Demographics of Gibraltar
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The Demographics of Gibraltar reflects Gibraltarians' racial and cultural fusion of the many European immigrants who came to the Rock over three hundred years. They are the descendants of economic migrants that came to Gibraltar after the majority of the Spanish population left in 1704. The few Spaniards who remained in Gibraltar in August 1704 were augmented by others who arrived in the fleet with Prince George of Hesse, possibly some two hundred in all, mostly Catalans.[1] By 1753 Genoese, Maltese, and Portuguese people formed the majority of this new population. Other groups include Minorcans (forced to leave their homes when Minorca was returned to Spain in 1802), Sardinians, Sicilians and other Italians, French, Germans, and the British. Immigration from Spain and intermarriage with Spaniards from the surrounding Spanish towns was a constant feature of Gibraltar's history until General Francisco Franco closed the border with Gibraltar, cutting off many Gibraltarians from their relatives on the Spanish side of the frontier. The Spanish socialist government reopened the land frontier, but other restrictions remain in place.
Demographics
Population:
27,967 (July 2007 est.)[2]
Age structure:
0-14 years:
21% (male 3,167; female 3,013)
15-64 years:
65% (male 10,141; female 8,925)
65 years and over:
14% (male 1,769; female 2,466) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.91% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
14.14 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
8.45 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
78.95 years
male:
76.09 years
female:
81.96 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.15 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality
noun:
Gibraltarian(s)
adjective:
Gibraltar
Ethnic groups
Gibraltarian British (of mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish, with some German descent), other British, Moroccan, Indian.
Religions
Roman Catholic 78.1%, Church of England 7%, other Christian 3.2%, Muslim 4%, Jewish 2.1%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 0.9%, none 2.9% (2001 census)
Languages
English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Arabic. Most Gibraltarians converse in Llanito which is a mix of Andalusian Spanish and British English with Maltese, Genoese and Hebrew loan words. A great part of this vernacular also consists of continuous code switching, between English and Spanish. Hindi and Sindhi is also spoken by the Indian community of Gibraltar and Maltese is still spoken by some families of Maltese descent.
Literacy
definition:
NA
total population:
above 80%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
Educational attainment in Gibraltar
| Rank | Proportion (%) of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSE's (Grades A-C) by religion |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindu | 79% |
| 2 | Jewish | 76% |
| 3 | All other religions | 68% |
| 4 | National average | 66% |
| 5 | Christian | 66% |
| 6 | None | 64% |
| 7 | Muslim | 44% |
| Rank | Percentage of people of working age with a degree by national origin |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian | 71% |
| 2 | British | 26% |
| 3 | Other EU | 24% |
| 4 | All other national origins | 24% |
| 5 | National average | 23% |
| 6 | Gibraltarian | 23% |
| 7 | Spanish | 16% |
| 8 | Moroccan | 14% |
Crime rate
| Total crimes (per capita) by national origin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Moroccan | 9.4 per 100 people | |
| Gibraltarian | 6.3 per 100 people | |
| UK British | 6.3 per 100 people | |
| National average | 6.3 per 100 people | |
| Other EU | 5.8 per 100 people | |
| Other national origins | 5.4 per 100 people | |
| Indian | 1.6 per 100 people |
A total of 2,093 criminal offences were recorded in Gibraltar during 2005/2006. Indians had a significantly lower crime rate in 2005/2006 than all other national origins in Gibraltar at 1.69 crimes per 100 Indian people. The crimes per 100 population in Gibraltar now stands at 6.3. The crime rate for Gibraltarians and Moroccans has risen from 6.1 and 9.36 per 100 people in 2004/2005 to its current levels.