| Official name | Canaries |
| Name in local language | Islas Canarias (es) |
| Continent | Africa |
| Subcontinent | North Africa |
| Population (ranking: 152e) | 2,108,121 inhabitants (2018) |
| Population growth | 1.57 % / year |
| Area | 7,447 km² |
| Density | 283.08 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 89e) | 49.996 billions $USD (2017) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 23,100 $USD (2017) |
| GDP growth | 3.10 % / year (2017) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 82.71 years (2015) |
| Birth rate | 7.24 ‰ (2017) |
| Fertility rate | 1.33 children / woman (2015) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 7.04 ‰ (2017) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 2.67 ‰ (2015) |
| Literacy rate | 100.00 % (2018) |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Currency | Euro (€ EUR) |
| HDI (ranking: n.c.) | 0.000 / 1 (2017) |
| EPI (ranking) | 0.00 (2018) |
| Government | Autonomous community of Spain |
| Head of State | King Felipe VI |
| National Day | 12 octobre (discovering of Americas in 1492) |
| ISO Codes | IC, |
| Demonym | Canarian, Spanish |
| Tourists (ranking) | 13,114,300 people (2016) |
The Canaries (Canary Islands) are a Spanish autonomous community. The archipelago is located in the eastern Atlantic, 150 km west of Morocco and more than 1,000 km from southern Spain.
The two largest cities of the archipelago, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas, alternate every 4 years the role of capital of the autonomous community.
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Urban areas (2017)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 630,413 inhabitants |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 505,160 inhabitants |
| Puerto de la Cruz | 151,623 inhabitants |
| Arrecife | 110,802 inhabitants |