Demographics of Holy See

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	25 Apr 2025

As of 2025, the population of Gibraltar is projected at 501, compared to 496 in 2024. It ranks 237th in the world by population and 50th in Europe. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.60 percent, the 131st highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 238 males and 264 females in Holy See. The percentage of the male population is 47.5%, compared to 52.89% of the female population. Holy See has 26 more females than males. The sex ratio in Holy See in 2025 will be 90.323 males per 100 females. Holy See is in the 21st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Holy See population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	428	453	880	0.68	94.481
1955	444	467	911	0.66	95.075
1960	448	470	918	-0.44	95.319
1965	431	456	887	-8.35	94.518
1970	359	386	745	-0.94	93.005
1975	357	377	733	0.00	94.695
1980	363	381	743	0.00	95.276
1985	353	379	732	-0.68	93.140
1990	352	374	726	-0.14	94.118
1995	344	361	705	-0.71	95.291
2000	333	358	691	-1.16	93.017
2005	315	344	659	-0.30	91.570
2010	298	323	621	-1.13	92.260
2015	274	299	572	-1.75	91.639
2020	253	276	528	-1.51	91.667
2021	247	272	519	-2.12	90.809
2022	242	265	506	-2.57	91.321
2023	237	259	496	-1.82	91.506
2024	237	259	496	1.82	91.506
2025	238	264	501	0.60	90.152

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	65.854	19.661	1.000
1955	67.810	23.786	1.000
1960	69.189	26.830	1.000
1965	70.135	29.676	1.000
1970	71.479	33.392	1.000
1975	72.590	36.454	1.000
1980	74.129	40.125	1.000
1985	75.456	43.078	1.000
1990	76.902	46.461	1.000
1995	77.802	49.879	1.000
2000	79.337	53.683	1.000
2005	80.647	57.229	1.000
2010	81.541	61.016	1.000
2015	82.464	60.781	1.000
2020	82.986	60.333	1.000
2021	82.946	60.208	1.000
2022	83.335	59.875	1.000
2023	82.985	59.625	1.000
2024	83.115	58.708	1.000
2025	83.287	57.375	0.998

Total
Crude

Holy See death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	5	7	5.151	7.471
1955	5	7	5.340	8.172
1960	5	8	5.987	9.049
1965	6	9	6.989	10.421
1970	5	7	7.186	9.165
1975	6	7	7.977	8.895
1980	6	6	8.401	7.949
1985	7	5	9.255	7.312
1990	7	5	9.942	6.322
1995	8	4	11.371	5.254
2000	8	3	12.233	4.343
2005	9	3	13.845	4.498
2010	10	3	16.435	4.545
2015	11	3	19.441	4.458
2020	12	2	22.915	4.263
2021	12	2	23.850	4.234
2022	12	2	23.953	4.227
2023	13	2	25.580	4.211
2024	13	2	25.518	4.103
2025	13	2	25.075	4.303

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Holy See

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	908	0	100.000
1955	908	0	100.000
1960	906	0	100.000
1965	854	0	100.000
1970	644	0	100.000
1975	728	0	100.000
1980	724	0	100.000
1985	746	0	100.000
1990	768	0	100.000
1995	780	0	100.000
2000	785	0	100.000
2005	798	0	100.000
2010	794	0	100.000
2015	803	0	100.000
2020	801	0	100.000
2021	800	0	100.000
2022	799	0	100.000
2023	799	0	100.000
2024	807	0	100.000

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Holy See population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	5	5	10	2.00	100.000
05-09	5	5	10	2.00	100.000
10-14	7	5	12	2.40	140.000
15-19	10	9	18	3.59	111.111
20-24	10	10	20	3.99	100.000
25-29	10	10	20	3.99	100.000
30-34	11	10	21	4.19	110.000
35-39	15	14	29	5.79	107.143
40-44	15	15	30	5.99	100.000
45-49	15	15	30	5.99	100.000
50-54	15	15	30	5.99	100.000
55-59	15	15	30	5.99	100.000
60-64	15	15	30	5.99	100.000
65-69	15	15	29	5.79	100.000
70-74	10	11	21	4.19	90.909
75-79	26	33	59	11.78	78.788
80-84	23	30	53	10.58	76.667
85-89	12	20	32	6.39	60.000
90-94	4	9	13	2.59	44.444
95-99	0	4	4	0.80	0.000
Total	238	265	501		89.811