---
title: "Spain vs Thailand — area, population, currency"
description: "Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143 people; Thailand is 513,120 km² with 71,619,863. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/spain-vs-thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Spain vs Thailand

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

505,370 km² vs 513,120 km² · 49,355,143 vs 71,619,863

Thailand is slightly larger, by 1.5% — 513,120 against 505,370 km². Thailand is 1.5 times more populous than Spain — 71,619,863 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | Spain | Thailand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Madrid | Bangkok |
| Area | 505,370 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 49,355,143 (2025) | 71,619,863 (2025) |
| Density | 97.7 /km² | 139.6 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Thai baht (THB) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Thai |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 | UTC+07:00 |
| Calling code | +34 | +66 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | ES / ESP | TH / THA |

## Population density

Thailand is 1.4 times more densely populated than Spain — 140 against 98 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Spain on the right, Thailand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Euro and the Thai baht.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## 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.

## Thailand

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

> 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 Spain bigger than Thailand?

Thailand is larger — 513,120 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Thailand, with 71,619,863 against 49,355,143.

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

Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 and Thailand is UTC+07:00. 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]