Demographics of Gibraltar

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Demographics of Gibraltar

Population: 27,928(July 2006 est.)

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 or Yanito, which is a mix of Andalusian Spanish and British English with Italian, and Hebrew loan words, variously described as code switching, creole language or patois.

Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA%
female: NA%

[edit] 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%

Source: http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/

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%

Source: http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/