_#_Environment: natural freshwater sources are meager so large water catchments (concrete or natural rock) collect rain water

_#_Note: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

_*People #_Population: 29,613 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 18 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 9 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 2.4 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Gibraltarian; adjective—Gibraltar