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Updates: 

I updated the population to the 2012 census.

Country overview: 

Short name	GIBRALTAR
ISO code	GI
FIPS code	GI
Language	English (en)
Time zone	+1 ~
Capital	Gibraltar

 

Gibraltar has been a British colony since 1713.

Other names of country: 

1. French: Gibraltar m
2. Italian: Gibilterra f
3. Icelandic: Gíbraltar
4. Russian: Гибралтар
5. Spanish: Gibraltar m
6. Turkish: Cebelitarık

Origin of name: 

Arabic jabal Tariq: mountain of Tariq, for Tariq ibn Ziyad, Berber chieftain who conquered the peninsula in 711.

Primary subdivisions: 

Gibraltar has no known administrative divisions.

Country	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Gibraltar	GI.GI	32,577	6	2	Gibraltar
Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Two-letter code for international compatibility (defined by the author). Population: 2012-11-12 census

Postal codes: 

Gibraltar's postal code within the United Kingdom's system is GX11 1AA.

Territorial extent: 

Gibraltar occupies a small peninsula with a very short border with Spain. There is a narrow neutral zone along the border.

The UN LOCODE page  for Gibraltar lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Population history:

Date	Population
1753	1,816
1767	2,710
1777	3,201
1787	3,386
1791	2,890
1814	10,136
1834	15,002
1844	15,823
1871	18,695
1878	18,014
1881	18,381
1891	19,100
1901	20,355
1911	19,120
1921	18,061
1931	17,405
1951-07-03	20,845
1961-10-03	21,636
1970-10-06	24,672
1981-11-09	26,479
1991-10-14	26,703
2001-11-12	27,495
2012-11-12	32,577

Sources: 

1. [1] Census of Gibraltar 2001 . Government of Gibraltar, Statistics Office (retrieved 2011-04-10).
2. [2] Gibraltar Census History . Government of Gibraltar, Information Technology & Logistics Department (retrieved 2014-11-11).
3. [3] Abstract of Statistics 2013 . Government of Gibraltar, Statistics Office (retrieved 2014-11-11).