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Gibraltar
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AT A GLANCE
Gibraltar in facts
- CapitalGibraltar
- Population40,1262025
- Area7 km²more than 10 times the size of the National Mall in Washington, D.C
- CurrencyGibraltar pound
All geographic & statistical details (32)
- Density
- 5,864 people per km²
- Government
- parliamentary democracy (Parliament); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
- World region
- Europe · Southern Europe
- Official language
- British English
- People are called
- Gibraltarian
- Founded
- 1704
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +350
- Drives on the
- right
- Land borders
- 1 km in total
- Coastline
- 12 km
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea 0 m
- Climate
- Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers
- Terrain
- A narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar
- Human Development Index
- 0.961 (2018)
- Land use
- Agri 0%Forest 0%Other 100%
- Life expectancy
- 83.6 years (2024)
- Median age
- 37.1 years (2025 est.)
- Urban population
- Urban 100%Rural 0%
- Major urban areas
- Gibraltar (capital) (000)
- Railways & airports
- 1 airports
- Ethnic groups
- Gibraltarian 79%, other British 13.2%, Spanish 2.1%, Moroccan 1.6%, other EU 2.4%, other 1.6% (2012 est.)
- Religions
- Roman Catholic 72.1%, Church of England 7.7%, other Christian 3.8%, Muslim 3.6%, Jewish 2.4%, Hindu 2%, other 1.1%, none 7.1%, unspecified 0.1% (2012 est.)
- Plug types
- BS 1363
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Internet domain
- .gi
- ISO & UN codes
- GI · GIB · M49 292
- Capital location
- 36.1°N, 5.3°W
- Official website
- gibraltar.gov.gi (opens in a new tab)
- Name origin
- From the Spanish derivation of the Arabic jabal tariq, which means "Mountain of Tariq" and refers to the Berber chief who captured the peninsula in A.D. 711
- Names in other languages
- Gibilterra, Gibraltar, ജിബ്രാൾട്ടർ, جبل طارق, জিব্রাল্টার, જીબ્રાલ્ટર
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जिब्राल्टर, ジブラルタル, ಗಿಬ್ರಾಲ್ಟರ್, 지브롤터, ਜਿਬਰਾਲਟਰ, Гибралтар, ஜிப்ரால்ட்டர், జిబ్రాల్టర్, ยิบรอลตาร์, Cebelitarık, Гібралтар, جبرالٹر, 直布羅陀
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Neighbours from Wikidata (land borders and some sea borders; only places with a page here); border lengths from the CIA World Factbook.
Facts: Wikidata Q1410, World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0: population, economy, life expectancy) and the CIA World Factbook (public domain: geography, demographics, borders, coastline and symbols), retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest.
The flag and symbols of Gibraltar
The flag
Two horizontal bands of white (top, double-width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band; a gold key hangs from the castle gate and is centered in the red band.
What it means
The castle symbolizes Gibraltar as a fortress, and the key represents Gibraltar's strategic importance -- the key to the Mediterranean.
National coloursRedWhiteYellow
Coat of arms
Image: Unknown (original emblem) | Vector image: User:Escondites / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
National animals and emblems
Barbary Partridge
Motto
“Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar”National anthem
"God Save the King"
unknown
National day
National Day, 10 September (1967)
Independence
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Flag description and meaning, colours, symbols, anthem details, national day and independence: CIA World Factbook (public domain). Coat of arms, motto and recording: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above). Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), retrieved 1 November 2026.
Discover Gibraltar
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UK-listed overseas territory
UK overseas listing: United Kingdom. Status & relationship source ↗
Association follows the cited UK listing; it does not resolve sovereignty disputes.
A CLOSER LOOK
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Names and immediate parent assignments: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0, 28 October 2026. Unspecified code 00 excluded. This is not an exhaustive list of districts, counties or municipalities. Photographs are credited individually beneath each image; one pictured place does not represent every landscape in its region.
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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.
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