Spain March 26, 2024 Andalousie , Aragon , Asturies , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Balearic Islands , Barcelone , Bay of Biscay , Bilbao , Canaries , Castille , Catalonia , Ceuta , communautés autonomes , Cordoue , España , Europe , European Union , Gibraltar , Hispanic America , Ibiza , La Corogne , Madrid , Majorque , Malaga , Marbella , Mediterranean Sea , Melilla , monarchy , Navarre , Pays Basque , péninsule Ibérique , Pyrénées , Reino de España , Rock of Gibraltar , Royaume d'Espagne , Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle , Saint-Sébastien , Salamanque , Santander , Saragosse , Seville , South Europe , Spain , Spanish , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Strait of Gibraltar , tourism , València , wine Official name Kingdom of Spain Name in local language Reino de España (es) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 30e ) 48,592,909 inhabitants (2024) Population growth 1.05 % / year Area 505,992 km² Density 96.03 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 13e )1,417.800 billions $USD (2022) GDP/capita (ranking ) 29,674 $USD (2022) GDP growth 5.80 % / year (2022) Life expectancy (ranking ) 83.40 years (2018) Birth rate 9.02 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 1.33 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 9.06 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 2.67 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 99.76 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: 34e )0.911 / 1 (2022) EPI (ranking )78.39 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State King Felipe VI National Day 12 October (discovery of Americas by Europeans) ISO Codes ES, ESP Demonym Spanish Tourists (ranking ) 85,100,000 people (2023)
Spain is a country of Southern and Western Europe. It occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with Portugal . It also shares a mountainous border (Pyrenees ) in the north with France , and Andorra , a small landlocked country in between. On the Mediterranean coast, it has two landlocked territories in Morocco , Ceuta and Melilla. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west. To the south, it is Africa that faces Gibraltar , the British territory claimed by Spain, and the southern coast of Andalusia, by the Strait of Gibraltar, separating Europe from Africa from only 14 kilometers. Spain also has the Balearic archipelago, east of its Mediterranean coasts, and the Canary Islands archipelago off the coast of Morocco in the Atlantic.
Luxury house in Marbella, Spain. Source: Most Beautiful Spots Cuatro Torres Business Area – Madrid, Spain. Photo: Eurostarshoteles Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Madrid 6,980,646 inhabitants Barcelona 5,355,127 inhabitants Valencia 1,723,935 inhabitants Seville 1,543,858 inhabitants Bilbao 1,070,188 inhabitants Alicante - Elche 870,972 inhabitants Málaga 858,731 inhabitants Asturias (Oviedo–Gijón–Avilés) 801,226 inhabitants Zaragoza 756,296 inhabitants Palma 678,611 inhabitants Murcia 624,658 inhabitants Granada 561,818 inhabitants Vigo 541,686 inhabitants Valladolid 422,672 inhabitants A Coruña 419,110 inhabitants Pamplona 380,983 inhabitants Santander 380,200 inhabitants Córdoba 358,887 inhabitants San Sebastián 338,267 inhabitants Tarragona 335,153 inhabitants Marbella 310,111 inhabitants Algeciras - Gibraltar 299,593 inhabitants Vitoria-Gasteiz 273,689 inhabitants Cádiz 255,163 inhabitants Cartagena 233,941 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Autonomous communities Population Area Andalusia 8,409,657 inhabitants 87,268 km² Aragon 1,317,076 inhabitants 47,719 km² Asturias 1,034,449 inhabitants 10,604 km² Balearic Islands 1,150,839 inhabitants 4,992 km² Basque Country 2,167,707 inhabitants 7,234 km² Canary Islands 2,154,905 inhabitants 7,447 km² Cantabria 581,477 inhabitants 5,321 km² Castile and León 2,435,797 inhabitants 94,223 km² Castilla-La Mancha 2,040,379 inhabitants 79,463 km² Catalonia 7,441,176 inhabitants 32,114 km² Ceuta (Autonomous city) 85,107 inhabitants 19 km² Extremadura 1,077,715 inhabitants 41,634 km² Galicia 2,710,607 inhabitants 29,574 km² La Rioja 312,647 inhabitants 5,045 km² Madrid 6,475,872 inhabitants 8,028 km² Melilla (Autonomous city) 85,116 inhabitants 13 km² Murcia 1,472,949 inhabitants 11,313 km² Navarre 640,502 inhabitants 10,391 km² Valencia 4,934,993 inhabitants 23,255 km²
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