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title: "Greenland vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Greenland is 2,166,086 km² with 56,831 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/greenland-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Greenland vs Spain

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

2,166,086 km² vs 505,370 km² · 56,831 vs 49,355,143

Greenland is 4.3 times larger than Spain — 2,166,086 against 505,370 km². Spain is 868 times more populous than Greenland — 49,355,143 against 56,831 people.

## Side by side

|  | Greenland | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Nuuk | Madrid |
| Area | 2,166,086 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 56,831 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 0.0 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | krone (DKK) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Greenlandic | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-04:00, UTC-02:00, UTC+00:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +299 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | GL / GRL | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 3722 times more densely populated than Greenland — 98 against 0 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 krone and the Euro.
- Greenland spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Greenland

The largest island in the world, and about eighty percent of it is under an ice sheet up to 3 km thick — enough water to raise global sea level roughly 7 m if it all melted. There are no roads between towns; travel is by boat, plane or snow. Its population of under 60,000 lives almost entirely on the ice-free coastal fringe.

## 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 Greenland bigger than Spain?

Greenland is larger — 2,166,086 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 56,831.

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

Greenland is UTC-04:00, UTC-02:00, UTC+00:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Greenland](https://atoneplace.net/country/greenland/)
- [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]