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Spain

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
49,355,143 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 48,592,909in 1 January 2024[4]
Land area
499,686 km²[5]
Total area
505,990 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Gibraltar, France, Andorra, Portugal[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
  • Europe[9] (peninsular Spain, Balearic Islands)
Official names
  • Reino de España[11]
  • Espainiako Erresuma[12]
  • Regne d'Espanya[13]
  • Reino de España[14]

Parts of Spain

Loading 19 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202549.4M

30,455,000 in 1960, 49,355,143 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196030,455,000
196130,739,250
196231,023,366
196331,296,651
196431,609,195
196531,954,292
196632,283,194
196732,682,947
196833,113,134
196933,441,054
197033,814,531
197134,224,490
197234,604,469
197334,988,947
197435,373,335
197535,757,900
197636,137,812
197736,511,638
197836,864,898
197937,191,330
198037,491,165
198137,758,631
198237,986,012
198338,171,525
198438,330,364
198538,469,512
198638,584,624
198738,684,815
198838,766,939
198938,827,764
199038,867,322
199138,966,376
199239,157,685
199339,361,262
199439,549,108
199539,724,050
199639,889,852
199740,057,389
199840,223,509
199940,386,875
200040,567,864
200140,850,412
200241,431,558
200342,187,645
200442,921,895
200543,653,155
200644,397,319
200745,226,803
200845,954,106
200946,362,946
201046,576,897
201146,742,697
201246,773,055
201346,604,197
201446,460,733
201546,422,303
201646,458,139
201746,571,232
201846,782,011
201947,118,501
202047,359,424
202147,443,821
202247,786,102
202348,352,528
202448,848,840
202549,355,143

Earlier capitals

  1. 1519 to 1561 Toledo city[15]
  2. 1561 to 1601 Madrid city[16]
  3. 1601 to 1606 Valladolid city[17]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
ES[18]
ISO alpha-3
ESP[19]
ISO numeric
724[20]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), capital: Madrid (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: constitution of Spain
    • Cites: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, retrieved 31 May 2021
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), population (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), area (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), official language: Spanish (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), currency: euro (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), continent: Europe (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), official name (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), official name (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), official name (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), official name (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), capital: Toledo city (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), capital: Madrid city (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), capital: Valladolid city (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Spain (Q29), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564569828) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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