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title: "Spain — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Spain: capital Madrid, area 505,370 km², population 49,355,143 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Spain

**Spain: Capital Madrid**

505,370 km² · 49,355,143 people (2025) · Euro

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Madrid
- **Area:** 505,370 km² — 195,124 sq mi
- **Population:** 49,355,143 (2025)
- **Density:** 97.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Spanish
- **Time zones:** UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +34
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** ES · ESP
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 53 of 200
- **By population:** 32 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yemen | 527,968 | 41,773,878 |
| Thailand | 513,120 | 71,619,863 |
| Spain ← | 505,370 | 49,355,143 |
| Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 7,618,847 |
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 29,879,337 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Spain?

Madrid

### What currency does Spain use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Spain?

505,370 km², or 195,124 square miles — 53 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Spain drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Yemen](https://atoneplace.net/country/yemen/)
- [Thailand](https://atoneplace.net/country/thailand/)
- [Turkmenistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkmenistan/)
- [Cameroon](https://atoneplace.net/country/cameroon/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## 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]