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Spain, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Sunday, 27 April 2025.

Madrid, capital city of Spain

Image of Madrid, capital city of Spain

Spain Flag

Flag of Spain

Spain is a country located in the Southern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Spain

Spain is located in Southern Europe
Europe Continent
Member of European Union since 1986
Euro since 1999
Schengen since 1995
NATO since 1982
Spain has a population of 47,911,579 inhabitants
(2023 UN data)
Inhabitants of Spain are called Spaniards
The country’s total area is 504,782 Km2
( 313,656 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank23
Global Peace Index Score2
Human Development Index (HDI) Spain HDI ranks in position nº 27 worldwide
Very High Human Development
HDI of 0.911 (0.4 to 1)
(2022 data from UNDP)
Spain’s passport allows visa-free entry to 189 countries
Spain passport ranks in position nº 3 in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Spain GDP per capita is $36,192 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Spain ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Spain EPI (English Proficiency Index) is classified as Moderate proficiency in English
has a score of 538
ranks 36th worldwide
(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 40° 00' N, 4° 00' W
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Spain Capital cityMadrid
Neighbouring countriesAndorra, Portugal, Gibraltar, France, Morocco.
Spain Climatetemperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Most predominant religionRoman Catholic,
Second most predominant religionatheist,
Currency name & code Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD.es
Spain calling code+34

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Spain administrative divisions

17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities*
  1. Andalucia
  2. Aragon
  3. Asturias
  4. Canarias (Canary Islands)
  5. Cantabria
  6. Castilla-La Mancha
  7. Castilla-Leon
  8. Cataluña (Castilian)
  9. Catalunya (Catalan)
  10. Catalonha (Aranese) [Catalonia]
  11. Ceuta*
  12. Comunidad Valenciana (Castilian)
  13. Comunitat Valenciana (Valencian) [Valencian Community]
  14. Extremadura
  15. Galicia
  16. Illes Baleares (Balearic Islands)
  17. La Rioja
  18. Madrid
  19. Melilla*
  20. Murcia
  21. Navarra (Castilian)
  22. Nafarroa (Basque) [Navarre]
  23. Pais Vasco (Castilian)
  24. Euskadi (Basque) [Basque Country]
The autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all along the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)

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