---
title: "Spain vs Turkey — area, population, currency"
description: "Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143 people; Turkey is 783,562 km² with 85,878,556. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/spain-vs-turkey/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Spain vs Turkey

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

505,370 km² vs 783,562 km² · 49,355,143 vs 85,878,556

Turkey is 1.6 times larger than Spain — 783,562 against 505,370 km². Turkey is 1.7 times more populous than Spain — 85,878,556 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | Spain | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Madrid | Ankara |
| Area | 505,370 km² | 783,562 km² |
| Population | 49,355,143 (2025) | 85,878,556 (2025) |
| Density | 97.7 /km² | 109.6 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Turkish lira (TRY) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Turkish |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| Calling code | +34 | +90 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | ES / ESP | TR / TUR |

## Population density

Turkey is 1.1 times more densely populated than Spain — 110 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

- Different currencies: the Euro and the Turkish lira.
- 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.

## Turkey

Istanbul is the only large city built on two continents, split by the Bosphorus. Cappadocia's fairy chimneys are eroded volcanic tuff, and the underground city at Derinkuyu goes down about 85 m over eighteen levels. Pamukkale's white terraces are travertine deposited by hot calcium-rich springs.

> 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 Turkey?

Turkey is larger — 783,562 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Turkey, with 85,878,556 against 49,355,143.

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

Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 and Turkey is UTC+03:00. 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]