Gibraltar vs Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten has 9% more people than Gibraltar: 43,923 vs 40,126, a gap of 3,797. Gibraltar is growing faster (+2.01% vs +1.31% a year), adding about 805 people a year against +577. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Gibraltar would overtake Sint Maarten in about 13 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2038) — a projection, not a forecast. Gibraltar is the older society: 17.8% aged 65+ against 14.5% in Sint Maarten. Gibraltar is 3.1× as densely populated (3,847.1 vs 1,257.3 people per km²). People in Gibraltar live 7.1 years longer on average (83.6 vs 76.5).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Gibraltar) and 2025 (Sint Maarten); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Gibraltar vs Sint Maarten — side by side
 Gibraltar |  Sint Maarten | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 40,1262025 | 43,9232025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.01%2025 | +1.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.22024 | 9.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 8.32024 |
| Children per woman | 1.892024 | 1.442024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.6 yrs2024 | 76.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.6%2025 | 14.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 17.8%2025 | 14.5%2025 |
| Density | 3,847.1 /km²2023 | 1,257.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 10 km²2023 | 34 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 100.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +5492025 | +5302025 |
| GDP per capita | —year not supplied | $42,9782025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #209 | #206 |
| 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; Sint Maarten: 16.2× 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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