8 Billion Lives

Where you could be born / Europe / Southern Europe

Born in Gibraltar

About 1 in 264,220 people born in 2023 started life in Gibraltar. A boy can expect to live 81 years and a girl 86, up from 61 and 69 in 1950. Most people live in cities, and nearly everyone has basic drinking water.

1 in 264,220
odds of being born here
500 births · Ranked 212th of 230
81 / 86
years of life, boys / girls
Was 61 / 69 in 1950
1.89
children per woman
Ranked 122nd of 230
100%
live in a city
The rest live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 19 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 72 in every 1,000 births to 11.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

0255075100195019852023

Years a baby born that year could expect to live.

Children who die before age 5
020406080195019852023

In every 1,000 births.

Life expectancy at birth80.9 years for boys, 86.1 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 510.5 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024

Family

Women had 2.7 children on average in 1950. Now it is 1.9, below the 2.1 it takes to keep a population steady.

Children per woman
0246195019852023

Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman1.89UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth30.4 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

Secondary school enrolment74% (can pass 100 when older students are counted)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is Gibraltar, with 26,544 people.

100%
live in cities
100%
have electricity at home
100%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
Gibraltar26,544
Languages
Share of people who can use each
English80%
Spanish50%
English is official.

People on the move

About 1.2% as many people born here live abroad as live here. The most common destinations are Australia, Bulgaria, Norway.

Where people born here live abroad
By country of residence, 2024
Australia445
Bulgaria12
Norway8
Residents born abroad28.7% (2024)World Bank WDI
People born here who live abroadequal to 1.2% of the people who live hereUN DESA migrant stock
Where they go mostAustralia (445), Bulgaria (12), Norway (8)UN DESA migrant stock

Events in the data

The game draws real events from these records, so a life lived here can meet them.

Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 2024113Our World in Data, from WHO

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