---
title: "Spain vs Ukraine — area, population, currency"
description: "Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143 people; Ukraine is 603,550 km² with 38,980,376. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/spain-vs-ukraine/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Spain vs Ukraine

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

505,370 km² vs 603,550 km² · 49,355,143 vs 38,980,376

Ukraine is 1.2 times larger than Spain — 603,550 against 505,370 km². Spain is 1.3 times more populous than Ukraine — 49,355,143 against 38,980,376 people.

## Side by side

|  | Spain | Ukraine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Madrid | Kyiv |
| Area | 505,370 km² | 603,550 km² |
| Population | 49,355,143 (2025) | 38,980,376 (2025) |
| Density | 97.7 /km² | 64.6 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Ukrainian |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| Calling code | +34 | +380 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | ES / ESP | UA / UKR |

## Population density

Spain is 1.5 times more densely populated than Ukraine — 98 against 65 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 Ukrainian hryvnia.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## 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.

## Ukraine

The largest country entirely within Europe. About a quarter of the world's chernozem — the deep black soil that makes grain farming so productive — lies here. The Carpathians in the west reach 2,061 m, and the rest of the country is largely steppe drained by the Dnieper.

> 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 Ukraine?

Ukraine is larger — 603,550 km² against 505,370 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 38,980,376.

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

Spain is UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 and Ukraine is UTC+02:00. 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]