Europe · Southern Europe
Gibraltar
Gibraltar covers about 7 km² (2.6 mi²) by the official figure, the 243rd largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 6.8km²Area, main territory
- 34,000Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
The boundary or political status of this area is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.
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Natural Earth draws Gibraltar with only 4 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 3.7 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 6.8 km²2.6 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6.8 km²Wikidata · 46% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Gibraltar |
| Population | 34,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 5,000 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 36°N |
| In other languages | ジブラルタル 日本語 · 直布罗陀 中文 · 지브롤터 한국어 |
| Continent | Europe#48 of 50 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Gibraltar
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 2,497,087× the size of Gibraltar.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Gibraltar looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Gibraltar's main territory stretches about 3.3 km north to south and 1.7 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Gibraltar with only 4 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 3.7 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
- Our measured 3.7 km² is 46% below Wikidata's official figure of 6.8 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Gibraltar measures up
Gibraltar holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 16th largest of 17.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 6.8 km² | 237th of 239 |
| Population | 34,000 | 215th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 36.1°N | 66th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Gibraltar is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 4,510 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 35,850 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 52,599 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 54,927 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 80,565 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 463,345 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 1,245,980 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 1,389,321 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 2,497,087 its size |
Where Gibraltar sits
- Gibraltar's centre lies at 36.1°N, 5.3°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 4,020 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 36°N to 36°N, about 0 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11