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title: "Peru vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Peru is 1,285,216 km² with 34,576,665 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/peru-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Peru vs Spain

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

1,285,216 km² vs 505,370 km² · 34,576,665 vs 49,355,143

Peru is 2.5 times larger than Spain — 1,285,216 against 505,370 km². Spain is 1.4 times more populous than Peru — 49,355,143 against 34,576,665 people.

## Side by side

|  | Peru | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Lima | Madrid |
| Area | 1,285,216 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 34,576,665 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 26.9 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Peruvian sol (PEN) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +51 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | South America | Europe |
| ISO codes | PE / PER | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Spain is 3.6 times more densely populated than Peru — 98 against 27 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 Peruvian sol and the Euro.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — South America and Europe.

## Peru

Peru holds the source of the Amazon and about sixty percent of its territory is Amazon basin, but most people live on the dry Pacific coast. Cotahuasi and Colca are among the deepest canyons in the world, both over 3,000 m. The Nazca lines, drawn on the coastal desert between about 500 BC and AD 500, cover some 450 km² and are only legible from the air or the surrounding hills.

## 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 Peru bigger than Spain?

Peru is larger — 1,285,216 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 34,576,665.

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

Peru is UTC-05:00 and Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]