to 21.4% in 2023 and 16.5% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 7.1% to 17.5% and 33.2%. First annual crossover: 2038 · projected. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024.
- 1950
- Under 18 · 28.0%65+ · 7.1%
- 2023 observed
- Under 18 · 21.4%65+ · 17.5%
- 2100 projected
- Under 18 · 16.5%65+ · 33.2%
Annual evidence · 151 source rows
| Year | Evidence | Under 18 | Share | 65+ | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | observed | 6,058 | 28.0% | 1,543 | 7.1% |
| 1951 | observed | 6,095 | 28.4% | 1,544 | 7.2% |
| 1952 | observed | 6,164 | 28.7% | 1,567 | 7.3% |
| 1953 | observed | 6,263 | 29.0% | 1,607 | 7.4% |
| 1954 | observed | 6,319 | 29.1% | 1,648 | 7.6% |
| 1955 | observed | 6,351 | 29.2% | 1,681 | 7.7% |
| 1956 | observed | 6,369 | 29.2% | 1,718 | 7.9% |
| 1957 | observed | 6,375 | 29.1% | 1,751 | 8.0% |
| 1958 | observed | 6,369 | 29.1% | 1,775 | 8.1% |
| 1959 | observed | 6,373 | 29.1% | 1,800 | 8.2% |
| 1960 | observed | 6,431 | 29.5% | 1,822 | 8.3% |
| 1961 | observed | 6,576 | 30.1% | 1,860 | 8.5% |
| 1962 | observed | 6,834 | 30.8% | 1,898 | 8.5% |
| 1963 | observed | 7,036 | 30.9% | 1,945 | 8.5% |
| 1964 | observed | 7,139 | 30.6% | 1,993 | 8.5% |
| 1965 | observed | 7,288 | 30.5% | 2,060 | 8.6% |
| 1966 | observed | 7,435 | 30.4% | 2,128 | 8.7% |
| 1967 | observed | 7,558 | 30.2% | 2,179 | 8.7% |
| 1968 | observed | 7,671 | 30.0% | 2,221 | 8.7% |
| 1969 | observed | 7,797 | 29.8% | 2,269 | 8.7% |
| 1970 | observed | 7,941 | 29.8% | 2,327 | 8.7% |
| 1971 | observed | 8,103 | 30.0% | 2,401 | 8.9% |
| 1972 | observed | 8,247 | 30.2% | 2,483 | 9.1% |
| 1973 | observed | 8,350 | 30.3% | 2,554 | 9.3% |
| 1974 | observed | 8,395 | 30.3% | 2,631 | 9.5% |
| 1975 | observed | 8,402 | 30.1% | 2,691 | 9.6% |
| 1976 | observed | 8,388 | 29.8% | 2,749 | 9.8% |
| 1977 | observed | 8,362 | 29.5% | 2,815 | 9.9% |
| 1978 | observed | 8,314 | 29.2% | 2,859 | 10.1% |
| 1979 | observed | 8,247 | 28.9% | 2,906 | 10.2% |
| 1980 | observed | 8,198 | 28.6% | 2,936 | 10.2% |
| 1981 | observed | 8,160 | 28.4% | 2,959 | 10.3% |
| 1982 | observed | 8,122 | 28.2% | 3,008 | 10.5% |
| 1983 | observed | 8,067 | 28.1% | 3,084 | 10.7% |
| 1984 | observed | 7,946 | 27.7% | 3,167 | 11.1% |
| 1985 | observed | 7,806 | 27.4% | 3,240 | 11.4% |
| 1986 | observed | 7,646 | 27.0% | 3,317 | 11.7% |
| 1987 | observed | 7,456 | 26.5% | 3,379 | 12.0% |
| 1988 | observed | 7,245 | 26.0% | 3,441 | 12.4% |
| 1989 | observed | 6,995 | 25.4% | 3,483 | 12.7% |
| 1990 | observed | 6,726 | 24.7% | 3,500 | 12.9% |
| 1991 | observed | 6,503 | 24.2% | 3,521 | 13.1% |
| 1992 | observed | 6,440 | 24.0% | 3,569 | 13.3% |
| 1993 | observed | 6,499 | 24.0% | 3,649 | 13.5% |
| 1994 | observed | 6,538 | 24.0% | 3,746 | 13.8% |
| 1995 | observed | 6,548 | 23.9% | 3,826 | 14.0% |
| 1996 | observed | 6,557 | 23.9% | 3,888 | 14.1% |
| 1997 | observed | 6,559 | 23.8% | 3,950 | 14.3% |
| 1998 | observed | 6,528 | 23.6% | 4,032 | 14.6% |
| 1999 | observed | 6,472 | 23.4% | 4,111 | 14.8% |
| 2000 | observed | 6,394 | 23.1% | 4,193 | 15.1% |
| 2001 | observed | 6,243 | 22.6% | 4,254 | 15.4% |
| 2002 | observed | 6,193 | 22.3% | 4,336 | 15.6% |
| 2003 | observed | 6,298 | 22.3% | 4,438 | 15.7% |
| 2004 | observed | 6,422 | 22.4% | 4,530 | 15.8% |
| 2005 | observed | 6,546 | 22.4% | 4,610 | 15.8% |
| 2006 | observed | 6,651 | 22.5% | 4,659 | 15.7% |
| 2007 | observed | 6,741 | 22.5% | 4,653 | 15.5% |
| 2008 | observed | 6,820 | 22.4% | 4,648 | 15.3% |
| 2009 | observed | 6,875 | 22.3% | 4,698 | 15.2% |
| 2010 | observed | 6,912 | 22.1% | 4,865 | 15.6% |
| 2011 | observed | 6,941 | 21.9% | 5,077 | 16.0% |
| 2012 | observed | 6,986 | 21.8% | 5,244 | 16.4% |
| 2013 | observed | 7,064 | 21.8% | 5,414 | 16.7% |
| 2014 | observed | 7,160 | 21.8% | 5,588 | 17.0% |
| 2015 | observed | 7,244 | 21.8% | 5,749 | 17.3% |
| 2016 | observed | 7,332 | 21.8% | 5,903 | 17.5% |
| 2017 | observed | 7,453 | 21.8% | 6,012 | 17.6% |
| 2018 | observed | 7,572 | 21.7% | 6,101 | 17.5% |
| 2019 | observed | 7,702 | 21.7% | 6,197 | 17.5% |
| 2020 | observed | 7,864 | 21.7% | 6,303 | 17.4% |
| 2021 | observed | 8,038 | 21.8% | 6,387 | 17.3% |
| 2022 | observed | 8,165 | 21.7% | 6,521 | 17.3% |
| 2023 | observed | 8,238 | 21.4% | 6,716 | 17.5% |
| 2024 | projected | 8,357 | 21.3% | 6,927 | 17.6% |
| 2025 | projected | 8,509 | 21.2% | 7,160 | 17.8% |
| 2026 | projected | 8,648 | 21.2% | 7,391 | 18.1% |
| 2027 | projected | 8,769 | 21.1% | 7,633 | 18.4% |
| 2028 | projected | 8,886 | 21.0% | 7,881 | 18.7% |
| 2029 | projected | 9,006 | 21.0% | 8,120 | 18.9% |
| 2030 | projected | 9,144 | 21.0% | 8,366 | 19.3% |
| 2031 | projected | 9,256 | 21.0% | 8,642 | 19.6% |
| 2032 | projected | 9,364 | 21.0% | 8,883 | 19.9% |
| 2033 | projected | 9,470 | 21.0% | 9,094 | 20.2% |
| 2034 | projected | 9,590 | 21.0% | 9,284 | 20.4% |
| 2035 | projected | 9,714 | 21.1% | 9,474 | 20.6% |
| 2036 | projected | 9,831 | 21.2% | 9,655 | 20.8% |
| 2037 | projected | 9,929 | 21.2% | 9,837 | 21.0% |
| 2038 | projected | 10,014 | 21.2% | 10,016 | 21.2% |
| 2039 | projected | 10,081 | 21.2% | 10,215 | 21.5% |
| 2040 | projected | 10,110 | 21.1% | 10,402 | 21.8% |
| 2041 | projected | 10,124 | 21.1% | 10,578 | 22.0% |
| 2042 | projected | 10,119 | 20.9% | 10,766 | 22.3% |
| 2043 | projected | 10,087 | 20.8% | 10,950 | 22.6% |
| 2044 | projected | 10,059 | 20.6% | 11,112 | 22.8% |
| 2045 | projected | 10,024 | 20.5% | 11,282 | 23.0% |
| 2046 | projected | 9,974 | 20.3% | 11,445 | 23.3% |
| 2047 | projected | 9,919 | 20.1% | 11,615 | 23.5% |
| 2048 | projected | 9,864 | 19.9% | 11,776 | 23.8% |
| 2049 | projected | 9,808 | 19.8% | 11,916 | 24.0% |
| 2050 | projected | 9,746 | 19.6% | 12,066 | 24.2% |
| 2051 | projected | 9,683 | 19.4% | 12,208 | 24.4% |
| 2052 | projected | 9,621 | 19.2% | 12,336 | 24.6% |
| 2053 | projected | 9,573 | 19.1% | 12,471 | 24.8% |
| 2054 | projected | 9,521 | 18.9% | 12,592 | 25.0% |
| 2055 | projected | 9,474 | 18.8% | 12,720 | 25.2% |
| 2056 | projected | 9,437 | 18.7% | 12,879 | 25.5% |
| 2057 | projected | 9,402 | 18.6% | 13,049 | 25.8% |
| 2058 | projected | 9,374 | 18.5% | 13,216 | 26.0% |
| 2059 | projected | 9,351 | 18.4% | 13,362 | 26.3% |
| 2060 | projected | 9,331 | 18.3% | 13,494 | 26.5% |
| 2061 | projected | 9,320 | 18.3% | 13,628 | 26.7% |
| 2062 | projected | 9,314 | 18.3% | 13,768 | 27.0% |
| 2063 | projected | 9,311 | 18.2% | 13,931 | 27.3% |
| 2064 | projected | 9,308 | 18.2% | 14,083 | 27.6% |
| 2065 | projected | 9,306 | 18.2% | 14,251 | 27.9% |
| 2066 | projected | 9,309 | 18.2% | 14,403 | 28.1% |
| 2067 | projected | 9,310 | 18.2% | 14,547 | 28.4% |
| 2068 | projected | 9,307 | 18.2% | 14,686 | 28.7% |
| 2069 | projected | 9,303 | 18.1% | 14,846 | 28.9% |
| 2070 | projected | 9,294 | 18.1% | 14,996 | 29.2% |
| 2071 | projected | 9,275 | 18.1% | 15,126 | 29.5% |
| 2072 | projected | 9,250 | 18.0% | 15,235 | 29.7% |
| 2073 | projected | 9,229 | 18.0% | 15,333 | 29.9% |
| 2074 | projected | 9,194 | 17.9% | 15,430 | 30.1% |
| 2075 | projected | 9,156 | 17.9% | 15,518 | 30.3% |
| 2076 | projected | 9,110 | 17.8% | 15,589 | 30.5% |
| 2077 | projected | 9,058 | 17.7% | 15,645 | 30.6% |
| 2078 | projected | 9,006 | 17.6% | 15,700 | 30.7% |
| 2079 | projected | 8,957 | 17.5% | 15,757 | 30.9% |
| 2080 | projected | 8,901 | 17.5% | 15,796 | 31.0% |
| 2081 | projected | 8,841 | 17.4% | 15,802 | 31.0% |
| 2082 | projected | 8,779 | 17.3% | 15,805 | 31.1% |
| 2083 | projected | 8,722 | 17.2% | 15,799 | 31.1% |
| 2084 | projected | 8,664 | 17.1% | 15,794 | 31.2% |
| 2085 | projected | 8,604 | 17.0% | 15,798 | 31.2% |
| 2086 | projected | 8,547 | 16.9% | 15,807 | 31.3% |
| 2087 | projected | 8,496 | 16.9% | 15,828 | 31.4% |
| 2088 | projected | 8,453 | 16.8% | 15,861 | 31.5% |
| 2089 | projected | 8,414 | 16.7% | 15,905 | 31.6% |
| 2090 | projected | 8,378 | 16.7% | 15,951 | 31.8% |
| 2091 | projected | 8,344 | 16.7% | 15,994 | 31.9% |
| 2092 | projected | 8,312 | 16.6% | 16,034 | 32.1% |
| 2093 | projected | 8,288 | 16.6% | 16,084 | 32.2% |
| 2094 | projected | 8,266 | 16.6% | 16,127 | 32.4% |
| 2095 | projected | 8,246 | 16.6% | 16,171 | 32.5% |
| 2096 | projected | 8,228 | 16.6% | 16,215 | 32.7% |
| 2097 | projected | 8,208 | 16.6% | 16,262 | 32.8% |
| 2098 | projected | 8,189 | 16.6% | 16,302 | 33.0% |
| 2099 | projected | 8,167 | 16.5% | 16,346 | 33.1% |
| 2100 | projected | 8,148 | 16.5% | 16,373 | 33.2% |