Gibraltar vs Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein has about the same population as Gibraltar: 41,024 vs 40,126, a gap of 898. Gibraltar is growing faster (+2.01% vs +1.41% a year), adding about 805 people a year against +578. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Gibraltar would overtake Liechtenstein in about 4 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2029) — a projection, not a forecast. Liechtenstein is the older society: 21.4% aged 65+ against 17.8% in Gibraltar, while Gibraltar has more children (17.6% under 15 vs 14.2%). Gibraltar is 15.4× as densely populated (3,847.1 vs 249.0 people per km²).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Gibraltar) and 2025 (Liechtenstein); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Gibraltar vs Liechtenstein — side by side
 Gibraltar |  Liechtenstein | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 40,1262025 | 41,0242025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.01%2025 | +1.41%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.22024 | 8.42024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 7.52024 |
| Children per woman | 1.892024 | 1.372024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.6 yrs2024 | 84.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.6%2025 | 14.2%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.8%2025 | 21.4%2025 |
| Density | 3,847.1 /km²2023 | 249.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 10 km²2023 | 160 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 14.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +5492025 | +1942025 |
| GDP per capita | —year not supplied | $220,1672024 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #209 | #208 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Gibraltar: 1.8× from 1960 to 2025; Liechtenstein: 2.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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