Recruitment Gibraltar

POPULATION IN GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar has a population of 27.884 people and an overall density of 4290 persons per square kilometre. Many people commute from Spain to the Rock every day to work. This might sound like a very high density but the peninsula itself only provides a total area of 6.5 sq kilometres. The majority of citizens are English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or Maltese.

English is the official language even though most citizens grow up bi-lingual with Spanish as their second language as this is taught in school from the fourth grade. People who grew up in Gibraltar also use a mixture of English and Spanish which is called: Llanito.

Despite its size, Gibraltar is a multi-religious community composing of 75 % Roman Catholics, 8 % Anglicans and 9 % Muslims. Jews and Hindus are also represented.

The average life expectation for men in Gibraltar is 76.8 years and for women 82.7 years. In 2005 the population growth rate was 0.17 % with a death rate of 9.18 % per 1000 people and a birth rate of 10.87 % per 1000 people.