Spain
Spain is a country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa. Its capital is Madrid. About 49 million people live there (2024). It covers 505,990 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Madrid
- People (2024)
- 49 million
- Area
- 505,990 km²
Spain at a glance
- Official name
- Kingdom of Spain
- In its own language
- Reino de España
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Madrid
- Population
- 48,592,909 (2024)
- Area
- 505,990 km² (195,364 mi²)
- People are called
- Spanish, Spaniard
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Regional languages
- Galician, Basque, Catalan, Occitan
- Currency
- GDP (nominal)
- US$1398 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 83 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.905 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 34.3 (2019)
- Unemployment
- 16% (2020)
- Government
- parliamentary monarchy
- Head of state
- Felipe VI of Spain (since 2014)
- Head of government
- Pedro Sánchez (since 2018)
- Country codes
- ES, ESP
- Calling code
- +34
- Internet domain
- .es
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zones
- UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00, UTC±00:00, Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 40.2°, -3.5°
Spain and its neighbours
Spain borders Andorra, Portugal, Morocco, France and Gibraltar. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- Spain
- Neighbours
Divisions of Spain
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Valencian Community
- Galicia
- Castile and León
- Basque Country
- Canary Islands
- Castilla–La Mancha
- Region of Murcia
- Aragon
- Asturias
- Extremadura
- Balearic Islands
- Navarre
- Cantabria
- La Rioja
- Ceuta
- Melilla
- plazas de soberanía
Member of
- NATO
- European Union
- United Nations
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Council of Europe
- European Space Agency
- World Trade Organization
- European Southern Observatory
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- International Finance Corporation
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- African Development Bank
and 29 more organisations.
How far are you from Spain?
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Questions
What is the capital of Spain?
The capital of Spain is Madrid.
What is the population of Spain?
Spain has about 48,592,909 people, as recorded in 2024.
How big is Spain?
Spain covers 505,990 square kilometres (195,364 square miles).
What language is spoken in Spain?
The official language of Spain is Spanish.
Which countries border Spain?
Spain shares a border with Andorra, Portugal, Morocco, France and Gibraltar.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.