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title: "Canada vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Spain

**Canada vs Spain: Canada is larger; Spain has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 505,370 km² · 41,651,653 vs 49,355,143

Canada is 20 times larger than Spain — 9,984,670 against 505,370 km². Spain is 1.2 times more populous than Canada — 49,355,143 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Madrid |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 23 times more densely populated than Canada — 98 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Euro.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Spain?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 505,370 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Spain?

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Spain?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]