Population
49.6M
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$81,141
in 2031
Passport power
#5
122 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Madrid
of 74 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Spain
- Capital
- Madrid
- Continent
- Europe / Southern Europe
- Area
- 505,992 km²
- Population
- 49.6M
- Density
- 96.0/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .es
- Calling code
- +34
- Timezones
- UTC, UTC+01:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #5 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 122
- Total accessible
- 161
- Digital nomad visa
- Digital Nomad Visa $3,080/month · 12 mo
- Immigration programs
- 1 Nomad 1 Student 2 Residency 1 Citizenship
Culture and society
- Languages
- Spanish (Español), Catalan, Basque, Galician
- Religions
- Roman catholicism 58.6%, Atheist 13.3%, Indifferent or irreligious 11.7%, Agnostic 11.1%
- Currencies
- € EUR — euro
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.918
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $81,141
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 83.9 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 95.8%
- Gini index (2018)
- 34.7
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.0%
- Unemployment (2031)
- 10.0%
- Urban population (2025)
- 80.5%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 6.5/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 10.0 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 0.7/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.73
Latest news
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